Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) is a Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for the IT admins or solution providers who want to convert virtual machines and disks from VMware hosts to Hyper-Vhosts and Windows Azure.
The following table shows all supported configurations for virtual machine conversion.
| VMware sources: | VMware vSphere 5.5 |
| VMware vSphere 5.1 | |
| VMware vSphere 4.1 | |
| VMware vCenter Server 5.5 | |
| VMware vCenter Server 5.1 | |
| VMware vCenter Server 4.1 | |
| VMware ESXi 5.5 | |
| VMware ESXi 5.1 | |
| VMware ESXi/ESX 4.1 | |
| Destination host servers:
Note Hyper-V must be enabled. |
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise | |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | |
| Windows Server 2012 Standard | |
| Windows Server 2012 Enterprise | |
| Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Service Pack 1 (SP1) | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (SP1) | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter with Service Pack 1 (SP1) | |
| Operating systems that are supported for which MVMC can be installed: | Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Enterprise | |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | |
| Windows Server 2012 Standard | |
| Windows Server 2012 Enterprise | |
| Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard with Service Pack 1 (SP1) | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (SP1) | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter with Service Pack 1 (SP1) | |
| Guest operating systems that are supported for conversion to Hyper-V: | Windows Server 2012 Standard x64 |
| Windows Server 2012 Datacenter x64 | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard x64 | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x64 | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter x64 | |
| Windows Web Server 2008 R2 x64 | |
| Windows Server 2008 Standard | |
| Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 | |
| Windows Server 2008 Enterprise | |
| Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 | |
| Windows Server 2008 Datacenter | |
| Windows Server 2008 Datacenter x64 | |
| Windows 8 Enterprise | |
| Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | |
| Windows 8 Pro | |
| Windows 8 Pro x64 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | |
| Windows 7 Professional | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | |
| Windows VistaEnterprise x64 | |
| Windows Vista Enterprise | |
| Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 6 (x86/x64) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86/x64) | |
| Ubuntu 12.04 (x86/x64) | |
| Ubuntu 10.04 (x86/x64) | |
| SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86/x64) | |
| CentOS 6 (x86/x64) | |
| CentOS 5 (x86/x64) | |
| Debian GNU/Linux 7 (x86/x64) | |
| Oracle Linux 6 (x86/x64) | |
| Oracle Linux 5 (x86/x64) |
Important SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (SP2 and SP3) require additional steps to enable Linux Integration Services when migrating from VMware to Hyper-V.
Perform these steps on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 virtual machine before conversion:
- Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel to include the Hyper-V LIS modules:
o Add the hv_ modules to the INITRD_MODULES line. It should look similar to this:
INITRD_MODULES=”mptspi ata_piix ata_generic vmxnet3 vmw_pvscsi vmxnethv_vmbus hv_netvsc hv_storvsc hv_blkvsc”
- Recreate the initrd with the following command. The kernel specified in the command must match your current kernel the machine boots with.
mkinitrd -k /boot/vmlinux-3.0.13-0.27-pae.gz -i /boot/initrd-3.0.13-0.27-pae
Important For the following Linux versions, Linux Integration Services is available from Microsoft as a Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) package.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 and previous versions
- CentOS Linux 5.8 and previous versions
- Oracle Linux 5.8 and previous versions
Perform these steps on the Linux virtual machine before conversion:
- Install the latest Linux Integration Services package.
- Edit the /etc/grub.conf file:
o Find the section that contains: hda=noprobe hdb=noprobe
o Change this section to: hda=probe hdb=probe
o Save the /etc/grub.conf file
Reboot the Linux virtual machine before converting to the Microsoft virtual machine.
Try it for yourself. Download Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2.0.
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Hi,
I migrate SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 from VMware to SCVMM 2012 R2 using “Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2.1” and uninstall vmware tools.
I understand that Linux Integration Services are already included, but you mentioned this:
“Edit /etc/sysconfig/kernel to include the Hyper-V LIS modules..”
I don`t have a “kernel” folder…any thoughts ?
Regards.
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