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Re: Converting Linux Machine with Logical Volumes

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hi,

 

did you check with  /etc/fstab on the converted Vm server

 

Prerequisites

 

 

Only LVM2 is supported

 

 

Ensure that the source is a Linux machine is support LVM

 

 

procedure:

1. from the data copy type drop-down menu, select volumes to copy

2. click Advance and select the destination layout lab

3. select a disk and click to LVG

 

refer doc..

 

VMware KB: vCenter Converter converting a Linux operating system does not maintain LVMs on the resulting virtual mac…

 

 

Alternative method:

 

You can also achieve this with this procedure:

 

1) Create your target virtual machine

2) Install a minimum version of the same operating system that your source has (network, ssh server and tar must be available)

3) Create a list of directorys we don't want to include (boot, proc, dev, sys, etc/fstab, etc/lvm, etc/blkid, mnt/yourexternalhdd) and save it under /tmp/nocopy

4) Take a snapshot of your target in case something goes wrong

5) SSH to your source and as root:

cd /; tar -zcvpf - -X /tmp/nocopy * |ssh target "cd /; tar -zxvpf - --numeric-owner"

6) Reset target.

 

Pros: No need to reboot source, can be done over Internet


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