MARWAN docs NOC knowledge base0. Backup#
Create a snapshot for the VM or a backup before you begin.
1. Adding the Paravirtual Controller and rebuilding the initial ramdisk#
- Power-off the virtual machine.
- Add the VMware Paravirtual Controller to the Virtual Machine. Do not change the disk controller assignment yet, only add the storage controller to the VM.
- Power-on the virtual machine.
- Login to the VM with an account able to obtain root access.
- Start rebuilding the initial ramdisk image:
mkinitrd -f -v /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)
2. Assigning disks to the new controller#
- Power-off the virtual machine.
- Assign disks to the new paravirtual storage controller and remove the old storage controller.
- Power-on the virtual machine.
- Validate that everything is working and disks are mounted.
- Remove the virtual machine snapshot or backup after you are done.
3. Sauce#
https://be-virtual.net/changing-vmware-storage-controller-to-paravirtual-for-centos-7/