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    • olivierlambertO Online
      olivierlambert Vates šŸŖ Co-Founder CEO
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      Hey @magicker can you give us more details? Are you using XOA or XO from the sources? At which version? Also on VMware side, what's your ESXi version?

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        magicker @olivierlambert
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        @olivierlambert said in VMware migration tool: we need your feedback!:

        XO from the sources

        XO from github (2 days old)

        esxi .. 7.0.0 (Build 16324942)

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        • olivierlambertO Online
          olivierlambert Vates šŸŖ Co-Founder CEO
          last edited by olivierlambert

          So the diff for warm migration isn't supported on ESXi 7.0 (yet!). So your VM must be halted first (on the VMware side I mean)

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          • florentF Offline
            florent Vates šŸŖ XO Team @magicker
            last edited by florent

            hi @magicker

            you should also have additionnal logs in your xo logs

            Thank you for testing it

            regards

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              magicker @olivierlambert
              last edited by

              @olivierlambert ah I see.. other than that!! it works.. Just like magic!! v cool

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                rochemike
                last edited by rochemike

                Executing the following command resulted in an error until I powered the VM off:

                ESXi host ==> VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 19092475

                Any ideas?

                [11:02 10] xoa@xoa:~$ xo-cli vm.importFromEsxi host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx user=root password=secret sslVerify=false vm=262 network=13d8ab8a-dfdc-1e5c-0e35-0028af26987a sr=e748751e-02fd-28ae-5fa9-d58f5f0dc50a stopSource=true thin=true
āœ– Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'stream')
JsonRpcError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'stream')
    at Peer._callee$ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
    at tryCatch (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
    at Generator.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
    at Generator.next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
    at asyncGeneratorStep (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
    at _next (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
    at new Promise (<anonymous>)
    at Peer.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
    at Peer.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-cli/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)
[11:02 10] xoa@xoa:~$
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                • olivierlambertO Online
                  olivierlambert Vates šŸŖ Co-Founder CEO
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                  Same answer than my previous post: since ESXi 6.5, there's a new diff algorithm šŸ™‚ @florent is working on it, but it's even more complicated than the "legacy" one šŸ˜‰

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                    rochemike @olivierlambert
                    last edited by

                    @olivierlambert oh ok, I saw that and thought your comment was specific to the ESXi 7 version.

                    Thanks for the speedy response. I'd love to know how you clone yourself to be so responsive 24/7. Or am I talking to a Vates instance of ChatGPT?

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                    • olivierlambertO Online
                      olivierlambert Vates šŸŖ Co-Founder CEO
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                      Sometimes I wonder šŸ˜“ But mostly because community is always my priority, regardless the fact we are a company with more than 30 people nowadays (with everything included on what is means).

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                        magicker @olivierlambert
                        last edited by

                        new issue.. I am trying to pull a vm (powered off) from a server I have already pulled 3 vms from (no problems)

                        However, this time it takes a few seconds before the command ends.

                        I can see the vm however, no disk is pulled over at all.

                        no obvious errors in logs.

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                        • olivierlambertO Online
                          olivierlambert Vates šŸŖ Co-Founder CEO
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                          Weird, you should have at least a reason why it stopped šŸ¤”

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                          • florentF Offline
                            florent Vates šŸŖ XO Team @magicker
                            last edited by

                            @magicker
                            that's a great start that 3 VM goes through without problems
                            is your esxi still responsive after ? did you retry later ? what are the disks size of the failed vm ?

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                              magicker @florent
                              last edited by

                              @florent Yes, esxi is just fine. All running VMs are happy. I have pulled one more off this server after the failed attempt. Have tried about 6 times .. same result.. VM appears.. process completes after a few seconds.. no disk appears

                              The disc config seems very boring and normal.

