Converting Linux (Red hat 6 Enterprise Server) ESXi VM's to Hyper V

higherho

Hello All,

I've recently built a high availability cluster in Hyper Visor (CSV's ftw) and I'm also using SCCM 2008R2SP1 Virtual Machine manager. I'm bumping into a problem with my ESXi Linux VM's converting to Hyper V. The official Microsoft convertor or vmware convertor does not do the trick. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

ptilsen

There are really two ways to approach this. You can either go down the road of getting support for the conversion if it is an officially supported feature, or you can convert the system using something else. Most likely, you are going to end up doing a backup and hardware independent restore. I have had to do this in the past when VMware converter didn't work, even in seemingly less problematic conversions. Based on some cursory Googling, Acronis looks to have a good solution with HIR capabilities.

scott28tt

Here's another option: https://www.netiq.com/products/migrate/

pwjohnston

I've heard good things about Platespin, though I have not used it. Have you considered just rebuilding them and setting up templates? I know it sounds like more work, but it's work you're going to have to eventually do anyway. My last project at my last company was a HA cluster on HyperV 2008 and it was really frustrating compared to VMWare or Xenserver to get most things to work and stay stable.