The physical to virtual p2v feature requires a red hat enterprise linux 6. The last versions of vmware converter claim to support p2v of linux based servers. Virt p2v is comprised of both virtp2vserver, included in the virtv2v package, and the p2v client, available from the red hat customer portal as rhel6. How to set up software raid 1 on an existing linux. Jul 15, 2008 for the raid 6 performance tests i used 64kb, 256kb, and 1,024kb chunk sizes for both hardware and software raid. Aug 18, 2016 in simple terms, a physicaltovirtual p2v conversion transfers the entire state of an operating system installed on bare metal into a virtual machine. Shown below is the graph for raid6 using a 256kb chunk size. Configure software raid on a linux vm azure linux virtual. Aug 12, 2014 5 comments on breaking a linux software raid 1 for import using vmware converter i rarely post supergeeky stuff on here, but since i couldnt find any good instructions to do this important and critical activity on the internet, and my coworkers had to piece together a set of steps that worked for us, i wanted to share what we learned. How to remove sw raid for vmware converter to work david hrbac. Once you have completed your partitioning in the main partition disks page select configure software raid select yes select create new md drive select raid type. P2v dell raid 5 servers to hyper v solutions experts exchange. Starting the installation begin the installation by booting up the ubuntu server dvd or usb and then following the wizard through to the partition disks screen. Creating software raid0 stripe on two devices using.
As for converter supporting software raid, that is a very complex problem that not a lot of conversion tools dont support. Ubuntu raid 1 step 7 repeat steps for second drive. I am able to to a bare metal recovery to dissimilar hardware, but this takes a. This would also apply to importing a physical ubuntu box. Software raid are available without using physical hardware those are called as software raid. Converting an ubuntu tm physical machine to a virtual machine. Adding an old software raid array to a software raid installation boot problems. It is commonly done with the intent of retiring old hardware without rebuilding the system. If a hard disk is part of a raid array or lvm volume group vg, then either all. For the raid6 performance tests i used 64kb, 256kb, and 1,024kb chunk sizes for both hardware and software raid. Today i decided to make it virtual and moved it over to my proxmox server without issue. This means that you must create matching partitions on all disks before creating the raid.
Centos, oracle linux, sles 12, opensuse, and ubuntu. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. P2v fedora linux box with a software raid disk vmware. There may be many reasons to move an existing environment from one machine to another, or even the same, under virtualbox. P2v dell raid 5 servers to hyper v solutions experts. This how to is a nasty long winded rabbit hole of a work around that takes advantage of the magic of virtualization.
Check raid status on ubuntu kevs development toolbox. Jun 02, 2016 the drives are configured in 2 arrays a 1tb raid 1 2x1tb and a 2. I was looking at possibly using clonezilla and it doesnt support software raid in linux either. I have a physical production webserver running ubuntu 10.
Will a ex software raid 1 disk boot without raid software. The mdadm utility can be used to create and manage storage arrays using linuxs software raid capabilities. You will be asked to partition disks at this point. I want move the data over to my virtualbox host 64bit ubuntu 12. There are many raid levels such as raid 0, raid 1, raid 5, raid 10 etc. How to remove sw raid for vmware converter to work david.
I cannot find any tutorial that can help with this mounting issue. Use the rescue media cd of acronis true image 10 or acronis true image 11 to convert the raid array to a single. Discussion in servers started by seedubya, jun 2, 2016. Mar 26, 2020 in this tutorial, well be talking about raid, specifically we will set up software raid 1 on a running linux distribution. There is quite a few resources around when it comes to converting windows boxes to virtual machines. Using vmware converter for your conversion as a tool is pretty straightforward. But what to do if you want to convert a linux machine which does not have gui graphical user interface. We can use full disks, or we can use same sized partitions on different sized drives. Run vmware vcenter converter standalone to convert the single. Log in to your red hat account red hat customer portal. The ubuntu community is built on the ideas enshrined in the ubuntu manifesto. Im up and running with one small issue i wanted to get some help on resolving. P2v fedora linux box with a software raid disk thebrinman jan 22, 2014 10.
