Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform Exporting a Windows 2003 / 2008 VM

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1 Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform Exporting a Windows 2003 / 2008 VM The following guide describes the process for exporting a Windows 2003 / 2008 virtual machine from the Global Cloud platform and importing it into a virtualized environment. The guide will assist those looking to export a complete Windows 2003/8 VM from FGCP (including data and configuration) onto VMWare or Hyper-V or any suitable Virtual Platform. It will also reassure those customers who have concerns over long-term vendor lock-in. Although not shown in the below steps, the same process is used to export and import Windows 2003 virtual machines. What is involved Imaging the disk drives of a virtual machine to a single VHD file for each drive. Copying the files to an external environment over the Internet. Preparing the VHD files for the required virtual environment. Creating a new virtual machine using these files in the customer s external environment. Note: Post Import management of the VM is not in scope of this guide. It is the customer s responsibility to verify the health of the imported VM, update any drivers and reconfigure the VM in its new environment. The customer will also be responsible for relicensing the operating system and the ongoing costs of such a license as this will no longer be provided by the monthly FGCP VM charge. General Notes It is recommended to record or change the initial FGCP generated password to something memorable Record IP address configuration as DHCP will not be available If exporting a Windows 2008 server, it may be beneficial to resize the system C: using MS Disk Management(and any D drive) to remove excess empty space. This will save time and costs when backing up, exporting and reconfiguring. Resizing 2003 will require a third party utility. NOTE: Make sure you have enough free space to save the backup image to. (default Disk2Vhd file size GB, GB) Install and Execute Disk2VDH Utility On the Virtual Machine being imaged: 1. Download Disk2Vhd utility from 2. Uncompress the downloaded file and double click disk2vhd.exe to run. 3. On first run, click Agree to license agreement 4. In the resulting utility window, specify a suitable location for the backup files, ensure the drives to be imaged are ticked, including the System Reserved Page 1 of 10

2 5. Click Create to begin the process. This may take some time to complete. Copy VM Image Files to the External System These files now need to be copied to the desired external system. This could be via either the remote desktop connection utility or a FTP server installed in the FGCP environment. FTP transfer will be several times quicker than RDP, but will require addition configuration of the FTP service. See guides: FTP - RDP - Prepare VM Image files for External Virtual Platform Disk2Vhd by default saves the image files in the Microsoft Virtual PC / Hypervisor format VHD. If you have Hyper-V or Virtual PC, then no preparation is required and the VHD file can be imported directly. Please see Hyper-V / Virtual PC documentation as required, as this is out of scope of this document. In order to use these files in a VMWare environment, the format of these files need to be converted to VMDK. This can be achieved using the free convertor tool StarWindSoftware Image Convertor. This should be performed on a suitable machine in the external environment, where the image files will be imported. 1. Register and download the utility from 2. Run StarWindConverter.exe 3. On Welcome screen, click Next 4. Select I accept license agreement and click Next 5. Accept default install location and click Next 6. Accept default folder location and click Next 7. Click Next, accepting to create desktop icon 8. Click Install to begin the process and Finish to complete 9. Select Start All Programs Starwind Software Starwind V2V Image Convertor Starwind V2V Image Convertor 10. In the resulting wizard, click Next on the Welcome screen 11. Browse to the first VHD file and click Next Page 2 of 10

3 12. Accept Destination Image Format or change as required and click Next 13. Accept default Disk Type and click Next 14. Specify a destination location and click Next 15. The conversion process will then begin which may take some time 16. Repeat steps 9 to 15 for any other additional data disks. Page 3 of 10

4 Prepare VM Image files for External Virtual Platform The follow steps assume VMWare Workstation is used as the Virtual Platform. Please consult the Virtual Platform documentation if an alternative product is used. 1. Within VMWare Workstation, select File New Virtual Machine 2. In the resulting Wizard, select the Custom (advanced) option. 3. Accept the default or specify the hardware compatibility and click Next 4. Select I will install the operating system later and click Next 5. Specify the Operating System as either Microsoft Windows Server 2008 or 2003 and click Next Page 4 of 10

5 6. Accept the default or specify a server name and location and click Next 7. Accept the default or customise the Processor Configuration and click Next Page 5 of 10

6 8. Accept the default Memory requirements or customise and click Next 9. Accept the default Network configuration or update, and click Next 10. Accept the default I/O adapter types or update, and click Next 11. Specify Use an existing virtual disk option and click Next Page 6 of 10

7 12. In resulting window, click Browse and select the first converted file (which will be the system drive), Open and Next 13. If prompted to covert, select Keep Existing Format and click Ok 14. Click Finish to complete 15. To import any additional data disks into the VM, right click on the newly created virtual machine within VMWare and select Settings Page 7 of 10

8 16. Click Add in resulting window 17. Select Hard Disk and click Next 18. Select Use and existing virtual disk and click Disk 19. Browse to the additional data disk file and click Open and then Next 20. If prompted to covert, select Keep Existing Format and click Ok 21. Click Ok to close Virtual Machine Settings window Page 8 of 10

9 Power On the Virtual Machine The virtual machine can now be powered on and booted into the virtual environment. It should then be configured and managed as appropriately, including the network connections which will no longer be able to contact the FGCP DHCP, DNS, NTP, or WSUS servers. Contact Fujitsu Global Cloud Team FUJITSU Website: All rights reserved, including intellectual property rights. Technical data subject to modifications and delivery subject to availability. Any liability that the data and illustrations are complete, actual or correct is excluded. Designations may be trademarks and/ or copyrights of the respective manufacturer, the use of which by third parties for their own purposes may infringe the rights of such owner. Copyright Fujitsu Limited 2011 Page 9 of 10

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