Move Application Migration

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119 Topics

JeremyJ
Nutanix Employee
JeremyJNutanix Employee
posted in Move Application Migration

Want to export a VM from AHV? Here’s how.

You may be familiar with using Nutanix Move to migrate VMs into an AHV cluster, or you may have imported VMs to AHV manually following this method, but what if you want to take your VM out of your AHV cluster to use in a non-Nutanix ESXi cluster, or to deploy on Hyper-V or KVM? Note I said non-Nutanix ESXi cluster. If you have a Nutanix ESXi cluster and an AHV cluster it’s much easier to use Async DR migration since this kind of cross hypervisor DR migration is fully supported from Prism. If you need to export your VM from AHV to another hypervisor there is a documented procedure provided. Here we will be using the articles “AHV | How to access VM disk files on Nutanix container” and “AHV | How to migrate user VMs from AHV to Hyper-V/VMware ESXi/KVM”. The first article covers reviewing your VM configuration from ACLI to identify the VM disks which are named by their UUID, and then how to collect those files using the SFTP protocol on port 2222. The second article describes using th

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JeremyJ
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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asabri.ozerVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

installing VirtIO on Ubuntu

Hi; I have an ubuntu server on vmware and i want to migrate it to AHV with Move. when i type "uname -a" output is: [b]Linux TKMAPP1 4.2.0-42-generic #49~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 29 20:22:11 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux[/b] when i type "grep -i virtio /boot/config-`uname -r`" output is: CONFIG_NET_9P_VIRTIO=m CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y CONFIG_SCSI_VIRTIO=m CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET=y CONFIG_CAIF_VIRTIO=m CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_VIRTIO=m CONFIG_DRM_VIRTIO_GPU=m CONFIG_VIRTIO=y # Virtio drivers CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI=y CONFIG_VIRTIO_PCI_LEGACY=y CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y CONFIG_VIRTIO_INPUT=m CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES=y As i see VirtIO drivers are installed. And then when i start to migrate on Move an error pop up is appears: [b]SCSI VirtIO device driver not found. Please download and install the appropriate device driver before retrying the migration.[/b] What can i do for this issue ?

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Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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mandgTrailblazer
asked in Move Application Migration

vmStatsProvider errors after VM migration

After converting a VM running Windows 2012 r2 from VMware to Nutanix using Move version 3.4.1, we are receiving event IDs 257 and 259 regularly as shown below.Log Name:      ApplicationSource:        vmStatsProviderDate:          3/15/2021 8:35:34 AMEvent ID:      257Task Category: GeneralLevel:         ErrorKeywords:      ClassicUser:          N/AComputer:      ServerADescription:The "vmStatsProvider" can not be initialized. "vmGuestLib" returns error "VMware Guest API is not running in a Virtual Machine" (2). Log Name:      ApplicationSource:        vmStatsProviderDate:          3/15/2021 8:35:34 AMEvent ID:      259Task Category: Guest Library APILevel:         ErrorKeywords:      ClassicUser:          N/AComputer:      ServerADescription:Unable to start "vmGuestLibrary". Error: "VMware Guest API is not running in a Virtual Machine" (2).VMware Tools is still installed on the server however it won’t uninstall cleanly after the migration so I’ve disabled all of the ‘VMware’ services i

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Sudhir9
Nutanix Employee
2 years ago
Riddhima.singh
Nutanix Employee
Riddhima.singhNutanix Employee
posted in Move Application Migration

How to move a VM from one cluster to another

There are several ways to move a VM from one cluster to another.A. For moving a VM from Non-Nutanix cluster to Nutanix use Nutanix Move available on the PortalNutanix Move is a cross-hypervisor mobility solution to move VMs with minimal downtime.B. For Moving a VM from one Nutanix cluster to another use Asynchronous Disaster Recovery Between On Premise Data CentersSummary of stepsConfigure a Remote Site on Cluster A Create a Protection Domain on Cluster A. Add the VM to be moved to this Protection Domain. Power Off the VM Create a schedule for (N) hours temporarily and initiate a full replication. After replication is complete, restore the VM from snapshot on cluster B and power on the VM. Unprotect the VM from Protection Domain, Delete the schedule, snapshots and Protection Domain on cluster A. Un-configure the Remote Site on Cluster AConfiguring Remote Sites (Part 1) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lva3Z_HDPc&ab_channel=NutanixUniversityConfiguring Remote Sites (Part 2) : http

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Riddhima.singh
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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Dennis112233Trailblazer
asked in Move Application Migration

Nutanix Move logon

New with Nutanix Move.  Deplyed Nutanix Move and need to set IP up.  Selecting new Nutanix-Move VM > Console »  move login is required, which was not asked to set during MOVE setup. What log-on info needed to be set and where, or is there a standard logon there?

