We have use Platespin to migrate from P2P and P2V, and V2P before. Nice and easy and depending on the server setup, old one stays live, until new one starts last quick sync and new one is live, exactly as the old one was.
Simples Graeme On 15 November 2011 14:56, Mike Leone <oozerd...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/14/2011 7:52 PM, Crawford, Scott wrote: > >> Your general plan sounds decent and, as other have mentioned, your >> concerns could probably be overcome with a pre-sysprep snapshot. But, why >> not go a step further and create a copy of the .vmdk file and try the >> migration with that while the original sits safely turned off? >> > > I thought of that - trying it out on a clone of the production machine. > That way, if it fails, I can power the original backup. The problem is the > sysprep - if I do this (and that's the recommended way, even by VMware), > then even trying the attempts will fubar up the SID, and I won't be able to > power on the old machine and have it Just Work, as it's SID won't match the > domain SID. > > Doing the BMR should keep the same SID, which would be restored with the > backup, so if it didn't work as a physical machine, I could still power the > VM back up. > > My boss thinks we should do the BMR, and - if we had to - do a Windows > repair installation on the physical machine, giving it whatever drivers it > wants. And if needed, remove from domain and re-join. > > While I also think that *should* work, what happens if I'm wrong? I > wouldn't have any fall back, as the VM won't work due to SID changes during > the domain removal/re-join. And while a domain removal/re-join should have > no impact on the application ... what if we're wrong, and it does have some > freaky weird effect? I have nowhere to go at that point ... > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.**com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > **> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.** > com/read/my_forums/ <http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to > listmanager@lyris.**sunbeltsoftware.com<listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Good news everyone, you have just received an e-mail from me! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
