Prior to migrating retrieve the following information from the VM Guest in VC 1.x:

Version of Windows OS running on guest, Source OS and Data LUN,

Network adapter info from guest properties… ex. p-vmkbk-2900 p-vmgprod 2800,

Number of CPUs, amount of memory allocated, storage controller type,

IP address for Production and Backup, DNS, WINS,

Make sure destination LUNs exist and have enough space

1. Shut down the VM Guest in Virtual Center 1.x.

2. Use SSH client (Putty) on destination host, change directory to new DATA Lun, make directory with server name as shown below.

cd /vmfs/volumes/destDataLun/

mkdir vmguestname

3. Use Putty to log in to source host, change directories to OS Lun where you’ll find the OS .vmdk file. Use scp command to copy OS vmdk file to destination OS Lun.

cd /vmfs/sourceOSlun/

scp vmguest.vmdk root@desthost:/vmfs/volumes/destOSLun/vmguest.vmdk

4. Use scp command to copy Data vmdk file

cd /vmfs/sourceDataLun/

scp vmguest.vmdk desthost:/vmfs/volumes/destDataLun/vmguestfolder/vmguest.vmdk

5. After copy is complete, Putty into destination host and go to both OS and Data Luns and upgrade .vmdk files to VI3 using command: vmkfstools –M servername.vmdk

cd /vmfs/volumes/destOSlun/

vmkfstools –M vmguest.vmdk

cd /vmfs/volumes/destDATAlun/vmguestfolder/

vmkfstools –M vmguest.vmdk

6. Log into Virtual Center 2.x

7. Right-click destination host and select ‘New Virtual Machine’

8. Select custom configuration

9. You will follow the wizard and add the VM Guest server name, select destination host, select datastore for OS, add cpu’s, memory, network cards, storage type, Windows OS version. This would be the info you retrieved from VM Guest prior to migrating across.

10. Select an existing virtual disk.

11. Browse to the datastore where OS disk migrated to, select OS .vmdk file.

12. Click Finish. New VM Guest will deploy. Do not power on VM Guest at this point.

13. Go to Virtual Center 2.x, locate the newly created VM Guest, right-click and select ‘Remove from Inventory’.

14. Back to SSH client on destination host. This is what the OS directory should look like after VM Guest was created, notice the appropriate directory was created, however, .vmdk files are outside the directory. We need use the move command to move the 2 OS .vmdk files to the server’s directory.

cd /vmfs/volumes/destOSLun

mv servername*.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/destOSLun/vmguestfolder/

15. Register VM Guest in Virtual Center using the command:

vmkfstools –s register /vmfs/volumes/destOSLun/vmguestfolder/vmguest.vmx

16. Go to Virtual Center 2.x and locate the Guest. Go inside the guest properties. Remove both hard disks, with remove option only.

17. Add new OS / Data hard disks from existing disk, browse new LUNs for .vmdk file.

18. Check that you have everything needed for the Guest. Amount of RAM, # of CPUs, data disk, network adapters.

17. Right-click VM and select ‘Upgrade Virtual Hardware’. Select ‘Yes’ to upgrade.

18. Power on VM Guest. Log in to server.

19. Install VMWare Tools by clicking on the VM Menu and select ‘Install VMWare Tools’. If the tools install does not appear automatically, go to ‘My Computer’ and double-click the cdrom which will force the install. Reboot the VM when prompted.

19. Configure production and backup nic cards with IP information taken prior to migration. If this message below appears select ‘No’

20. If migration is successful and server was tested properly, make sure PM coordinates with Capacity Planning to notify of free resource to possibly decommission old VM Guest. To decommission old VM Guest go to Virtual Center 1.x, right-click old VM Guest and select ‘Delete from disk’.

21. If migration fails we can revert to old Virtual Center 1.x and power on VM Guest.

1. Shutdown the VM

2. Expand OS vmdk file via Virtual Center (Edit Settings) . Make it the size you want to drive to be.

3. Configure the VM to boot off w2k8 ISO (CDRM/DVD)

Select Data store ISO file and select the correct ISO. Also make sure to select connect at power on.

Click OK to save your changes

4. Power on VM

While booting make sure to click in window and when prompted, press any key to boot from CD or DVD (ISO)

5. Once booted off the ISO, follow the prompts.

Select next

Select, repair your computer

Select next

Select command prompt

6. In the command prompt, type the follow commands

>diskpart

>list volume

>select volume 1 ß-Make sure you select the C: drive of the VM

>extend

Close the command prompt by click the X in the corner to close the window

7. Click shutdown to shut down the VM

8. Once the VM is shutdown, edit the VM settings to disconnect the CDROM

-uncheck the “Connect at Power on”

-device type should be set to “Client Device”

Click OK to save changes

9. Power VM back on and verify the size of the drive

This is Quite simple question that you can ask before you can go ahead and Build  Guest Operating System.

Pre-Build check

q VM Name__________________________

q ESX Host for VM_______________________

q ICE Request / Remedy ____________________

q Server Farm __________________________

q Operating System___________________________

q CPU_____________________

q RAM_____________________

q OS LUN_____________________________________

q DATA LUN___________________________________

q IP addresses Production______________________ , Backup________________________

Build Tasks

q Deploy Guest from template

q From Guest Properties add the data disk

q Power on Guest. Login with isadmin/blank password

q Change CDROM drive letter to E:\

q Initialize data drive, Format and leave as Basic Disk

q Configure network adapters, rename Local Area Connection to Production

q Check binding order and make Production first, Backup second

q Move page file from C:\ to D:\ as fixed size and change memory dumps to root of data drive

q Reboot Guest

q Add systems tools you would add to a physical server. (sms client, ovo, sav, etc…)

q Open VMWare Tools and check Time synchronization between the virtual machine and console operating system

q Check that Automatic Updates service is set to Manual

q Install Additional Windows components as requested ___________________________________________

q Install Additional software on D:\ as requested ________________________________________________

q Add server to domain: ____________________________________________

q Append DNS suffixes: ____________________________________________

q Add WINS _____________________________________________________

q Add to local administrators: WSS&A, ________________________________________________________

q Change isadmin account password

Step 1.

Log onto VirtualCenter with an account with adequate rights to begin creating VM Guests systems

Step 2 .

There are currently two Data Centers that have been created in VirtualCenter 2.0, Production and Development. Templates have been created in each of these objects as objects cannot be deployed across these logical boundaries

Step 3.

Click on the Inventory tab and choose the Virtual Machine and Template view

Step 4.

Pick the Template that corresponds to the build required (information obtained from the server build sheet provided by Project Manager assigned) and right click. This will display the menu shown below. From this menu, choose Deploy Virtual Machine from this Template

Step 5

Enter the name of the Virtual Machine (this is very important, as the name that is chosen will not only become the Virtual Machine name but will also be the name of the VMDK file that is associated with the Virtual Machine) and choose the Data Center that will contain the new instance and click Next

Step 6.

Choose the cluster the VM will be deployed to and click Next

Step 7.

Choose the Host server for the VM to be powered on and click Next.

Step 8.

Select the OS Datastore that will be utilized and click Next.

Step 9.

Select the customization specification for the VM from the listing shown below.

Step 10.

Click Finish to end the creation process.