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3 years ago
Anibal Ulisses
Anibal UlissesTrailblazer
asked in Move Application Migration

Error to install VirtIO on Windows Server 2016 Standard

I tryed to run xtract but I'm facing a problem to install the VirtIO tools. Using the automatic script on xtract it's end with the error: "ExitCode: '1603'". If I try to install VirtIO manually the show this message "ended prematurely because of an error. Your system has not been modified". Creating a verbose log file, from the installation, I see some errors like this: MSI (c) (08:18) [22:06:00:591]: Package to be registered: 'Nutanix-VirtIO-1.1.3.msi' MSI (c) (08:18) [22:06:00:591]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c) (08:18) [22:06:00:591]: Note: 1: 2262 2: AdminProperties 3: -2147287038 or Action start 22:06:00: PrepareDlg. MSI (c) (08:50) [22:06:00:623]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI (c) (08:50) [22:06:00:623]: Note: 1: 2228 2: 3: Error 4: SELECT `Message` FROM `Error` WHERE `Error` = 2898 Info 2898.For WixUI_Font_Normal textstyle, the system created a 'Tahoma' font, in 0 character set, of 13 pixels height. MSI (c) (08:50) [22:06:00:623]: Note: 1: 2205 2: 3: Error MSI

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Anibal Ulisses
4 years ago
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TabrezgVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

P2V Migration for Linux Server

i want to migrate my phyical linux server to Nutanix. is there any native nutanix tool to prform this activity?

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Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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Jose_orozcoVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

Windows 2008 R2 Migration from ESXi to AHV

I just migrated a VM with Windows 2008 R2 from ESXi 6.0 to AHV but I got blue screen when I turned it on in nutanix cluster. I used move version 3.4.1 somebody knows what happened.

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JeremyJ
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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AJISHVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

Adding Hyper-V host to Move 3.4.0

I am trying to add Hyper-V host to Move to migrate the VMs.   But after adding the host, VM inventory are not loading(Shows 0 VMs) . When i try to refresh i get below error:   Failed to get inventory for source ' '. [ApiName="Get VM", HypervisorErr="[Cmd="Get-VM | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DVDDrives | Select ControllerType, ControllerNumber, ControllerLocation, Path, SupportPersistentReservations, VMName, VMId | ConvertTo-Json -Compress | Out-File -FilePath C:\Users\xtract\AppData\Local\Temp\executeCmd385362813\Ouput.json", ErrorMsg="exit status 1", Location="/root/workspace/xtract_vm_qcow2_builder_prod/go/src/hypervisor/hyperv/hyperv_agent/utils.go:96", Stderr="#< CLIXML <Objs Version="1.1.0.1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/2004/04"><Obj S="progress" RefId="0"><TN RefId="0"><T>System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject</T><T>System.Object</T></TN><MS><I64 N="SourceId">1</I64><PR N="Record"&gt

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3 years ago
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angeessanAdventurer
asked in Move Application Migration

Uefi Servers do not boot after V2V to AHV using Move 3.3.1

Hello all,05 months ago, I faced from some difficulties to perform P2V to AHV for UeFi servers : I performed P2V using VMware Converter to migrate to an ESXi server; and after I used “move” to migrate to AHV. While booting the VM, I saw a black screen and nothing else appeared on the screen.As I said above, it happened 05 months ago; At this time, Nutanix did not support migration of Uefi servers yet.Since the release of AOS5.11 and Move 3.3, Nutanix supports the migration of Uefi servers (As explained in the release notes).So I migrated AOS to the latest version (5.11.1) and used Move 3.3.1 to perform migrations of 03 servers that use Uefi.In spite of that, the VMs displays nothing while booting...even if I wait for several minutes, I get nothing.In PRISM, I switched the boot mode to BIOS and after to Uefi, but I got the same results.In vCenter, I switched the boot mode to BIOS before performing migration. After Migration (using Move 3.3.1), the results are the same. Could you help me