                              https://images.dx3webs.com/Zdiy2T.png

                              https://images.dx3webs.com/y4vMSZ.png

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                                markhewitt1978
                                last edited by

                                Interested in this. I currently have an entire dedicated server running ESXi solely for the purpose of running a licening server for load balancers. ie lowest of low impact.

                                Would love to get that into xcp-ng so the server can be used for something else.

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                                • florentF Offline
                                  florent Vates šŸŖ XO Team @magicker
                                  last edited by

                                  @magicker is there any logs on xo-sevrer side ? If you use a xoa, can you open a ticket and a support tunnel ?

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                                  • florentF Offline
                                    florent Vates šŸŖ XO Team @markhewitt1978
                                    last edited by

                                    @markhewitt1978 that is exaclty the goal of this tool allow users to migrate to xcp/xo stack easily

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                                      magicker @florent
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                                      @florent What is the location of the logs?

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                                      • florentF Offline
                                        florent Vates šŸŖ XO Team @magicker
                                        last edited by

                                        @magicker
                                        it depends hos you installled xo-server, but in general it's in journalctl -u xo-server

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                                          ulasdem
                                          last edited by ulasdem

                                          Hi,

                                          I have 2 succesfull migrate (Windows and Linux). Windows migrate was successfull but i have to configure network interface after vm opened (as i know this is known issue and about Windows). On the Linux vm (Centos 7) i have regenerate initram and LVM structure, and it is working good now. But today i am trying with different vm's and i am gettin the error below:

                                          xoa@xo-from-source:~$ xo-cli vm.importFromEsxi host=xxxxx user=xxxxxpassword=xxxxx sslVerify=false vm=3133 network=f6c27xxxxxxxx2e5 sr=61e7d4xxxxxxxd8ec3
āœ– Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'footer')
JsonRpcError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'footer')
     at Peer._callee$ (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
     at tryCatch (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
     at Generator.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
     at Generator.next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
     at asyncGeneratorStep (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
     at _next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
     at /opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
     at new Promise (<anonymous>)
     at Peer.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
     at Peer.exec (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)

                                          And I am getting this error below. I am sure, My Vm id is correct. I tried clone this vm for change id. But it doesn't changed.

                                          xoa@xo-from-source:~$ xo-cli vm.importFromEsxi host=xxxxx user=xxxxx password=xxxxxx sslVerify=false vm=3161 network=f6c27exxxxxxxxa2e5 sr=61exxxxxxd8ec3
āœ– VM 3161 not found
JsonRpcError: VM 3161 not found
     at Peer._callee$ (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:139:44)
     at tryCatch (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:44:17)
     at Generator.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:125:22)
     at Generator.next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/regeneratorRuntime.js:69:21)
     at asyncGeneratorStep (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:3:24)
     at _next (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:22:9)
     at /opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:27:7
     at new Promise (<anonymous>)
     at Peer.<anonymous> (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/@babel/runtime/helpers/asyncToGenerator.js:19:12)
     at Peer.exec (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202302101204/node_modules/json-rpc-peer/dist/index.js:182:20)

                                          You can see my vm's id in this ss : https://prnt.sc/l29WdT8JVaYy

                                          And my third problem is I have a windows vm around 500 GB and migration continues for 40 hour. There is no status indicator or error message and i can't understand if is there a problem or another thing. I have tried with Xoa before 5.79 update, there was a status indicator on tasks tab. Now I am using XO from source and 5.79 update. I can't see any indicator

                                          I am using:

                                          xo server 5.109.0
                                          xo-web 5.111.0
                                          VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 15160138

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                                          • florentF Offline
                                            florent Vates šŸŖ XO Team @ulasdem
                                            last edited by

                                            @ulasdem I will look into the error message, at least I will make it more informative. How many VM have you in this esxi ? is it more than 100 ?

                                            For the long running import : there is a visible Task only when we reached the importing phase. The first step (when using thin=true) will read the whole disks to detect empty blocks. For now it's visible only in the logs, but we're working on it.

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