This section explains the overview of export and import of virtual L-Servers.
A virtual L-Server can be exported to migrate a VM guest to an external Cloud Service.
In addition, a virtual hard disk of a virtual machine can be exported from Resource Orchestrator in another environment or an external cloud service and then imported as a virtual L-Server.
The OS types of virtual L-Servers that can be exported and imported are the English versions and Japanese versions of the following.
[VMware]
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2003
Export and import of virtual L-Servers is performed by installing the VM converter on a Windows machine that is accessible using the admin LAN in the following environment:
A VM host with a virtual L-Server to be exported, or a VM host on which an imported virtual L-Server is to be saved
A server on which a Resource Orchestrator manager has been installed
Configure name resolution that uses a hosts file or a DNS server so the Windows machine can be accessed using the host name (FQDN) of the VM host and Resource Orchestrator manager.
The VM Converter can be installed on the following Windows OSs.
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7
Execution Conditions
Export and import can be performed by Infrastructure Administrators and Dual-Role Administrators.
Export can only be performed while the virtual L-Server is stopped.
Do not operate a virtual L-Server from VM management software while exporting it.
The number of export/import operations which can be performed at the same time is affected by restrictions on parallel operation of the virtual software being used, network bandwidth, and the CPU resources of the computer. Two or less operations at the same time is recommended.
Supported VM hosts
The following VM hosts are supported.
VMware
About Disk Configuration
The exported file will be in the following format:
VMDK format, the standard virtual machine disk format of VMware
Virtual L-Servers that have multiple disks are exported in multiple files.
Virtual L-Servers that have snapshots are exported with the difference disk merged.
Virtual L-Servers that use Raw Device Mapping (RDM) cannot be exported.
The supported file format for import is as follows:
VMDK format, the standard virtual machine disk format of VMware
Only system volume VMDK files can be imported. Virtual machines comprised of multiple VMDK files cannot be imported.
Note
The following work might become necessary before or after exporting a virtual L-Server in a cloud environment with a different VM type. Check the advisory notes of the destination cloud service and then perform migration.
Uninstallation of VMware Tools on the virtual L-Server
Installation of the necessary agent and driver in the destination cloud service
Network configuration
The following work might become necessary before or after importing a virtual L-Server in a cloud environment with a different VM type. Check the advisory notes of the destination cloud service and then perform migration.
Uninstallation of the agent and driver necessary for the source cloud service
Installation of VMware Tools on the virtual L-Server
Network configuration
To import data disks, operations from VM management software or server virtualization software are necessary. For operation procedures, refer to the manuals for the VM management software.
The setup program of the VM Converter (SetupVMConverter.exe) is stored in the following folder of the Resource Orchestrator manager.
[Windows Manager]
Installation_folder\SVROR\Manager\opt\FJSVrcxmr\sys\VMConverter
Store the setup program in an arbitrary folder on the Windows machine, execute it and install the program.
At this time, when an earlier version of the VM Converter has been already installed, the VM converter is updated to the current version of the setup program. Therefore, it is not necessary to uninstall earlier versions of the VM Converter.
It is necessary to install the following products beforehand to use the VM Converter.
.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework 4
VC++ (Visual Studio 2012) Runtime (x86)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 |
If the above software has not been installed correctly, error messages related to the software will be displayed.
Change the PowerShell execution policy to RemoteSigned. Start the PowerShell console using administrator privileges and execute the following:
>Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned <RETURN> |
After changing the execution policy, the PowerShell console that was started using administrator privileges is no longer necessary.
Uninstallation of the VM Converter can be performed from [Programs and Features] in the control panel.
Uninstalling the VM converter does not delete the export management information that can be used if the VM converter is reinstalled. To delete this information, delete the following folder and all files in it:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Fujitsu\Resource Orchestrator\VMConverter
