Windows – Migrate Xen DomU to VMWare ESXi

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I need to migrate two Windows virtual machines running as a Xen DomU to VMWare ESXi.

I've migrated a lot of the Linux and Solaris DomU without any problems, but don't know what to do with Windows. After I convert the disks, it simply doesn't boot. It gets stuck on "Loading acpitabl.dat" and then freezes. I've tried to uninstall XenServer Tools before the migration but this doesn't help.

I believe the problem is in the change of the disk controller from QEMU IDE emulated by Xen to LSI SCSI emulated by VMWare. Any suggestions how to solve this?

Windows I'm currently fighting with: Server 2003 64Bit

Best Answer

You could try running vmware converter on the actual VM's whilst on the xen environment and then pointing the converter at your ESXi box as the target.

This should convert your virtual machines automatically and put them straight on to the ESXi environment without havign to worry about manually converting disks.

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