Migrate redhat 5.6 to Azure

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Migrate redhat 5.6 to Azure

Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla 70

Hi everyone:

I have a server migration project to Azure, I am using the azure migrate appliance for physical servers, however, the servers are VMware VMs.

The migration is as physical servers because the VMs are in a third party datacenter where we cannot install the appliance for VMware.

I have already migrated windows servers 2019 and redhat 6, however, when I want to migrate redhat 5.6, it shows me the following error:

{"error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceBootDiskNotFound",
 "error_params":{},
 "default_message":"The boot disk is not available. Create a bootable    partition."},

{"error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceUnsupportedRootFileSystem",
"error_params":{"SupportedRootFileSystems":"ext3,ext4,xfs,btrfs","RootFileSystem":""},
"default_message":"The supported file-systems for root file-system are ext3,ext4,xfs,btrfs and the current root file-system is "
},

{"error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceGrubDeviceNameChange",
 "error_params":{"Device":"/dev/SysVG/rootLV"},
 "default_message":"The Grub has the entry for the device /dev/SysVG/rootLV. Use the UUID instead of the device name."
},
               
{"error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceDhcpClientNotAvailable",
"error_params":{"Package":"dhclient"},
"default_message":"The DHCP client is not available on the system. Install the package dhclient."}

I see many errors, is it possible to migrate it to azure? in the matrix of supported operating systems is redhat 5.6

Please your support.

Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla 70

Hello, the error messages in power shell:

{
        "Errors":
        [
                {
                        "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceLisDriversNotAvailable",
                        "error_params":{},
                        "default_message":"The necessary Hyper-V Linux Integration Services components are not installed on this machine. Install the Linux Integration service components on this machine and retry the operation. Read more about Linux Integration services https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2016/07/12/which-linux-integration-services-should-i-use-in-my-linux-vms/"
                },
                {
                        "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceBootDiskNotFound",
                        "error_params":{},
                        "default_message":"The boot disk is not available. Create a bootable partition."
                },
                {
                        "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceUnsupportedRootFileSystem",
                        "error_params":{"SupportedRootFileSystems":"ext3,ext4,xfs,btrfs","RootFileSystem":""},
                        "default_message":"The supported file-systems for root file-system are ext3,ext4,xfs,btrfs and the current root file-system is "
                },
                {
                        "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceGrubDeviceNameChange",
                        "error_params":{"Device":"/dev/SysVG/rootLV"},
                        "default_message":"The Grub has the entry for the device /dev/SysVG/rootLV. Use the UUID instead of the device name."
                },
                {
                        "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceDhcpClientNotAvailable",
                        "error_params":{"Package":"dhclient"},
                        "default_message":"The DHCP client is not available on the system. Install the package dhclient."
                }
        ]
}

SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-02T06:52:25.4633333+00:00

Hello @Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla Thank you for reaching out to us on Microsoft Q&A platform and I apologize for the delayed response.

I see that you want to migrate redhat 5.6 to Azure. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.6 is not a supported version for migration using Azure Migrate. Azure Migrate supports migration of RHEL versions 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/prepare-for-migration#linux-machines

If you need to migrate a RHEL 5.6 workload to Azure, you can consider using other migration tools or methods. For example, you can use Azure Site Recovery to migrate the workload to Azure. Alternatively, you can create a custom image of the RHEL 5.6 workload and then use the image to create a new virtual machine in Azure - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix

However, it's important to note that RHEL 5.6 is an end-of-life version and is no longer supported by Red Hat. It's recommended to upgrade to a supported version of RHEL to ensure that you receive security updates and support.

Hope this helps. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance!

