Problem with migrate vm machine from ESX

vaheeD

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hello every one, i have a problem with migrate vm machine from ESX, my vm machin from esx work with HDD licence code, when i move to proxmox, hdd UUID change :(

any one have a solution for this problem ...
 
You can hack it in, but there is no GUI for that.

search for '-drive option' on http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-doc.html and you'll see this:

Code:
-drive option[,option[,option[,...]]]
Define a new drive. Valid options are:

....

serial=serial
This option specifies the serial number to assign to the device.

As I said it works, but you cannot change it in the GUI, only in the <VMID.conf> and every change to that configuration file from within the GUI will most probably overwrite your change.
 
hello thanks for reply, but this command not work proxmox server

qemu-system-i386
 
you can edit your vm configuration (/etc/pve/qemu-server/vmid.conf), and add ",serial=xxxx" to your disk.

But you are talking about UUID, insn't it partition UUID ?

if yes, you can update it with

tune2fs /dev/sdax -U xxxxx
 
i try all way, but i don underrated why dont work for me :(

i have ROS-disk1.vmdk

now import on vmware, work without problem

when run this disk with this command for expamle :

qemu-system-i386 ROS-disk1.vmdk

all thing good and run perfectly , but licence not work ...
 
thanks for quick reply,
1) can you add example for me
2) how can find hdd serial ?
 

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