SCVMM V2V Conversion Enhancements

Applies to Microsoft System Center 2022 Virtual Machine Manager Update Rollup 1

SCVMM has been your trusted datacenter management tool for years and with the latest hotfix (KB5030053) for SCVMM 2022 UR1, we are bringing you new enhancements which allow you to leverage SCVMM both as a V2V conversion tool and a datacenter management tool. These improvements will address your needs effectively while migrating to Hyper-V/Windows Server.

Improvements

1. 3-4 times better V2V conversion speed while converting VMware VMs to Hyper-V in the VMM fabric. 

2. Support for management of VMware VMs with disk sizes greater than 2TB

Benefits

These enhancements will significantly bring down the downtime during migration and extend support to VMware based VMs of higher sizes.

Pre-requisites

To apply this patch, you must have System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 UR1 installed. 

Installation Instructions

1. Download the self-extractor from here.

2. Run the file and it will display the EULA information. After selecting “Yes”, input the folder name where you want to put the extracted file.

3. File “KB5030053-SCVMM2022UR1-Improved V2V Conversion from ESXi to Hyper-V.exe” contains the below files on the VMM Hyper-V Host and VMM Server machines: (Be sure to back up your original files)

   • Engine.VmOperations.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             16,37,808 bytes

   • Utils.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             10,34,120 bytes

   • ValHyperVImplementation.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             5,00,104 bytes

   • ViridianImplementationV2.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             4,04,872 bytes

   • VirtualizationInterfaces.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             1,00,232 bytes

   • VMWareImplementation.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             19,39,848 bytes

   • VSImplementation.dll
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             94,600 bytes

   • vmmAgent.exe
     Version:                       10.22.1508.0
     Size:                             35,40,960 bytes

4. Stop the “System Center Virtual Machine Manager Agent” Service on VMM Server and VMM Hyper-V Host

5. Stop service “System Center Virtual Machine Manager” on VMM Server

6. Replace the files under your Virtual Machine Manager Install directory on VMM Hyper-V Hosts with the new files extracted in above step. - Be sure to back up your original files
   
   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ vmmAgent.exe
   
   where “%VMMINSTALLPATH%” is the directory where you install SCVMM2022. Eg. “C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Virtual Machine Manager”

7. Replace the files under your Virtual Machine Manager Install directory on VMM Server with the new files extracted in above step. - Be sure to back up your original files

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ vmmAgent.exe

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ Engine.VmOperations.dll

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ Utils.dll

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ ValHyperVImplementation.dll

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ ViridianImplementationV2.dll

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ VirtualizationInterfaces.dll

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ VMWareImplementation.dll

   %VMMINSTALLPATH%\bin\ VSImplementation.dll

   where “%VMMINSTALLPATH%” is the directory where you install SC2022 VMM at, like “C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center\Virtual Machine Manager”

8. Start the “System Center Virtual Machine Manager Agent” Service on VMM Server and VMM Hyper-V Host

9. Start service “System Center Virtual Machine Manager” on VMM Server

10. Now you can make use of the enhanced V2V conversion performance of SCVMM. Read here to know about converting VMware VMs to Hyper-V in the VMM fabric. 

Instructions to revert the patch

On the VMM Hyper-V Hosts and VMM Server machine,

1. Stop the “System Center Virtual Machine Manager Agent” Service on VMM Server and VMM Hyper-V Host

2. Stop service “System Center Virtual Machine Manager” on VMM Server

3. Replace the files under your Virtual Machine Manager Install directory with your backup files.

4. Start the “System Center Virtual Machine Manager Agent” Service on VMM Server and VMM Hyper-V Host

5. Start service “System Center Virtual Machine Manager” on VMM Server

Note: The above update is not available from Windows Update and will not be installed automatically.