If the response helped, do "Accept Answer" and up-vote it
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-03T14:13:13.93+00:00

@Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla Just checking in to see if you got a chance to see my response and if it helped, I would request you to "Accept Answer and Upvote" so that the relevancy of this post will improve when anyone in the community search for a similar query.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-08T08:14:31.0666667+00:00

@Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla We haven't heard back from you. Please reply if you have any questions in this matter and we will gladly continue the discussion.
Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla 70 Reputation points

2023-11-21T16:57:05.72+00:00

Hi @SadiqhAhmed-MSFT

Sorry for the delay in replying, we have already migrated redhat 5.6 with Azure Migrate, you need to install the following packages in redhat 5.x:

util-linux

device-mapper

dhclient

lis-rpms-4.3.5.x86_64.tar.tgz

Regards,

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Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla 70 Reputation points

2023-10-26T04:41:58.0566667+00:00

Hello, the error messages in power shell:

{ "Errors": [ { "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceLisDriversNotAvailable", "error_params":{}, "default_message":"The necessary Hyper-V Linux Integration Services components are not installed on this machine. Install the Linux Integration service components on this machine and retry the operation. Read more about Linux Integration services https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2016/07/12/which-linux-integration-services-should-i-use-in-my-linux-vms/" }, { "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceBootDiskNotFound", "error_params":{}, "default_message":"The boot disk is not available. Create a bootable partition." }, { "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceUnsupportedRootFileSystem", "error_params":{"SupportedRootFileSystems":"ext3,ext4,xfs,btrfs","RootFileSystem":""}, "default_message":"The supported file-systems for root file-system are ext3,ext4,xfs,btrfs and the current root file-system is " }, { "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceGrubDeviceNameChange", "error_params":{"Device":"/dev/SysVG/rootLV"}, "default_message":"The Grub has the entry for the device /dev/SysVG/rootLV. Use the UUID instead of the device name." }, { "error_name":"ASRMobilityServiceDhcpClientNotAvailable", "error_params":{"Package":"dhclient"}, "default_message":"The DHCP client is not available on the system. Install the package dhclient." } ] }
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-02T06:52:25.4633333+00:00

Hello @Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla Thank you for reaching out to us on Microsoft Q&A platform and I apologize for the delayed response.

I see that you want to migrate redhat 5.6 to Azure. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.6 is not a supported version for migration using Azure Migrate. Azure Migrate supports migration of RHEL versions 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/migrate/prepare-for-migration#linux-machines

If you need to migrate a RHEL 5.6 workload to Azure, you can consider using other migration tools or methods. For example, you can use Azure Site Recovery to migrate the workload to Azure. Alternatively, you can create a custom image of the RHEL 5.6 workload and then use the image to create a new virtual machine in Azure - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix

However, it's important to note that RHEL 5.6 is an end-of-life version and is no longer supported by Red Hat. It's recommended to upgrade to a supported version of RHEL to ensure that you receive security updates and support.

Hope this helps. Please write back to us if you need any further assistance!

If the response helped, do "Accept Answer" and up-vote it
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-03T14:13:13.93+00:00

@Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla Just checking in to see if you got a chance to see my response and if it helped, I would request you to "Accept Answer and Upvote" so that the relevancy of this post will improve when anyone in the community search for a similar query.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-08T08:14:31.0666667+00:00

@Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla We haven't heard back from you. Please reply if you have any questions in this matter and we will gladly continue the discussion.
Edwin Omar Fonseca Padilla 70 Reputation points

2023-11-21T16:57:05.72+00:00

Hi @SadiqhAhmed-MSFT

Sorry for the delay in replying, we have already migrated redhat 5.6 with Azure Migrate, you need to install the following packages in redhat 5.x:

util-linux

device-mapper

dhclient

lis-rpms-4.3.5.x86_64.tar.tgz

Regards,

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Alex Bykovskyi 2,241

Hey,

If you have connection to your VMware cluster, you can try using StarWind V2V, which can be installed on a Windows PC and convert VMs to Azure. Might help: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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moukthika s 0 Reputation points

2023-11-24T10:55:00.11+00:00

I am trying to migrate redhat 8 instances from aws to azure using azure migrate getting same error.

can any one fix this error.
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 49,331 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2023-11-24T13:17:25.94+00:00

@moukthika s If you have already followed the suggestions and still experiencing issues then I would recommend reaching out to Azure support.

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