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4 years ago
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LuisCVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

Migrate Users Windows VMs from AHV to VMware Esxi

Hi. I’m looking for some experiences in migrating windows user vms from acropolis hypervisor to vmware esxi. I tried and followed severals KBs and articles but none were successful. After powering on windows VM on esxi, they immediately go to the famous “blue screen” and don’t recognize the disk. Articles that I followed: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/kbs/details?targetId=kA032000000PMcKCAWhttps://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/kbs/details?targetId=kA03200000098T7CAIhttps://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Prism-Central-Guide-Prism-v5_19:mul-vm-export-as-ova-pc-t.htmlhttps://next.nutanix.com/move-application-migration-19/want-to-export-a-vm-from-ahv-here-s-how-37275Has anyone has experience with this ? Can you help me ? Best regards

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rohan.saksena-55595
Nutanix Employee
1 year ago
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David WolfVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

MOVE not allowing the VM to move Container Mount Error - ESXi to AHV

I attempted several times to move a test VM over and I am running into a issue with the Mount Container process. Is there a fix for this. I suspect it to be an Firewall issue, Any help would be appreciated.Failed VM Migration: prepare target: [[Location="/hermes/go/src/tgtagent/ahvtargetprovider.go:567", Msg="Error creating target path [Container="default-container-90861820611740", Err="exit status 32", Location="/hermes/go/src/libcloud/prism/ahvmountimpl.go:146"] Container mount failed (error=0x4012)"] Target agent error (error=0x4003)]

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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CarloNXTrailblazer
asked in Move Application Migration

Nutanix Move Migration Fail ESXI to AHV

Does anybody encountered this kind of error? when migrating ESXI to AOS. After how many hours of seeding, It show this error. However it is ready to cutover, but doesn’t want to proceed further because of this error. I already checked this VM in EsXi, it already have a VMware tools installed. Hope i can get ideas and recommendations from you guys. Thanks!

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Neel Kotak
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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Vignesh_SkTrailblazer
asked in Move Application Migration

QCOW2 disk file for Nutanix Move VM

Hi, I am new in Nutanix Move can anyone help me to deploy it in PrismElement using QCOW2 disk file. Also I don’t have that disk file, please help to create it.

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JeremyJ
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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Mr.NutanixVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

P2V | Physical Linux and Windows to AHV | Free Tools

Hi All, Would like to seek your advice/recommendation way to migrate physical linux/windows to Nutanix AHV via free tools ONLY without purchase third party tools or additional costs. Just wondering is there any tools that available for us or any alternative way without any additional costs?  We have some requirements;5 physical linux servers. 5 physical windows servers. Appreciate it in advanced. Regards,John

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2 years ago
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RishikeshScout
asked in Move Application Migration

How to migrate ESX VM with independent disks and PCIE to AHV

How to migrate ESX VM with independent disks and PCIE to AHV

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Alona
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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HocineVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

Nutanix Move Migration ESXi to AHV

Hello evryone, I want to migrate a Linux VM from VMWare ESXI infrastructure to AHV infrastructure. I use Xtract for do this. But when the plan is created afer a certain time the status plan becomes "failed" and I have this error message : "Internal target agent error '[Container="SMI_DS_NUTANIX_JAG_1", Err="exit status 32", Location="/root/workspace/xtract_vm_qcow2_builder_prod/go/src/tgtagent/ahvtargetprovider.go:985"] Container mount failed (error=0x4012)'" Thank you all for your answers Xtract version : 2.0.2 ESXI version : 5.5 AHV version : 20170830.185

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4 years ago
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BlakeRobertsNBLAdventurer
asked in Move Application Migration

Limit on concurrent migrations?

My migration team is doing a good job trying to push as many VM’s through Move to stage reboots after-hours.  I’ve noticed that replication slows way down when we have about 15-20 VM’s waiting for cutover.  I have checked the load on the Move VM and increased the amount of CPUs.  Replication goes well (25Gbit network), but now we only have 2 seed streams going with 19 waiting to cutover.  I have 4 other VM’s that are in the “seeding data” phase, but haven’t started their copies.  Is this a bottleneck within the Move postgres database? Any ideas on how I can get more VM’s copying in parallel? Thanks,

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David Teague
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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NewTaniX000Voyager
asked in Move Application Migration

Move Migration via CLI

Is there a document that guides on how to use Move migration via command line interface?  I know that there is a web GUI tool.  But, I am wondering if there is another way thru CLI.

