Migration from VMware to Hyper V

[Eudora931]

How easy is it to migrate a server (Dc) built in VMware to hyper v?

 

Thanks

[Asgard]

You can do it with Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager, by connecting it to both instances.

 

When we migrated from VMware to Hyper-V , we had a little hiccup on the very first box, but that was solved (and subsequent migrations) by uninstalling the VMware tools on the Virtual Machine, shut it down then migrated via Microsoft VMM.

 

Or you could use something like Starwinds V2V convertor to convert the actual Virtual Disk then attach it to a hyper-v machine

Edited March 12, 2016 by Asgard

[Eudora931]

That's great info - thanks. Which is better in your opinion - what made you change? Comparative costs?

Thanks

[mitchell1981]

Microsoft actually have a simple utility to do this:

 

Microsoft Virtual Machine Convertor. For some reason it isn't very well publicised. Worked well for me though when we made the switch.

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497

[Eudora931]

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[PotNoodleTech]

Microsoft actually have a simple utility to do this:

 

Microsoft Virtual Machine Convertor. For some reason it isn't very well publicised. Worked well for me though when we made the switch.

 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497

 

Yep I am going to be giving this one a go at Easter as I've got two legacy VMware VMs to move over to Hyper-V and I have not really got time to set those two up from scratch (nasty software).

[Norphy]

That's great info - thanks. Which is better in your opinion - what made you change? Comparative costs?

Thanks

 

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. The main point is that Hyper-V is now "good enough" so for a lot of people, the dwindling amount of extra features that you get from ESXi/vSphere just aren't worth the significant extra cost. Hyper-V is part of a Windows license and with an Enterprise license, you get unlimited VMs and you still need a Windows license if you get VMware. If you have a System Center license to manage your servers with SCCM and SCOM already, SCVMM is also included for the nicer management interface.

 

With all of those things already in place for us, Hyper-V was a no-brainer.

[Roberto]

Both have their advantages and disadvantages. The main point is that Hyper-V is now "good enough" so for a lot of people, the dwindling amount of extra features that you get from ESXi/vSphere just aren't worth the significant extra cost. Hyper-V is part of a Windows license and with an Enterprise license, you get unlimited VMs and you still need a Windows license if you get VMware. If you have a System Center license to manage your servers with SCCM and SCOM already, SCVMM is also included for the nicer management interface.

 

With all of those things already in place for us, Hyper-V was a no-brainer.

 

It's worth adding at this point that it cost substantially less to purchase the System Center licence suite that @Norphy mentions above than it did to renew vSphere for another year.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Roberto