Copy and convert a VMware virtual machine#Part 1

jemmy (50)in #morocco • 6 years ago (edited)

Part: 1

I. Presentation

II. Required software

III. Adding a server in Fast SCP

Part: 2

IV. Copy of the entire virtual machine

A. Scheduled Copy Task Method:

B. Direct copy method

V. Verification of the copy (optional)

VI. Converting the virtual hard disk to the VHD format

I. Presentation

We will see how to convert a virtual machine from an ESX host with a VMDK format disk to VHD format. This is thanks to the conversion software V2V Starwind Image Converter.

II. Required software

VMWare ESX.
Veeam Backup and Fast SCP (to be installed on the Windows client).
StarWind V2V Image Converter. (to install on the Windows client).

III. Adding a server in Fast SCP

Click on the icon provided for this purpose.
Select "ESX or ESXi Host" in the first step.
Enter the username and password of an ESX server administrator, by default this corresponds to the user: root.
Then check "Connect when I click Finish" and click on "Finish". This will allow an automatic connection to the server after the end of the add.
The server appears in the list: