Before you begin

I have heard this question so many times "Can I use IAG 2007 Virtual Appliance machine in my VMWare environment?", so my answer is ... yes, but lets first install Hyper-V :) if the customer insist you can find this document very useful

Important to know!

I will not demonstrate how to install and configure the VMWare environment, only how to convert IAG 2007 SP2 Virtual Appliance / Machine to VMWare workstation and VMWare ESX environment

Prerequisites

1. The most important thing in the process is to get the following drivers and DLLs before you start the entire conversion process

    

   agp.inf, agp440.sys, cmbatt.sys, compbatt.sys, symmpi.sys, hidusb.sys, usbehci.sys(Windows 2003 SP2 CD), usbui.dll(Windows 2003 SP2 CD), usbhub.sys (Windows 2003 SP2 CD), usbdb.sys (Windows 2003 CD), USBCCGP.sys(Windows 2003 CD), battc.sys, i8042prt.sys (fro, the local machine c:\windows\system32\drivers), mouclass.sys(Windows 2003 SP2 CD)

    

   Important Note: the "Base System Device" driver will be installed on the machine only after you will install the VMWare tools

    

2. To convert the VHD (Hyper-V) file to VMDK (VMWare) you need to download and install WinImage from the following link: http://www.winimage.com/download.htm

   

3. You need to download and install VMWare workstation from the following link: http://www.vmware.com/download/ws

   

4. If you want to convert the VHD to VMWare ESX you must have ESX environment up and running with vCenter Converter, you can download it for free from the following link: http://www.vmware.com/download/converter

   

Configuration Procedures

Step 1: Convert the VHD to VMDK

1. Open WinImage, go to File->Open

   

2. Select the original IAG SP2 Virtual Hard Disk (.VHD)

   

3. On the "Select the partition to connect to" press "OK" and move to the next phase

   

4. Go to Disk->Convert Virtual Hard Disk image

   

5. Select the original IAG SP2 Virtual Hard Disk (.VHD) and press "Open"

   

6. Choose "Create Dynamically Expanding Virtual Hard Disk" and press "OK"

   

7. Select the destination file name of the converted .VMDK file

   

8. Now you have VMWare Virtual Hard Disk !

Step 2: Create a new VMware workstation with the converted .VMDK File (Virtual Hard Disk)

1. Open the VMWare Workstation and go to New->Virtual Machine

   

2. Select "Custom" and press Next

   

3. On the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility select "Workstation 6.5" and press Next

   

4. On the Guest Operating System Installation select "I will install the operating system later" and press Next

   

5. On the Guest Operating System select "Microsoft Windows" on version section select "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition" and press Next

   

6. On the Name the Virtual Machine select the name and location you want to user and press Next

   

7. On the Processor Configuration select the number of processors you want to use according to your system environment and press Next

   

8. On the Memory of the Virtual Machine choose 2048MB (Minimum!) and press Next

   

9. On the Network Type select "Use bridged networking" and press Next

   

10. On the I/O Adapter Types select "LSI Logic" and press Next

    

11. On the Disk Selection choose "Use an existing virtual disk" and press Next

    

12. Choose the .VMDK file that we converted on earlier phases and press Next

    

13. Choose "Convert" and press Next

    

14. Choose "Power on this virtual machine after creation" and press Finish

    

15. Now you have IAG SP2 Virtual Appliance up and running on VMWare workstation 6.5

    

Step 3: Install Windows drivers and VMware tools

1. Collect the following drivers:

   agp.inf, agp440.sys, cmbatt.sys, compbatt.sys, symmpi.sys, hidusb.sys, usbehci.sys(Windows 2003 SP2 CD), usbui.dll(Windows 2003 SP2 CD), usbhub.sys (Windows 2003 SP2 CD), usbdb.sys (Windows 2003 CD), USBCCGP.sys(Windows 2003 CD), battc.sys, i8042prt.sys (fro, the local machine c:\windows\system32\drivers), mouclass.sys(Windows 2003 SP2 CD)

    

   Important Note: the "Base System Device" driver will be installed on the machine only after you will install the VMware tools

    

2. Create .ISO file from all the drivers so you will be able to read them from the VMware machine
3. After the you login for the first time to the IAG Machine you will see the following window, use the ISO file you created (with all the drivers) to install them from here

   

4. This is important phase, on the VMware Workstation go to VM->Install VMware Tools.

   Important Note: you will need to upgrade your VMware tools when you will import this virtual machine into ESX environment

   

5. In the installation process of the VMware Tools you will see the following message, press Yes and move to the next phase

   

6. To enable hardware acceleration on the Virtual Machine please follow the instruction on the notepad

   

Step 4: Use vCenter Converter to convert the VMWare workstation VMDK to ESK

I will not finish this phase because I do not have ESX up and running in my LAB, but you will be able to finish it and run your IAG SP2 Virtual Appliance in ESX

1. Open the "Converter Standalone Client"

   

2. On the VMWare Converter choose "Convert Machine"

   

3. Select the source of the virtual machine type "VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine"

   

4. Select the .vmx (Virtual Machine configuration file) file from the VMWare workstation directory

   

5. Press Next to move to the next phase

   

6. Select the destination type according to your environment, write the ESX server name or IP address, the credentials and press Next, you will need to complete the entire process to import your VMware workstation IAG SP2 to the ESX environment

   

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Idan Plotnik, Security Engineer