Tag: Migrate
Upgrade those ESX 3.5 servers if you still have them …
Ran into this wonderful error message today during a migration to vSphere 5.1. I didn’t realize that vCenter 5.1 no longer supports ESX 3.5 so ... Read More
Lessons learned: Data Migrations (VMs or otherwise)
Whether you are moving files, Virtual Machines or other types of data from SAN to SAN or LUN to LUN, there are a few guiding ... Read More
vMotion Error : Failed to write.
While trying to Migrate some machines (Cold and Hot Migrations) from my old 3.5 farm to my new shiny vSphere lab, I received the following ... Read More
Testing Virtual Machines on Hyper-V
Recently I was asked how a client could convert a bunch of their ESX Virtual Machines to Hyper-V Virtual Machines for bake-off purposes. Here’s a ... Read More
Dusting off PlateSpin’s PowerConvert aka Migrate
I recently had the opportunity to dust off and use PlateSpin’s PowerConvert from my P2V bag of tricks. Since VMware released it’s new VMware Convertor ... Read More
