Migrate VMware vCenter from ESXi to Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2

Because vCenter was running on the ESXi that was supposed to be updated by the vCenter itself, it had to be moved elsewhere first.

To migrate to Hyper-V use the Microsoft tool
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter 2.0 at
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497

Check the manual, there are some caveats.

Installed on the Hyper-V server and shared the 'Disks' folder on the Hyper-V server to administrators. This share is required by the converter tool.

Shut down the vCenter machine and point the converter to the ESXi itself.

Use the shared drive above as the destination and a temp folder as the conversion working folder.

After conversion completes:

• uninstall the VMware tools and install the Microsoft Integration Services
• change the settings on the NIC as there's a completely new one installed. Uncheck IPV6
• update any DHCP lease reservations with the new MAC address if needed
• to keep the old VM from interfering, disconnect the NIC for the VM by unchecking the 'connected' box in ESX

The migrated vCenter machine had some issues and was unable to start the vpxd service

There was an error something to the effect of "unable to create sso facade" in the log file at

  %ProgramData%\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\vpxd.log

Two possible fixes 

vmware KB 2056296

vmware KB 2036170

• Check your hosts file and make sure when you ping the FQDN you get IPV4 responses only.
• Run the fix on the second article 

start -> run -> cmd

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\jre
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\SSOServer\Utils
rsautil manage-secrets -a recover -m <masterPassword>

Try to manually start service or reboot