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@astrugatch At this point, I'd submit your ova to the Vates team as they requested to have them look inside it to verify you're exporting what is needed to be able to import into XO

@olivierlambert I'll ask for an update in the Forums post and see what they say...

@olivierlambert Ok, will do. Thanks!

I used the XO "Import From VMware" tool. I performed this on 3 VMs with no issues encountered during import. But, post-import, there are some as noted in the following:

1. On 2 Ubuntu VMs, v22.04 and v24.04, I am unable to boot the VM after import because XO assigns the VMs the "secure boot" option. The VMs are not configured for Secure Boot in VMware. I disable this option in VM > Adv tab, reboot and it then boots ok, but this is an issue which should be addressed. Maybe it's only for UEFI-based VMs?
2. When attempting to install Guest Tools via ISO. I can attach the ISO to the VM, but when I run the "sudo mount /dev/cdrom" cmd, it states "special device /dev/cdrom does not exist".
3. I then try to eject the ISO and receive an error like "<some character string>/vbd.xvdd does not exist in xenopsd."
4. The NIC of these imported Linux VMs is down after import...not sure why. I place it "up", but even so...they do not receive an IP address. I imported a Windows 2022 server and it did get an IP address, but it also has the eject ISO error as well.

Any thoughts on how to resolve these issues. If I choose to migrate from VMware,, this would be a huge deterrent to doing so.
Thanks!

@lawrencesystems @olivierlambert
Thought I'd provide an update here...only fair

After getting everything running again, I was able to add 2 physical XCP Hosts to XO and get things going -> create a Pool; create some VMs; test Live Migration (not VDI-based yet); import from VMW (an issue there with Linux); but overall...able to dive into it a bit deeper and see how things in XCP/XO work vs VMW. So far, after getting through my initial issues...I think it's ok

I think my Host2 network issue may have stemmed from attempting to add it back into XO when I was no longer seeing it in the Settings > Servers area after adding it to a Pool. I wasn't aware it would disappear from that area when adding it to a Pool. I don't think the documentation states this (unless I overlooked it? if not, would be helpful I think). Anyway...thanks to all for chiming in!

@gskger Understood.. Thanks for clarifying @gskger

@julienXOvates Hi Julien. Sorry for the late response. Yep...that did it.. Sorry I didn't try that initially (I even rebooted my XO VM & still didn't fix it initially). I was hesitant to close out my browser because of all tabs/sessions I'm working on hahaha

But yep...that worked. Thanks!

@acebmxer Hi "Ace". So what I did was exactly what you were suggesting. I created my XOS from a video from Tom Lawrence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuS7tSOxcSo). So yes...in that Folder I shared above...there's a .cfg file. I changed the ' BRANCH="master" ' to the path Julien & you shared, then ran an update from the xo-install.sh script. It now works. It's basically the same view as doing the "full screen" view, but just in another browser tab. Thank you for the assist! I'm going to change it back to the "master" now though cuz it's the same view I currently have..just in the same browser window.

@julienXOvates Thank you Julien...really appreciate it.

@julienXOvates ah, ok...that makes sense re: vGPU

And that's great to hear about V2V. I wanna say I can't believe Broadcom did that....but yet, that's all they've been doing the past 2yrs is "hosing" their customer base so it's not surprising. Looking fwd to seeing what you all come up with.