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hypervisor:fromesxiws [2012/09/27 16:05]
giancarlo |
hypervisor:fromesxiws [2012/11/15 12:37]
giancarlo |
| ====== Migrate from esxi 4.1 (Windows server 2003) ====== | ====== Migrate from esxi 4.1 (Windows server 2003) ====== |
| UNDER REVISION ! | |
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| **In windows on esxi:** | **In windows on esxi:** |
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| * shutdown windows os guest | * shutdown windows os guest |
| | * Create virtual machine flat disk backup on esxi hypervisor. E.g. by ghettoVCB script. |
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| | **On KVM server** |
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| Create virtual machine flat disk backup on esxi hypervisor. | * Copy virtual flat disk from esxi to local disk. |
| E.g. by ghettoVCB script: | |
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| Copy virtual flat disk from esxi to local disk. | |
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| <WRAP prewrap center> | <WRAP prewrap center> |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
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| Verify it is a flat disk: | * Verify it is a flat disk: |
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| <WRAP prewrap center> | <WRAP prewrap center> |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
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| **For virtual machine LVM based:** | * Create virtual disk (LVM based) |
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| <WRAP prewrap center> | <WRAP prewrap center> |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
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| Define new virtual machine using this virtual disk as IDE | * Define new virtual machine using this virtual disk as IDE, a dummy disk as VirtIO, a CD ISO from [[http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers|KVM project wiki downloads]] and network card as VirtIO. |
| | * Start virtual machine |
| | * Install requested drivers from CD |
| | * Shutdown |
| | * Change main virtual disk to VirtIO and remove dummy disk |
| | * Start virtual machine |
| | * TCP/IP parameters for best performance ([[http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/kvmnet/registry]]) |
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| | <WRAP prewrap center> |
| | <code text net.reg> |
| | Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 |
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| | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AFD\Parameters] |
| | "DefaultSendWindow"=dword:00100000 |
| | "DefaultReceiveWindow"=dword:00100000 |
| | "FastSendDatagramThreshold"=dword:00004000 |
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| | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] |
| | "Tcp1323Opts"=dword:00000001 |
| | "TcpWindowSize"=dword:00100000 |
| | </code> |
| | </WRAP> |
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| <WRAP right 35% rightalign lo> | <WRAP right 35% rightalign lo> |
| x ⇒ | [[hypervisor:exp1|Upgrade LIBVIRT to 1.0.0 compiled (experimental)]] ⇒ |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> |
| <WRAP left 35% leftalign lo> | <WRAP left 35% leftalign lo> |