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link. The default is to try to derive a name from the physical machines hostname if possible else use a randomly generated. It is installed with 2 x sata disks without a sata raid controller, runs windows server 2003 and uses software raid 1 mirror over the two disks which are set as dynamic. This is really helpful when translating software from one language to another because you can now have both language versions running at the same time on the same desktop. Virtualizing the operating system on a physical server can be the key to preserving its applications and migrating it to faster hardware that it may not support on its own. So i was disappointed that ubuntu didnt have it as a option for my new file server.
I need to install a software raid0 array on a ubuntu 12. The following software products claim to do p2v, but in fact do not seem to support linux. Its a common scenario to use software raid on linux virtual machines in azure to. How to p2v linux into vmware esx server esx virtualization. Raid can be created, if there are minimum 2 number of disk connected to a raid controller and make a logical volume or more drives can be added in an array according to defined raid levels. That adds a lot of overhead that slows down raid and you dont need the redundancy on swap. In most situations, software raid performance is as good and often better than an equivalent hardware raid solution, all at a lower cost and with greater flexibility. What i mean is that not all software supports converting software raid 5 machines. P2v conversion linux to vmware vsphere esxi or microsoft hyperv. Virtp2v converts a physical machine to run virtualized on kvm, managed by. I have tried to use vmwares standalone converter but that does not work on a running server with software raid. Starwind hyperconverged appliance is a turnkey, entirely softwaredefined hyperconverged platform purposebuilt for intensive virtualization.
Im not sure if the following will help you because i dont know anything about the vmware p2v converter, but here goes. My question is does mounting the old disks as a raw disk mess with linux software raid5 or lvm2. A customer has a noncritical hp server that they would like to p2v. On top of this, the mirrored disks are split into two logical partitions, c. Disk2vhd for hyperv p2v physical to virtual conversions. However, discussion group participants have noted mixed success with using disk2vhd for doing p2v on a hardware raid. Solved how to convert linux box with software raid5 to. Raid 10 is the fastest raid level that also has good redundancy too.
Aggiungi nuovo tag arp arpcache asterisk backup backup incrementale centos checkpoint cisco ciscobridge ciscopppoerelay date dns grandstream hardisk hybridcrs imap ipsec ipsec dynamic ipsec mikrotik kvm kvmqemu linux lvm mdadm mikrotik mikrotikcrs mikrotikipsec mikrotik vlan switch nat noip noip openvpn oracle p2v postfix proxmox raid linux. The main advantage of such a thing is cost, as this dedicated card is an added premium to the base configuration of the system. Converter is a pretty well made tool for being free. Virt p2v is comprised of both virt p2v server, included in the virtv2v package, and the p2v client, available from the red hat customer portal as rhel6. This manual page documents the rewritten virtv2v included in libguestfs. Convert physical linux server to vmware p2v vmware starwind. Converting an ubuntu tm physical machine to a virtual machine vmware step 1. Shown below is the graph for raid 6 using a 256kb chunk size. Setup raid0 in linux main concept of using raid is to save data from single point of failure, means if we using a single disk to store the data and if its failed, then there is no chance of getting our data back, to stop the data loss we need a fault tolerance method. Hardware raids have you add the disks to the raid and then create the partition. How to create a software raid 5 in linux mint ubuntu. Removing software raid 1 after p2v conversion ask ubuntu.
As the name implies, this is a raid redundant array of inexpensive disks setup that is done completely in software instead of using a dedicated hardware card. A running p2v conversion job fails if you create a new conversion job for the. Linux software raid is far more cost effective and flexible than hardware raid, though it is more complex and requires manual intervention when replacing drives. In this tutorial, youll learn how to install ubuntu server 16. Now that both drive are ready, it is time to select configure software raid. Since raid hardware is very expensive, many motherboard manufacturers use multichannel controllers with special bios features to perform raid. Boot the physical machine from the clonezilla tm live cd or usb. Forzare il rebuild di array mdadm raid software su ubuntu. In this tutorial, well be talking about raid, specifically we will set up software raid 1 on a running linux distribution. The ubuntu live cd installer doesnt support software raid, and the server and alternate cds only allow you to do raid levels 0, 1, and 5. Physical to virtual p2v using virtualbox some people may want to run their existing system on another. In this series, well walk through raid concepts and terminology, create software raid arrays using linuxs mdadm utility, and learn how to manage and administer arrays to keep your storage infrastructure running smoothly. Apr 28, 2017 how to create a software raid 5 on linux. In most situations, software raid performance is as good and often better than an equivalent hardware raid solution, all at.
