Hello, someone migrated PVS VDA and Master from VMWARE to Xen Server ? One of our customer wanted to migrate from vmware to xen but test XenServer before migrating definitively so I thin inplace upgrade is not the best choice as Citrix recommanded to not start master image on vmware after converting to xen. I would better clone the existing vDisk to Xen then sysprep it to use the existing master in vmware and the cloned master in Xen to test eveything but I don't know if this is possible. I'm reading the Xen documentation but I would have some admin experience. Thanks

Best option is always a clean build, as the leftover can cause issues. If you want to keep the image, just import the PVS vhdx file into xenserver, strip out everything citrix and vmware, and then generate a new PVS image from it.

Thanks. What I don't understand is : Citrix doc says : In-place updates: A vDisk is managed through the PVS versioning and updated by placing the vDisk into private mode, where updates are made before assigning it back to target VMs in standard mode. This mean stopping all the VDA to boot the master image in private mode. But import wizard in Xen is reading a vhdx file so I think, merging all updates in new base could be sufficient and after that use this merged vhdx to be imported in Xen. Xen will recreate a new persistant VM where I can then uninstall vmware tools and install xen tools then create new pvs disk. Right ? And i found less documentation or video on this subject on internet 😞

Those are the exact steps. With a single merged base you can import that to XenServer and create a new machine with it. Just make sure you have the local administrator password as it will be off the domain. You don't have to worry about sysprep.

I would be sure that we will have no impact on master image based on vmware since for the test period in Xen, this master could be updated with new versions or a new merged version. So I'm asking why when the vhdx will be imported, the new VM will be in workstation and no more in domain ? Is this done by Xen import wizard ?

I mean you can, but I have never had an issue, especially since it is going to be getting a new name, and joined with a different sid, and going to PVS that will change the ids anyways.

If you have a step-by-step guide, I'd be interested because I imagine that one day there will be one on your site, which I consult regularly. 😄 Many thanks for you answers.

You know what, I have a lot of people moving to xenserver. I think once they re-release PVS 2503 I will do that. I'll ping you if I do.

Thank you Jeff.