VMware migration tool: we need your feedback!
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When migrating VMs from ESXi, the CPU count and Memory allocation is taken over to XCP-ng.
That's all fine for me.
However, after import, the static min memory allocation cannot be reduced.
Is there a workaround?[02:56 xcp01 ~]# xe vm-param-get uuid=... param-name=memory-static-min
8589934592
[02:57 xcp01 ~]# xe vm-memory-static-range-set uuid=... min=4294967296 max=8589934592
The dynamic memory range violates constraint static_min <= dynamic_min <= dynamic_max <= static_max. -
If you want to change the min, just change the min not the whole range
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Hello Olivier
Min value is deactivated and not changeable via GUI.
However, I found out, that the static max value can be changed below the currently set static min value. (looks a bit strange to me?)
Example:
before change
=> min 8GB max 8GB
change max value via GUI to 4GB
after change
=> min 4GB max 4GB
Then change the max value to 8GB again.
=> min 4GB max 8GBBest regards
Thomas -
Yes, because there's no reason to modify the static min. I was asking why are you trying to change the whole range via the CLI.
But first, what do you want to achieve functionally speaking?
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To be able to start with dynamic memory at 4GB (min max) for the Windows Guest.
And then if needed, to be able, to expand to 8GB (min max) on the fly.
However, it seems, that the Windows Guest (2022 Server) always sees static max correct? -
Do you really need dynamic memory? I would prefer to avoid it if you can. Each migration will deflate the VM to the dynamic min, which is a cause of a lot of crashes and migration issues (if not taken into account, eg dynamic too low vs current usage). Keep it with static as far as possible.
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Ok. Thank you for the advise.
Will follow as recommended.
Best regards -
Any plans to check how many vNICs there are and allow us to map each one correctly.
All of our vmware VMs have multiple vNICs and are in different port-groups.
Its not a major hassle to change them post-migration - just a nice-to-have.
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You mean to map each VIF to each Network of your choice?
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@olivierlambert - Yes, so when we do a V2V there is only 1 VIF listed to put the migrated VIFs in to, even if the VM has 5 VIFs
Is it possible to query each vmx and allow us to select a 'network' for each VIF that it has?
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Question for @florent