Convert XenServer XVA to VMDK for VMWare ESXi 5.1 During our conversion from XenServer to VMWare I had one machine that had a woopsy and would no longer boot in XenServer without BSOD. Download and install StarWind V2V Converter on the. This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Convert PVS images from XenServer to VMware. Convert a Xen. Citrix image to a VMware image. The image used here was a Windows 2. R2 image. STEPS: Download and install on your windows machine. Xen Center. In other words, VMware converter needs a share drive to place your converted image on. Your UNC . My setup has been with using VMware workstation, thus creating a Samba share on the Linux host which will allow me to copy the files directly on it. STEP 1: Download and Install Xen Center. You can get it here http: //www. English/ps. 2/products/product. ID=6. 83. 14. 8– VMware converter. Right click on it and select import. You will be prompted to enter the location of your Xen Citrix image.– Select the specific Xen Citrix server you wish to upload your image on to.– Select your storage location on where this image will go to– Select the defaults for your network settings regarding your image and press finish on the next question.– If you select “Logs” for your Xen Citrix server you should see the progress of your import. STEP 3: – Power up your Xen Citrix Windows virtual machine and disable your firewall (on your virtual Windows image).– .
Enter the IP or Name of your Windows virtual image. Enter your username and password. Enter an Admin account or this will not work.– . You will asked to if you wish to remove that software manually after the conversion is done or if you want the auto removal option. Select the Auto removal option for a matter of convenience.– On this screen you will be asked to select for what VMware platform you want to convert your image for. I have selected VMware Workstation 7. If you select an actual full path (C: \file\) it will not be accepted. You will need to create a share and place your image on that share.– You will then be given a summary of how your VMware image will be setup, such as Hard Drive space allocated for this image, Network setup, Number of Services running on that image, RAM allocation and so forth. Press OK– You will then be given a summary of the actual move of the file. Press OK.– Now you will see a progress bar of the conversion. Important: The image it self is not moved from your Citrix Xen server to your VMware server. My setup has been with using VMware workstation, thus creating a Samba share on the Linux Server to copy the files directly on it is a possibility.
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