HyperV to VMware conversion

Howto convert Hyper-V hosts to Vmware ESXi

Task: We want to convert one of our host server running on Hyper-V (installed on Windows 2008 R2 CORE edition), you can use Vmware Vcenter Converter utility to perform this action.

First Download Vmware Vcenter convertetr 5.x from following location.
You must have vmware account to download the utlity, you can rgister it free.

http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/converter5/dHclYnRqZEBiZEAldw==

After installation Done. Execute it. You may see following screen.
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Now click on CONVERT MACHINE
In Source Type , Select HYPER-V
In Server, type your Hyper-V IP
In User Name/Password , type your Administrator ID and password
and click NEXT to continue . . .
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If you receive the following error
Unable to contact the specified host ‘x.x.x.x’ . The host might not be available on the network, there might be a network configuration problem, or the management services on this host are not responding
then disable the firewall on HYPERV Windows 2008 by using following command (at hyper v server command prompt)

netsh firewall set opmode disable

Now it will ask you for the agent deployment,
click YES to continue.
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In next screen of  SOURCE SERVER , It will give you the list of machines hosted on source Hyper-V server.
Select your desired machine ,
and click NEXT to continue
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In Next Screen of  DESTINATION SYSTEM , select the destination VMWARE ESXi Server
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In the next screen of  DESTINATION VIRTUAL MACHINE , Click NEXT to continue (Or you can change the machine name label here)
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In the next screen of  DESTINATION LOCATION , Select the datastore location (the drive where you want upload the vm)
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In the next screen , it will show you all the options before finally start converting, review all the options and modify if any required. then Click NEXT , and then FINISH to start converting the machine
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Finally it will start conversion of the hyper v machine into Vmware Esxi.
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Regard’s
Syed Jahanzaib