Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...
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My UTM device offers an analyzer appliance, downloadable as only an OVF. We have vSphere 6.5 running but support told me the appliance only works on ESXi 6. However, Hyper-V 2012 R2 is also supported, which I do have one of those I just set up. I'm pretty new to Hyper-V and I've gone down a rabbit hole and now I'm a little unclear on what to do.
I first tried to import an OVF into Hyper-V only to quickly realize you can't do that. So I found out about the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 3.0 and installed that. Now I'm running MVMC and I'm stuck on this screen:
I don't appear to have any shares on \hv-2012-01. I mean, I know how to create a share on a Windows system, but I don't really know the "right" way to go about setting up Hyper-V storage and/or shares in this situation.
I haven't configured anything else on my Hyper-V server beyond the basic install and remote management and network settings.
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Your path is incorrect. You need to specify a real location to put it. \\nameOfServer\shareName
Or D:\path\to\storage
Or you can use the admin share on your hyper-v server: \\serverName\d$\Hyper-V
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@tim_g said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Your path is incorrect. You need to specify a real location to put it. \\nameOfServer\shareName
Or D:\path\to\storage
Or you can use the admin share on your hyper-v server: \\serverName\d$\Hyper-V
ok I got to the next screen using "\hv-2012-01\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks"
However now it wants to connect to an ESXi server but I have this OVF file on my local system. I get the impression that this is trying to convert a running system or something. I just want to convert a static file from one format to another, then import to Hyper-V from there. Maybe I have the wrong assumption on all this though..
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@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@tim_g said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Your path is incorrect. You need to specify a real location to put it. \\nameOfServer\shareName
Or D:\path\to\storage
Or you can use the admin share on your hyper-v server: \\serverName\d$\Hyper-V
ok I got to the next screen using "\hv-2012-01\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks"
However now it wants to connect to an ESXi server but I have this OVF file on my local system. I get the impression that this is trying to convert a running system or something. I just want to convert a static file from one format to another, then import to Hyper-V from there. Maybe I have the wrong assumption on all this though..
It's been a long time since I've used that tool. I don't remember what the options are.
Can you show screenshots?
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I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
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@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
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@tim_g said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@tim_g said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Your path is incorrect. You need to specify a real location to put it. \\nameOfServer\shareName
Or D:\path\to\storage
Or you can use the admin share on your hyper-v server: \\serverName\d$\Hyper-V
ok I got to the next screen using "\hv-2012-01\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks"
However now it wants to connect to an ESXi server but I have this OVF file on my local system. I get the impression that this is trying to convert a running system or something. I just want to convert a static file from one format to another, then import to Hyper-V from there. Maybe I have the wrong assumption on all this though..
It's been a long time since I've used that tool. I don't remember what the options are.
Can you show screenshots?
There's that:
and going back a few pages:
So yeah, I guess it's just for converting machines that are already installed/running..
I need to simply convert a .OVF to .VMDK
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@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
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@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
hahaha.. No. They (SonicWall) said 6.5 will eventually be supported.
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@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
Looks like this is an appliance that does logging/reporting for the physical UTM?
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You can do this with powershell
https://oitibs.com/convert-ova-to-vhdx-for-hyper-v/
There are many blogs/guides, here is one. -
@bnrstnr said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
Looks like this is an appliance that does logging/reporting for the physical UTM?
Yeah, it receives all the firewall logs and allows custom reports and whatnot.
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@momurda said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
You can do this with powershell
https://oitibs.com/convert-ova-to-vhdx-for-hyper-v/
There are many blogs/guides, here is one.oooh nice thanks!
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@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@bnrstnr said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
Looks like this is an appliance that does logging/reporting for the physical UTM?
Yeah, it receives all the firewall logs and allows custom reports and whatnot.
So like their version of Splunk?
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@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@bnrstnr said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
Looks like this is an appliance that does logging/reporting for the physical UTM?
Yeah, it receives all the firewall logs and allows custom reports and whatnot.
So like their version of Splunk?
Nowhere near that nice. It does reports on data usage, intrusions, attacks, etc. I currently have it set up on a Windows server that I want to get rid of and I figured if they have an appliance, I may as well use that instead.
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@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
hahaha.. No. They (SonicWall) said 6.5 will eventually be supported.
That's insane. vSphere 6.5 has been out for over a year, and they can't support it yet? This kind of stuff bothers me about vendors.
I was talking with someone the other day who had moved a bunch of VMs from a vSphere 5.0 cluster host to a fresh vSphere 6.5U1 cluster. There were some Linux VMs that were not supported on 6.5 per the 3rd party vendor and would have required a tremendous effort to update the 3rd party software running in the Linux VMs. So they ended up being left on the 5.0 cluster for now. It's not exactly the same as your situation here, but it was equally frustrating to hear.
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@networknerd said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
hahaha.. No. They (SonicWall) said 6.5 will eventually be supported.
That's insane. vSphere 6.5 has been out for over a year, and they can't support it yet? This kind of stuff bothers me about vendors.