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Neel Kotak
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
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liminVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

Moving SQL VM from ESXi to AHV

We have a couple production SQL servers on our ESXi Cluster that need be transitioned to our new Nutanix Cluster. Nutanix Best Practices indicates that the SQL servers should be created new on the Nutanix Cluster instead of doing a VM move from ESXi to AHV. I am aware that Nutanix had Xtract Db for awhile that was supposed to make moving a SQL instance possible but they have since discontinued the product. I must assume they had issues with it. My question is what are the technical implications of using Nutanix Move to "move" the SQL VM from ESXi to AHV? I have used the tool to move a number of non-SQL VMs without any issues. Knowing that the underlying Hyper-visor components are changing and the VirtIO drivers must be installed before the move and then NGT installed after the move, what might the issue be that discourages or prevents a SQL VM cross-hyper-visor move? The SQL version is 2016 Standard with no mirroring or Always on Availability. Just standalone SQL. We hav

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Nutanix Employee
4 years ago
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JayakumarTrailblazer
asked in Move Application Migration

Is there any way to created additional users in Nutanix Move

is there any way to created additional users in nutanix move? -jai

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3 years ago
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BlakeRobertsNBLAdventurer
asked in Move Application Migration

Automated Migrations with Move 3.4.1

We are planning our AHV migration and would like to migrate about 75% of our VM’s (~400) during their negotiated patch outage windows to minimize how many app teams get to set our schedule for us.  Most of these outage windows are in the 3AM time frame. We would like to find an automated/scripted way to do the cutover so that we can set a job to run that script overnight during that window.  I’ve seen some REST calls that look like they could do it.  Has anyone actually done it?  If so, would they mind sharing a sanitized snippet of their Powershell/REST code? Thanks in advance!

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David Teague
Nutanix Employee
3 years ago
Eric-The_Viking
Eric-The_VikingTrendsetter
asked in Move Application Migration

Moving VMs from one AHV Cluster to another AHV cluster

I was intially told I could use Move to take VMs from old Cluster to New Cluster but alas Move does not move from AHV to AHV, this I find very bizarre as that should be more simple than moving esxi to ahv!So, I have been told to use Data Protection failover - this seems complicated and needs VMs to be stopped and restarted  - I came across Live Migration using Leap - ah ha that looks like a good option but still apears complex.  Do I really need 2 Prism Central instances?  Could I add the second cluster to my exisiting Prism Central then use the Migrate function to move some VMs or is the limitation of different harware still the gotcha?Does anyone have any ideas how I can do this “easily” and “quickly” my boss ain’t a happy man as information from Nutanix has been misleading or downright incorrect.Any help appreciated.

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Nutanix Employee
9 months ago
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ericheadleyVoyager
asked in Move Application Migration

How to move VM from 2008 Hyper-v to AHV

Good Day, I am new to Nutanix, so this may be a very simple question to answer. How do you move VMs on hyper-v 2008 to AHV. The AHV version is 20170830.270. I thought of Nutanix Move, but move does seem to support hyper-v 2008. Any guidance would be welcome, thank you.

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4 years ago
aluciani
alucianiChevalier
posted in Move Application Migration

Nutanix Move 3.5.0 Released and Available Now

We are excited to announce the release of Nutanix Move 3.5.0 Adopting new infrastructure platforms often requires a migration of pre-existing systems. Nutanix Move simplifies bulk migration of existing VMs to Nutanix, eliminating the friction associated with onboarding new IT infrastructure. Businesses can quickly leverage the full potential of Nutanix Enterprise Cloud with near-zero VM downtime during the migration from vSphere ESXi, Hyper-V and Amazon AWS to Nutanix AHV and vSphere ESXi to ESXi on Nutanix. Move also support migration of VMs from Nutanix AHV to Amazon AWS. Nutanix Move 3.5.0 is released and the bits are available on the Portal for Download. Move 3.5.0 Release Notes User Guide New features included in this release; Introduced Migration from AWS to ESXi - You can now migrate VMs from AWS to ESXi on Nutanix appliances. Introduced Test Migration - You can now perform a test migration of the VMs on the target environment before the final cutover. Enhanced Move User Interfa

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aluciani
3 years ago

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