Apr 282013
Objective: Move the Windows virtual machine, you can change when you transfer the resources allocated system
Problems: Converting using XenConvert whole system in OVF format can be imported only through the XenCenter and does not always work
Warning: this work only on EXT storage (not LVM)
- Install XenConvert on Windows
- Export appropriate volumes using XenConvert in the format VHD (it is recommended to export only drive C, just copy the other disks)
- Copy the VHD file to a location accessible from the XenServer
- Download and install the vhd2xen.i686 utility on XenServer
- Import VHD disk in XenServer:
/usr/lib/Acronis/VHD2XEN/vhd2xen.sh [VHD file] - Create a virtual machine In XenCenter from a template corresponding to the exported system
- Remove all the created discs In the newly created virtual machine and attach imported disk
- Start the virtual machine and fix the settings in Windows, if necessary