Hyper-V to AHV Using Nutanix Move MIGRATION

HYPER-V TO AHV USING NUTANIX MOVE MIGRATION

Nutanix Move is compatible with following Microsoft Hyper-V Hypervisor.

Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)
Windows Server 2012 R2 with Hyper-V Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)
Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2019 Server (Standalone and failover Cluster)

Note :Windows Server 2k8 is Hyper-V hypervisor is not supported. You can fallow this article Manual Migration.

General Requirements for migrating VMS :-

PowerShell version must be 4.0 or later
WinRM is enabled on the Guest OS level.
Guest VMS should be communicated with Nutanix move for automatic and Manual migration.
Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox are the supported and recommended browsers.
Ensure that the Virtual Machines have Hyper-V integration services installed and IP address is present in the Networking tab of the Hyper-V manager for automatic VMs migration.
For Automatic Migration mode :- Ensure WinRM is configured on Hyper-V servers and Windows guest VM and ports are open in firewall Windows Remote Management (WinRM) feature to work.WinRM-HTTPS: 5986 WinRM-HTTP: 5985
Local administrator account is recommended for migration.
User credentials entered during migration should have administrator level privileges.

This diagram will show how Nutanix Move works with Hyper-V.

**HYPER-V TO AHV USING NUTANIX MOVE MIGRATION**

Adding Windows Hyper-V Source Environment

Once you login into the Nutanix move console

Click on add environment

Add Environment

2. Enter the details

If you have not installed Move agent in Source Hyper-V Server. You will get below error.

Move hyper-v agent automatic installation failed. Failed to download Move agent installer file on Hyper-V host: Please check if file exists on move appliance.

Following are the reason of this error :-

Move Agent is not installed in Source Hyper- V Server
Take MSTSC and ope the browser and type :-

http://<move-ip>/downloads/agents
or 
http://<nutanix-move-ip>/downloads/agents/move-agent-installer.exe

Replace <nutanix-move-ip> with the IP address of the Move VM.

By default, the agent is downloaded in download folder,and copy or move the downloaded file under “C:\users\Administrator” or domain administrator.

Open the command prompt with “Run as administrator”

move-agent-installer.exe -o [operation] -ip [move ip] -u [user]

Try again adding Hyper-v environment this time it will work without any issue

Now create new Migration plan and start migrating VMS which is the same as VMware to AHV.

Supported Guest Operating systems from Hyper-V to AHV.

Sr. No	Operating System	Gen 1 Supported	Gen 2 Supported
1	Windows Server 2019	Yes	Yes**
2	Windows Server 2016	Yes	Yes**
3	Windows Server 2012 R2	Yes	Yes**
4	Windows Server 2012	Yes	Yes**
5	Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)	NA – Target	NA – Source
6	Windows Server 2008 (64 bit)	NA – Target	NA – Source
7	Windows Server 2008 R2	Yes	NA – Source
8	Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 bit)	NA – Target	NA – Source
9	Windows Server 2003 SP2 (64 bit)	NA – Target	NA – Source
10	Windows 7 (32 bit)	Yes	NA – Source
11	Windows 7 (64 bit)	Yes	NA – Source
12	Windows 8 (32 bit)	Yes	NA – Source
13	Windows 8 (64 bit)	Yes	Yes**
14	Windows 10 (32 bit)	Yes	NA – Source
15	Windows 10 (64 bit)	Yes	Yes**
16	RHEL 6.5 – 6.9, 7.x (64 bit)	Yes	NA – Target
17	CentOS 6.5 – 6.9, 7.x (64-bit)	Yes	NA – Target
18	Ubuntu 14, 16, 18	Yes	Yes **
19	FreeBSD 11	Yes	NA – Source
20	Debian 9.4	Yes	Not Certified
21	Oracle 7.x	Yes	Not Certified

If the source VM is created using Secure boot with UEFI, Need to enable uefi in AHV.

nuntanix@CVM#acli vm.update <vm_id> uefi_boot=True

Must be enabled for the below operating system
CentOS 7.4 2, 6.8 3, 8, 8.1, 8.2
Ubuntu 12.04 4, 19.04
Oracle linux 7 5
RHEL 6.8, 8.1

Guest VM State Which is not supported by Nutanix Move.

VM with no NICs.
VM with physical disks.
VM with no Vdisks.
VM with shared Vdisks (2016 onwards)
VM which is not in powered ON/OFF state.
VM with warnings or alerts.

Hyper-V to AHV Using Nutanix Move MIGRATION