1. Install VMware vCenter Converter
1. Download
Official website: Converter official website
Baidu cloud link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1WD5Ec6fU7_SJAV90VUeetw
Extraction code: 58hr
2. Installation
Double-click the msi file to install and continue to the next step
3. Error resolution
After the installation is complete, a client will be displayed on the desktop.
Double-clicking the client has no response for a long time, and finally the error "vCenter Converter 6.2 could not start service" is reported. This is because the Converter needs to be connected to the Internet for the first time after installation. If there is no public network, it cannot be started. It is ok to start after setting up the network connection.
2. Migrate windows physical server
1. Start
Open the client, click Convert machine in the upper left corner
2. Fill in source related information
Fill in the relevant information in the Source System. To perform physical machine migration, select the Powered on option, and select Remote Windows machine for windows physical server migration. Then fill in the IP and account secrets of the physical server to be migrated
3. The source host cannot be connected
There
may be an error when clicking next here.
Error 1
: Unable to contact the specified host '10.200.9.123'. The host might not be available on the network, there might be a network configuration problem, or the managerment services on this host are not responding.
Ping each other or Telnet is all connected at once, indicating that the network is connected.
It may be that the port of the source host is not open. I found a lot of information to open all the ports 901-903/tcp, 901-903/UDP, and 443/tcp mentioned, but it still failed because of the two. The servers are all on the intranet, so the firewall is temporarily turned off, and then the client is installed and then turned on.
4. Install agent
After closing the firewall and connecting again, it will not report the connection failure error, and will prompt to install the client.
5, agent installation error resolution
Choose the first one and click yes, the agent installation will take a while, and wait patiently
. An error may be reported here: Unable to connect to the network share '10.200.9.123\ADMIN$'.
First check if there is admin on the source host Sharing permissions for
net share
I have it here, if not, you can use the following command to open
net share ADMIN$
After turning on the test, mine still doesn't work. So choose to install the agent manually.
Copy the VMware-Converter-Agent.exe program under the VMware vCenter Converter installation path to the source host and install it.
After the installation is complete, check whether the following programs are started in the task manager
Or see if port 9089 is listening. If it is, it means the agent is installed successfully.
netstat -ano|findstr 9089
6. Fill in the target host information
After the agent installation is complete, enter the interface for filling in the Destination host information.
Here is to put the migrated vmdk file under the local network address\WIN-QLUM6F3R525\kvm-iso. The stored address must be a network address. The method of creating a network address is as follows:
- New folder vmdk
- Right-click the folder and select Share -> Specific User -> Select __VMware_Conv_SA__
- Right-click the file to copy the link
- Just paste it on the path.
7. Options
Enter Options and perform migration according to your requirements (the error is reported here because my destination host disk is not enough)
8. Finish
Continue to the next step until it is completed, you can see the backup information in the taskbar.
I have completed the backup here
Three, install ESXi
You need to install ESXi as the destination before migrating a Linux physical server.
Install using a virtual machine.
1.1 Download ESXi image
Download
link Baidu cloud link: https://pan.baidu.com/s/1PbtYxSECT3Uf-cq9Rjf4WQ
Extraction code: 9cw3
1.2 Open VMware Workstation
1.3 Click File -> New -> Next -> Next -> Default Options Next -> Select VMware ESX (X) -> Next
1.4 Naming + Change Installation Path -> Next
1.5 Select Configuration Information Memory and CPU According to Just fill out your own needs. Network connection select bridge -> next step
1.6 default options next step -> default options next step -> create a new virtual disk -> set the disk size to 200GB -> next step
1.7 name the disk -> next step -> select custom Hardware -> Select the downloaded iso image -> Close -> Finish
1.8 Click to open this virtual machine
1.9 Enter the installation interface -> Click continue
1.10 Select the installation place to continue
1.11 Select the keyboard layout to continue
1.12 Set the root password and continue
1.13 to enter the installation interface –> After the installation is complete, restart to enter the following interface
1.14 and press F2 to set it –> enter the root user password
1.15 to enter the configuration interface
1.16 and select Configure Managment Network to configure the network. Configure static IPV4 address
1.17 Use Troubleshooting Options to configure ssh and shell
1.18 At this point, the installation is complete.
You can enter the set IP in the browser for web configuration. I will not configure it, I installed ESXi mainly for the migration of Linux physical servers
Fourth, migrate linux physical server
To migrate a Linux physical server, you need to configure VMware vCenter Server first.
The installation steps are as follows:
1. Start
Click Convert machine in the upper left corner to enter the migration interface
2. Fill in source related information
Fill in the relevant information in the Source System. To perform physical machine migration, select the Powered on option, and select Remote linux machine for linux physical server migration. Then fill in the IP and account secrets of the physical server that needs to be migrated. If it is connected by a private key, select the private key and select the private key file.
3. Fill in the relevant information of the target host
Click next in Source System to enter the Destination System page.
Fill in the relevant information of the target host. The IP of the target host is the IP of the previously installed ESXi host, and the account secret is also the account secret of the ESXi host.
4. Naming
Fill in the converted name of the Linux server and put it in the corresponding virtual machine list. Because I did not create a virtual machine, there is no inventory. Just click Next.
5. Choose the target location
Because there is only one EXSi, the default is fine, just click Next
6. Options
Select the information to be migrated, click next
7、 summary
Enter the following interface to view the migration information.
Helper VM network configuration must be configured. Whether it will report an error during the migration process.
Deselect ipv6
After confirming that it is correct, click
Finish
to start the migration 8. End, you can see that the server is being migrated
8. Start the migrated Linux virtual machine on ESXi
After the migration is complete, click on the homepage of VMware workstation, select to connect to the remote server,
enter the corresponding connection information,
enter the following interface,
select the virtual machine, right-click and select open, enter the homepage of the virtual machine, and start it. Migration complete
Fourth, import the windows vmdk file to the virtual machine
1. Open VMware Workstations
2. Click File -> Select Open -> Enter the directory where the vmdk file is located.
3. Select the vmx file and click Open, select the imported virtual machine, and click to open the virtual machine.
4. The virtual machine is successfully migrated
