[PVE-User] VM migrated from VMWare

[Alwin Antreich]

On 04/13/2016 10:16 PM, Gilberto Nunes wrote:
> I am trying to do the migration again, but this time, removing VMWare Tools
> and applying MergeIDE.
> Let's see what happen...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 2016-04-13 16:49 GMT-03:00 Gilberto Nunes <gilberto.nunes32 at gmail.com>:
> 
>> did you uninstall the vmware tools?
>> no

You should definitely do that.

>>
>> Which driver do you use for your block & network devices?
>> I already try ide, sata, scsi and virtio

Depending on the OS inside the VM, you need to install the virtio
drivers too.

>>
>> Into what did you convert the vmdk file?
>>
>> I use clonezilla

I use qemu-img and convert it to qcow2 or raw disk images, works great
without extra steps to take.

>>
>> Which backing store do you use?
>>
>> Local HardDrive, SAS 10K

Performance also greatly depends on the underlying file system and how
busy your disks/raid are/is.

>>
>>
>> 2016-04-13 16:41 GMT-03:00 Alwin Antreich <sysadmin-pve at cognitec.com>:
>>
>>> Hi Gilberto,
>>>
>>> did you uninstall the vmware tools? Which driver do you use for your
>>> block & network devices? Into what did you convert the vmdk file? Which
>>> backing store do you use?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Alwin
>>>
>>> On 04/13/2016 06:20 PM, Gilberto Nunes wrote:
>>>> Hi list
>>>>
>>>> After converted a running VMWare 5 VM into KVM, I have notice that the
>>> VM
>>>> is extremely slow...
>>>>
>>>> Is there some trick regard de-install some pack or some registry tips
>>> that
>>>> can help improve performance?!?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot
>>>>
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>>
> 
> 
Regards,
Alwin