The advantage that software raid had in terms of speed have evaporated, leaving all block input fairly even across the board. If you really want it really gone, you have to destroy the md super block, so mdadm will no longer be able recognize it as a array member. Sep 29, 2009 a customer has a noncritical hp server that they would like to p2v. It is also commonly done when an organization first begins to transition from an allphysical. Breaking a linux software raid 1 for import using vmware. We just need to remember that the smallest of the hdds or partitions dictates the arrays capacity. Raid allows you to turn multiple physical hard drives into a single logical hard drive. Its quite easy to make p2v of windows base servers. Administrators have great flexibility in coordinating their individual storage devices and creating logical storage devices that have greater performance or redundancy characteristics. The best way to use two or more disks for swap as in this situation is to set both partitions to the type swap then in etcfstab, set them with the same priority. Vmware converter is very powerful tool to provide physical to virtual conversion. Resolving linux boot issues after p2v with vmware converter. When the device was physical i had a software raid 1 configured.
Converting physical machines to virtual machines red. Software raid 5 always missing 1 disk after reboot. Follow the clonezilla tm wizard to convert the desired disk or partitions into an image a folder containing some files. I have two 500gb hard disk that were in a software raid1 on a gentoo distribution. Feb 10, 2012 while vmware converter 5 does a good job livecloning the existing linux servers, sometimes you have to use the cold clone boot cd if the physical server uses software raid and then boot vm from the broken mirror side, or sometimes the resulting vm does not boot because of issues with bootloader. Raid stands for r edundant a rray of i nexpensive d isks. Virtualizing a linux system creating a linux vm p2v. The first page of the new virtual machine wizard is purely informational. There is also a companion frontend called virtp2v1 which comes as an iso, cd or pxe image that can be booted on physical machines to virtualize those machines physical to virtual, or p2v. Click next when ready the first data screen asks for the name of the virtual machine and the initial location.
This is a form of software raid using special drivers, and it is not necessarily faster than true software raid. Ubuntu server p2v that is running software raid5 server fault. However, only 2tb of the data drive is recognised since the machine was installed with the bios in legacy mode when it should have been in uefi. Others may want to test an existing environment with specific apps or even updates. Some disk partitions dont have a filesystem at all, such as those used for swap, lvm or software raid md. This tutorial was created while installing ubuntu 12. Raid allows you to manage separate storage drives as a unified device with better performance or redundancy properties. Its a raid 0 using my motherboard software to create the raid 0 volume asus rampage iii extreme lga 66 intel x58 sata 6gbs usb 3. In simple terms, a physicaltovirtual p2v conversion transfers the entire state of an operating system installed on bare metal into a virtual machine. Disk2vhd for doing p2v peter asked what is the best way to go virtual physical to virtualp2vwith a raid 1 hard drive array. Extract the converter package on your linux server.
The drives are configured in 2 arrays a 1tb raid 1 2x1tb and a 2. Installationsoftwareraid community help wiki ubuntu. I have used disk2vhd, easeus p2v, paragon server backup p2v, so i think it is something with raid drivers but i am not sure. Adding an old softwareraid array to a softwareraid installation boot problems. How to set up software raid 1 on an existing linux distribution. I am able to to a bare metal recovery to dissimilar hardware, but this takes a very long time. How to setup software raid for a simple file server on ubuntu. And when i say unofficialdangerous workarounds i meant that some people found a way sometimes to get it to work with vmware converter unofficially by breaking their raid mirror in raid 1 and changing partition type, etc which i dont want to do in my production. Articles, notes and random thoughts on software development and technology. Install ubuntu on raid 0 and uefigpt system github. This how to will show you how i managed to import an ubuntu vm from hyperv into a vmware 5. The name that you choose will be used as a label in all virtual machine tools, including hyperv.
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