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I never tried this procedure with a 2008 R2 machine, only 2003 R2.
So there is perhaps some gotchas here ? The proxmox wiki describes
only the procedure for 2003....<br>
<br>
You should perhaps try the procedure that has been tested by Ernst
Holger and Martin Maurer, that is use the vmware backup tool to
backup to a shared storage, then use vzrestore, to restore the VM on
Proxmox ? But I don't know if you have the full set of ESX tools.
With ESXi, you don't have a backup option...<br>
<br>
Alain<br>
<br>
Le 04/07/2011 14:06, Muhammad Yousuf Khan a écrit :
<blockquote
cite="mid:CAGWVfM=4gEh6iaLTjC8AYmFVejPAsvRG_VMK2wP8BZogShofBA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">i tried both commands
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
collapse; font-family: 'Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans
Mono','Courier New',monospace; font-size: 14px;">qemu-img
convert vnware-raw.vmdk -O qcow2 proxmox.qcow2</span></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Liberation Mono',
'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 14px;">qemu-img convert vnware-raw.vmdk -O raw
proxmox.raw</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Liberation Mono',
'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Liberation Mono',
'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 14px;">output from the above command didnt help.</span></font></div>
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'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Liberation Mono',
'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;
font-size: 14px;">i already created VM with a raw file and
tried in qcow2 VM also. hard disk shifting didn't work. i
have </span></font><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span"
style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 19px;">already
installed mergeide.reg. although this is not my first time i
can easily move VMs with clonezillah . i have migrated many
Windows 2003 and XP VMs to proxmox with just clonzilla ISO.
i have followed the same procedure as showed for physical
machine with clonezilla in documentation and it worked for
me for XP and 2003 but this is the first time with windows
2008 that making me irritate by showing this black screen.</span></font></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
collapse; line-height: 19px;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="sans-serif"><br>
</font></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
collapse; line-height: 19px;"><font class="Apple-style-span"
face="sans-serif">Thank you,</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"></span>On
Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Alain Péan <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alain.pean@lpp.polytechnique.fr">alain.pean@lpp.polytechnique.fr</a>></span>
wrote:</div>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Muhammad,<br>
<br>
Why did you convert your image to qcow2 ? I always use
raw image file. I don't know if the problem lies here.
Obviously, If you created first a VM with qcow2 file
format, you must replace it also by a qcow2 file, but
I would create a VM with raw files...<br>
<br>
If the disk is IDE (and it must), you have to apply
first the ide reg patch (mergeide), because your HD
was certainly SCSI within vmware.... See :<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE"
target="_blank">http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Migration_of_servers_to_Proxmox_VE</a><br>
(<span>Windows systems specific P2V issues</span>)<br>
<br>
Alain<br>
<br>
Le 04/07/2011 11:48, Muhammad Yousuf Khan a écrit :
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<div class="h5">
<blockquote type="cite">ok I followed your
suggession, still same black screen. no luck. i
followed the below steps.
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<div>1) <span style="font-family: 'Liberation
Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Courier
New',monospace; font-size: 14px;">vmware-vdiskmanager
-r vmware-hd.vmdk -t 0 vmware-raw.vmdk</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: 'Liberation
Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Courier
New',monospace; font-size: 14px;">2) copied
"vmware-raw.vmdk" to proxmox base in temp
folder</span></div>
<div><font face="'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans
Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">3)</span></font><span
style="font-family: 'Liberation
Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Courier
New',monospace; font-size: 14px;">qemu-img
convert vnware-raw.vmdk -O qcow2
proxmox.qcow2</span></div>
<div><font face="'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans
Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">4) finally i
attached the proxmox.qcow2 to a VM and hit
start but with same black screen</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans
Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans
Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
<div><font face="'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans
Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;">Thank you,</span></font></div>
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Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></font></div>
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Mono', 'Courier New', monospace"><span
style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
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at 5:06 PM, Alain Péan <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:alain.pean@lpp.polytechnique.fr"
target="_blank">alain.pean@lpp.polytechnique.fr</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204,
204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi Muhammad,<br>
<br>
See a recent thread on this list
'Vmware to Proxmox migration" and
especially the answer from Ernst
Holger. He meant to use the backup
program from Vmware, to store the
backup to a network share (NFS...),
then use the backup program from
proxmox, and the function 'restore',
to restore the VM on Proxmox. Martin
Maurer tested it and agreed it was the
easiest solution.<br>
<br>
For the growable image file, it seems
it is possible to convert it with
vmware vdisk-manager. See for example
this thread :<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://communities.vmware.com/thread/155051"
target="_blank">http://communities.vmware.com/thread/155051</a><br>
<br>
Alain<br>
<br>
Le 01/07/2011 13:42, Muhammad Yousuf
Khan a écrit :
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<div>
<blockquote type="cite">ok, thats
sounds interesting and new. can
you please tell me what do u
mean by exporting with VMWARE
stuff ? unfortunately i am using
VMware harddisk which increase
the size when data inserted. :(.
and i think we can not convert
that type of harddisk with Qemu
converter. make me right
if mis-concept.
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<div>Thank you,<br>
<div><br>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On
Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 4:26
PM, Laurent CARON <span
dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:lcaron@unix-scripts.info" target="_blank">lcaron@unix-scripts.info</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>On 01/07/2011
13:15, Muhammad
Yousuf Khan wrote:<br>
> here is the
status.<br>
><br>
> VMware to KVM
(migration)= not
working (with 30 GB
HD and 2 GB RAM)<br>
><br>
> Fresh
installation =
worked (with 20gb HD
and 1GB RAM with
same DVD<br>
> image deployed
on VMWARE)<br>
><br>
> now problem is
i am stuck in
migration from
VMware to KVM
haven't tried<br>
> migration from
real machine<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>
Hi,<br>
<br>
I would suggest the
following:<br>
<br>
- Export the image of
the VMWare VM using
VMWare stuff<br>
- Convert it with
qemu-img<br>
- qemu-img
convert -O raw
input_disk output_disk<br>
- d the output_disk
file onto the device<br>
<br>
I had to do this on
some VMs which were
exhibiting the same
black screen<br>
you're getting.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
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