I was talking with someone the other day who had moved a bunch of VMs from a vSphere 5.0 cluster host to a fresh vSphere 6.5U1 cluster. There were some Linux VMs that were not supported on 6.5 per the 3rd party vendor and would have required a tremendous effort to update the 3rd party software running in the Linux VMs. So they ended up being left on the 5.0 cluster for now. It's not exactly the same as your situation here, but it was equally frustrating to hear.
ok turns out I'm a fkn idiot and their most recent version of GMS Analyzer works on 6.5. I just got a strange error the first time I tried to deploy the OFV, researched the error, then found a work around that said to install the previous version first, which does not work with 6.5. Calling support, they told me that previous version wouldn't work on 6.5 but failed to tell me to try the newest version. The second time I called support, the tech I got told me that the newest version does work with 6.5 and I gave it a THIRD try and of course it worked find.
I have no idea how and why I never cease to be an idiot.
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@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@networknerd said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
hahaha.. No. They (SonicWall) said 6.5 will eventually be supported.
That's insane. vSphere 6.5 has been out for over a year, and they can't support it yet? This kind of stuff bothers me about vendors.
I was talking with someone the other day who had moved a bunch of VMs from a vSphere 5.0 cluster host to a fresh vSphere 6.5U1 cluster. There were some Linux VMs that were not supported on 6.5 per the 3rd party vendor and would have required a tremendous effort to update the 3rd party software running in the Linux VMs. So they ended up being left on the 5.0 cluster for now. It's not exactly the same as your situation here, but it was equally frustrating to hear.
ok turns out I'm a fkn idiot and their most recent version of GMS Analyzer works on 6.5. I just got a strange error the first time I tried to deploy the OFV, researched the error, then found a work around that said to install the previous version first, which does not work with 6.5. Calling support, they told me that previous version wouldn't work on 6.5 but failed to tell me to try the newest version. The second time I called support, the tech I got told me that the newest version does work with 6.5 and I gave it a THIRD try and of course it worked find.
I have no idea how and why I never cease to be an idiot.
I was going to say I have that on Hyperv, Vmware and Xenserver and has not been an issue
but again we all learn something new everyday. Doesn't mean we are idiots. -
@dbeato said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@networknerd said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
hahaha.. No. They (SonicWall) said 6.5 will eventually be supported.
That's insane. vSphere 6.5 has been out for over a year, and they can't support it yet? This kind of stuff bothers me about vendors.
I was talking with someone the other day who had moved a bunch of VMs from a vSphere 5.0 cluster host to a fresh vSphere 6.5U1 cluster. There were some Linux VMs that were not supported on 6.5 per the 3rd party vendor and would have required a tremendous effort to update the 3rd party software running in the Linux VMs. So they ended up being left on the 5.0 cluster for now. It's not exactly the same as your situation here, but it was equally frustrating to hear.
ok turns out I'm a fkn idiot and their most recent version of GMS Analyzer works on 6.5. I just got a strange error the first time I tried to deploy the OFV, researched the error, then found a work around that said to install the previous version first, which does not work with 6.5. Calling support, they told me that previous version wouldn't work on 6.5 but failed to tell me to try the newest version. The second time I called support, the tech I got told me that the newest version does work with 6.5 and I gave it a THIRD try and of course it worked find.
I have no idea how and why I never cease to be an idiot.
I was going to say I have that on Hyperv, Vmware and Xenserver and has not been an issue
but again we all learn something new everyday. Doesn't mean we are idiots.haha thanks.
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@dbeato said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@networknerd said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@scottalanmiller said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dave247 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
@dustinb3403 said in Trouble converting an OVF to VMDK using MVMC...:
I'm confused why your UTM device would even know or care what hypervisor it may or may not be on.
Have you tried using it, on your ESXi 6.5 system?
The appliance is downloadable in OVF which is for VMware. It is not compatible on 6.5 and displays errors, which is why I called support and that's when they told me it only works on up to 6.
Oh, is this an older UTM that they aren't supporting any longer? Do they have a current version?
hahaha.. No. They (SonicWall) said 6.5 will eventually be supported.
That's insane. vSphere 6.5 has been out for over a year, and they can't support it yet? This kind of stuff bothers me about vendors.
I was talking with someone the other day who had moved a bunch of VMs from a vSphere 5.0 cluster host to a fresh vSphere 6.5U1 cluster. There were some Linux VMs that were not supported on 6.5 per the 3rd party vendor and would have required a tremendous effort to update the 3rd party software running in the Linux VMs. So they ended up being left on the 5.0 cluster for now. It's not exactly the same as your situation here, but it was equally frustrating to hear.
ok turns out I'm a fkn idiot and their most recent version of GMS Analyzer works on 6.5. I just got a strange error the first time I tried to deploy the OFV, researched the error, then found a work around that said to install the previous version first, which does not work with 6.5. Calling support, they told me that previous version wouldn't work on 6.5 but failed to tell me to try the newest version. The second time I called support, the tech I got told me that the newest version does work with 6.5 and I gave it a THIRD try and of course it worked find.
I have no idea how and why I never cease to be an idiot.
I was going to say I have that on Hyperv, Vmware and Xenserver and has not been an issue
but again we all learn something new everyday. Doesn't mean we are idiots.How did you get it on Hyper-V? After I failed to get it on ESXi, I went down a huge rabbit hole trying to get it to work on Hyper-V 2012 R2... I extracted the .vmdx from the .ova and tried to convert it to a .vhdk with Powershell, but I couldn't get it to work..
