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

      @Flying9167 without providing more info on the error nor the VMware version you use, or if your VM is running or not, it's hard to help 😞

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        Flying9167 @olivierlambert
        last edited by Flying9167

        @olivierlambert

        I'm running ESXi 6.7 update 3, trying to transfer a Windows 2019 Server, running or halted I get the same error, I have tried several other vms with the same result. Tried different storage and network options too, all same result.

        Import
        Property description must be an object: undefined
        

        Running XOA on latest with trial enabled fully up to date, two hosts in pool fully up to date.

        vm.importMultipleFromEsxi
        {
          "concurrency": 2,
          "host": "192.168.150.39",
          "network": "d41468b9-53d8-63af-b474-d3062625ce10",
          "password": "* obfuscated *",
          "sr": "1477ad1f-0d29-ec1f-fa8e-7b8d3bb04ae4",
          "sslVerify": false,
          "stopOnError": true,
          "stopSource": false,
          "thin": false,
          "user": "root",
          "vms": [
            "21",
            "20"
          ]
        }
        {
          "succeeded": {},
          "message": "Property description must be an object: undefined",
          "name": "TypeError",
          "stack": "TypeError: Property description must be an object: undefined
            at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
            at Task.onProgress (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/combineEvents.js:51:16)
            at Task.#emit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:130:21)
            at Task.#emit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:124:17)
            at Function.set (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:47:17)
            at file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/api/vm.mjs:1388:20
            at Task.runInside (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:149:22)
            at Task.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:134:20)
            at asyncEach.concurrency.concurrency (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/api/vm.mjs:1372:11)"
        }
        
        

        Even selecting just 1 vm at a time produces the same error

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

          Are you sure the halted VM doesn't have any snapshot?

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            michmoor0725
            last edited by michmoor0725

            New user to XCP-NG.
            Testing the migration from ESXi and i am getting the following message in log.
            Property description must be an object: undefined

            ESXi client is version 8.0.0

            I am able to connect from XCP-NG and see my VMs but cant import any of them. Is there another workaround than using XOA?

            edit: I have tried suspending and shutdown my VM on ESXi and still get the same error.

            vm.importMultipleFromEsxi
            {
              "concurrency": 2,
              "host": "192.168.50.20",
              "network": "61289739-1df5-c88d-770c-78287d9d72a5",
              "password": "* obfuscated *",
              "sr": "0b002e97-e812-8626-f4e0-2c6267c62296",
              "sslVerify": false,
              "stopOnError": true,
              "stopSource": false,
              "thin": false,
              "user": "admin",
              "vms": [
                "1"
              ]
            }
            {
              "succeeded": {},
              "message": "Property description must be an object: undefined",
              "name": "TypeError",
              "stack": "TypeError: Property description must be an object: undefined
                at Function.defineProperty (<anonymous>)
                at Task.onProgress (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/combineEvents.js:51:16)
                at Task.#emit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:130:21)
                at Task.#emit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:124:17)
                at Function.set (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:47:17)
                at file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/api/vm.mjs:1388:20
                at Task.runInside (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:149:22)
                at Task.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/node_modules/@vates/task/index.js:134:20)
                at asyncEach.concurrency.concurrency (file:///usr/local/lib/node_modules/xo-server/src/api/vm.mjs:1372:11)"
            }
            
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            • olivierlambertO Online
              olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
              last edited by

              You need to be sure the VM is halted and doesn't have any snapshot πŸ™‚

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                michmoor0725 @olivierlambert
                last edited by

                @olivierlambert to be clear as i mentioned in my post, the VMs are shut down.

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

                  Are you using XOA on latest channel? My question holds regarding the presence of a snapshot for this VM πŸ™‚

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                    michmoor0725 @olivierlambert
                    last edited by

                    @olivierlambert just about to edit my comment πŸ™‚
                    There are no snapshots. I shutdown the VM at the time.

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

                      @florent will take a look tomorrow (it's V-day here)

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                        michmoor0725 @olivierlambert
                        last edited by

                        @olivierlambert Understood. I also have a support ticket open as well to track.

                        Has this been tested on ESXi 8.0.0 ?

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

                          I'm not sure, but without any delta mode (no snap and VM halted) the format (full) should work. Maybe there's something else in 8.0 πŸ€”

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                            michmoor0725 @olivierlambert
                            last edited by

                            @olivierlambert the plot thickens. I’m still in POC mode so no production impact. With so many VMs I would like to transfer and test the migration tool would be helpful.
                            Anyways, I’ll wait for your testing. Enjoy the holiday

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                              Flying9167
                              last edited by

                              yep I had no snapshots my side either and same error

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                                michmoor0725 @olivierlambert
                                last edited by

                                @olivierlambert hello! I don’t have the patch pushed to my XOA. Do I need to do anything to get the fix? I have the support tunnel open

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

                                  Well, you have to wait a bit for @florent to put the patch on your XOA, and since you are on the community forum and not with pro support, you have to be a bit patient until we can do that on our free time πŸ™‚ Stay tuned and keep the tunnel opened πŸ™‚ At worst, we'll have a patch release in XOA this week (Friday maybe).

                                  @Flying9167 this is now fixed on master branch.

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                                    Flying9167 @olivierlambert
                                    last edited by Flying9167

                                    @olivierlambert woohooo! Thank you team - have just tested on XOA built from sources and its working!

                                    If I give my XOA more CPU and/or RAM will it speed up the import? Is it bound to the resources of XOA? I'm getting 7.5MiB and have got 20MiB before but no more. My hardware (both sides) does support reads and writes at over 500MiB across my 10Gb link.

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                                    • olivierlambertO Online
                                      olivierlambert Vates πŸͺ Co-Founder CEO
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                                      It's XO from the sources, XOA is Xen Orchestra virtual Appliance πŸ˜‰ (the turnkey thing you deploy as a VM directly)

                                      Regarding the speed, it depends but since we have to read from Vmware API, then convert it on the fly, then read twice to avoid thick provisioned, it's not fast. However, you can have warm migration if you have VMware 6.5, so it's kind of automatically spawn on destination when done.

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                                        Flying9167 @olivierlambert
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                                        @olivierlambert Oh roger that, I didn't realise the distinction!

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                                          michmoor0725 @olivierlambert
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                                          @olivierlambert Ahh ok. Im still new to the whole process here so forgive me.
                                          Can you clarify something for me? I have premium support now but im on the community forums (here). Is there another channel i can use to get the issue addressed in accordance to my license level (community vs preimum). Does this affect the open ticket i have with support?

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

                                            If you have XOA with pro support, the first reflex is to go for the pro support and create a ticket. You have the guarantee to have an answer and dedicated resources given in a reduced timeframe.

                                            Here, it's only "a bonus", and we try to help, but there's 0 guarantee.

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