Sam, Try this: http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?page_id=174
I use this so that I may use native win/nix utils for dumping the disk off a physical machine very quickly into the vm, then I boot off a cd and run this. Easy and way faster to convert then the vmware tool. I have many issues with that tool from bad conversions to IO issues when dumping the data into the vm, I gave up on it. I have an SQL coming up asap but I presume it will work just fine as I will ghost/clonezilla the machine which I know works (Its been restored that way already before). jlc From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server Colidation via VMWare I think I recall reading once that conversion can mess with the whitespace in databases (or something like that...). I am curious, as I have a SQL migration coming up. I think I also recall reading that you shouldn't resize any drives that the SQL are on. And possibly doing a backup/restore of the DBs after migration. ________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server Colidation via VMWare During my attempts with SQL all SQL services were set to disabled and machine restarted. I also tried doing a cold boot but nothing seemed to help. Same thing with the IISv6 with FTP. I did not try removing all the IP's from these machines as I had enough issues getting everything working together in the first place. Jon On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Good note. Anything that is running any services like that should be set to run in Windows Diagnostics Mode via MSCONFIG, or at least manually stop all non-default services. Or, use the Cold Boot CD option in VMware convertor. ________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 7:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server Colidation via VMWare It can't or didn't do all machines. I know I had a lot of issues trying to use it with SQL being on the machine. I also had issues with IISv6/FTP with multiple sites as well. Jon On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Yes there is a P2V tool that VMWare has - it lets you make a P2V image w/out taking the target system offline - it loads a liitle app then takes a snapshot, it's very slick! IIRC it comes with ESX, but I might be mistaken. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - (971)-222-1025 "..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside" - JFK From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server Colidation via VMWare We want to take a closer look at server consolidation using VMWare's ESX products, especially in light of the recent announcement making the product available free. We have several servers on old hardware that would be nearly impossible to rebuild so we're thinking they're ideal candidates for VM's if there's an automated process to migrate P2V. Is such a tool available, and at low-cost? Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _____ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
