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Updated on 2024-01-25 GMT+08:00
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Migrating Servers Running Unsupported Windows OSs

This section walks you through how to migrate servers running unsupported Windows OSs. You can check whether the source server OSs are supported by SMS in Supported Windows OSs.

Procedure

  1. Install UVP VMTools on the source server. Then the target server will support KVM virtualization after the migration is complete.
  2. Install and configure Cloudbase-Init on the source server.
  3. Use the Disk2vhd tool to create an image for the system volume of the source server.

    1. Download Disk2vhd and select the desired version.
    2. Select the system volume you want to create an image for and specify where to create the image. Ensure that the destination folder has enough space for the image.

  4. Use OBS Browser+ to upload the image file to an OBS bucket on Huawei Cloud and register the image file as a private image.
  5. Create an ECS from the registered private image. For details, see Creating an ECS from an Image.
  6. Create images for data disks by repeating Step 3 and Step 4.
  7. On the IMS console, create data disks using the data disk images.

  8. Attach the created data disks to the ECS by referring to Attaching an EVS Disk to an ECS.