vCenter Converter converting a Linux operating system does not maintain LVMs on the resulting virtual machine

Products

• VMware
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• When converting a Linux operating system, vCenter Converter does not maintain Logical Volumes (LVMs) on the resulting virtual machine.
• When using vCenter Converter Standalone 4.x to convert a supported Linux guest operating system that has LVMs, the resulting virtual machine does not contain the LVM setup.

Environment

VMware ESX 4.1.x
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.x
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Installable
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3.x
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0.x
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware ESX Server 3.5.x
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware ESX 4.0.x
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable

Resolution

vCenter Converter 4.x

vCenter Converter Standalone 4.x is able to read source Linux LVMs for cloning operations, but the resulting virtual machine does not carry over the LVM settings. Instead, it creates partitions within the disk to match each volume.

Note: Manual reconfiguration of the operating system with the volumes and/or applications that rely on those volumes is required to preserve logical volumes in dynamic disks (Windows) or LVM (Linux), whether or not the LVM is dropped during a hot clone of a Linux guest operating system.

For every Logical Volume Group, a virtual disk is created. For every Logical Partition within the Logical Volume Group, a partition on the disk is created.

Note: Logical Volume Groups are not configured on the resulting virtual machine. Only disks and partitions are configured.

vCenter Converter 5.x

vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 supports preserving the LVM configuration on the source machine during Linux conversions. Therefore, to maintain LVMs during a conversion, use Converter Standalone 5.0. For more information, see the vCenter Converter Standalone User Guide.

Additional Information

For more information, see Virtual machine does not boot after being converted from a physical Red Hat machine (1002402).

Virtual machine does not boot after being converted from a physical Red Hat machine
vCenter Converter で Linux オペレーティング システムを変換すると、生成された仮想マシンで LVM が維持されない
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