How to migrate from Citrix XEN Server to vMWare Vsphere ESXi

[@farzadrahnama3240]

Thank you, after two weeks of searching, I have finally completed my task.

[@arnatecs]

I am amazed this tutorial still helps people after 6 years :)

[@kilodk77]

Like you I was tasked with this and ran into brick wall after brick wall. Eventually after a month of on and off trials (stubbornness) i also realized the many embedded Xen drivers were to blame and got it running (in my case 2012 R2) Then this week is got the task again and realized I forgot MOST of my learnings from that time. Your video here quickly got me back on track. Thanks a million and GREAT WORK!

[@arnatecs]

2023 Update: This Video is at the moment of this writing 6 years old. My old website is offline and I have since moved on from the winflare project. I am sorry the link is down, unfortunately Wayback Machine has it not archived :(

[@falazarte]

Dude! Thanks so much. I can confirm the successful migration of Win Srv 2019.

[@seuadalton8249]

Bingo!!! Tks a lot for the tutorial. I've migrated a Windows 2016 Server Std to Vmware Esxi 6.7 ! It was so cool ! Awesome tip

[@srivisu150]

Hi Seu, Can i have steps to migrate vm's from Xenclient(xenserver) to vmware vcenter(esx) environment.

[@txelli9060]

@seu Adalton how many time does it take?

[@benjdao4221]

Thank you a lot. I wish you also the best karma that is possible under our sun. You saved so many troubleshooting hours for me!

[@josebeneditodeoliveira4427]

Great video ... migration succedded ... windows server 2016 from xenserver 7.2 to vmware esxi 6.7 ... Thanks a million !!! ...

[@srivisu150]

Hi Jose, Can i have the steps to migrate from Xenclinet to vmware esx(vcenter)

[@Bovorn.S]

Nice work. You've saved us all time and stress. So many idiosyncrasies.

[@phtechparker]

I really appreciate the help. I will try this at work and follow up to let you know how it goes. Thanks!

[@alenascimento4142]

Excelente trabalho! Tenho certeza que salvou muitos profissionais de T.i com este tutorial tão bem feito de detalhado. Na internet não tem nada completo e detalhado desta forma! Obrigado mesmo amigo!

[@fabianquimbiulcoit.8603]

Maestro...

[@小黃-z6t]

I have a question How to restart the computer after deleting the registration file The system does not automatically install the agent ?

[@小黃-z6t]

use windows safe mode

[@syamkumarp.b9168]

Thanks Bro.. Good effort, It will Work for my Side.

[@mcterzioglu]

Hi, The windlare link is not working. Could you fix it for us? Is it possible gör you to share your linkedin adresses

[@RakshithBlackC]

How do we do it for linux VMs?

[@AndrewHellyer]

A simpler method would have been to modify the registry to disable the Xen driver, so when the VM boots after the P2V is run, it will have a reg hive with disabled Xen drivers... Subsequently - you may need to make a change to the BCD prior to booting on ESX. I can provide you with the location if you wish.

[@andrewford80]

Hey, could you provide me the location?

[@ingwer8469]

Thanks Buddy you helped me so much!

[@nhojtwo]

Anyone have the registry keys that need to be deleted? The website where they are supposed to be does not work :( Thanks in advance.

[@epickett63]

Is there any way to convert a Xen VM that is powered off? Our license has expired, so I can't start the VM... :-(

[@rascalwind]

Hm. Why not sysprep the machine then add it back to the domain?

[@marcelomassarella1]

Hello, thanks for the video, it will help in my work, I didn't find the keys to delete, your website is on the link is down. Can you pass the keys to me, please? Thanks

[@acisleo]

Does this work or windows 2016?

[@AmitSingh-rb7np]

I didn't know this Thank you

[@andrewford80]

Nice video man

[@wmcomputerscorp]

Please, I need the registry keys that need to be removed.

[@MikalkHill]

When I googled I found hte article that goes with this videoa nd it lists them. winflare.com/2017/09/13/migrate-citrix-xen-server-vmware-vsphere-esxi/ (the link is also in the video description, but i didn't notice it there initially, either)

[@mfcornett6]

winflare.com/2017/09/13/migrate-citrix-xen-server-vmware-vsphere-esxi/