[BlueOnyx:08582] Re: vmware

[Tony C. Loosle]

I have tried the vmware converter, on a standalone machine, and via the client/server version.  Both fail to connect to the bx server.   I think it wants the grub loader and I have the lilo loader.  At least I think that is what is stopping it from working..... Thanks for all the info.  Still working on this.     I know I can cmu export and import, but looking for a lazy way to do this. tony Peter Robbins - Bridgewater Software Group Friday, September 23, 2011 1:29 AM Hi, We use BX on vmware and have successfully converted many P2V servers. You can use the vmware standalone converter,  which can be downloaded from the vmware.com website, but you must ensure that root can login to SSH on the source machine - this can be set through the GUI. For the best results we have found CMU to be the best.  There are a lot of threads on CMU and how to use it.   This method works best for us everytime. We are currently in the process of moving to 5107/8, which we will accomplish using the CMU method above. Happy to discuss further. _______________________________________________ Blueonyx mailing list Blueonyx@mail.blueonyx.it http://mail.blueonyx.it/mailman/listinfo/blueonyx Michael Stauber Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:31 PM Hi Tony, Maybe there are some VMware tools that can "rip off" a real server and turn it into a VM. If so, I'm not aware of them. This might be a question for some that are more familliar with VMware. Other than that CMU is of course always an option.

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