hi there,
i've just converted a vmware1 guest to esxi4.1 via vm converter 3, my steps as below:
1. on vmware1, power off the guest (w2k3sp2, ad server)
2. run vm converter to convert existing vm files into esxi4.1 version with options install vmtool, remove checkpoint
3. it went very smooth & finished within 20 mins
4. on ewxi4.1, power on the converted guest
here got problem 1 - via vsphere client's console tab, mouse/keyboard didn't work at all, anyway use remote desktop to access the server to continue my works.
5. set the fix ipaddr on the guest, reboot the server
here got problem 2 - after "server is shutting down..." message gone, it stay in forever grey background screen, after waiting some 30mins then i power it off.
6. restart the guest, uninstall vmtool, reboot (manually power off), reinstall vmtool, reboot (manually power off), still didn't help.
here got problem 3 - found server display settings' advance button dimmed so i can't change the hardware acceleration settings, also the screen resolution is fixed at 1280x800 also cannot be changed.
i didn't know where i've done wrong, as it's AD server seems better not to bring up the old vmware1 image file to do it again.... in this case any suggestion to fix?
million thx in advance!
i've just converted a vmware1 guest to esxi4.1 via vm converter 3, my steps as below:
1. on vmware1, power off the guest (w2k3sp2, ad server)
2. run vm converter to convert existing vm files into esxi4.1 version with options install vmtool, remove checkpoint
3. it went very smooth & finished within 20 mins
4. on ewxi4.1, power on the converted guest
here got problem 1 - via vsphere client's console tab, mouse/keyboard didn't work at all, anyway use remote desktop to access the server to continue my works.
5. set the fix ipaddr on the guest, reboot the server
here got problem 2 - after "server is shutting down..." message gone, it stay in forever grey background screen, after waiting some 30mins then i power it off.
6. restart the guest, uninstall vmtool, reboot (manually power off), reinstall vmtool, reboot (manually power off), still didn't help.
here got problem 3 - found server display settings' advance button dimmed so i can't change the hardware acceleration settings, also the screen resolution is fixed at 1280x800 also cannot be changed.
i didn't know where i've done wrong, as it's AD server seems better not to bring up the old vmware1 image file to do it again.... in this case any suggestion to fix?
million thx in advance!