I guess I should have looked further in the responses as that might be a good way to do things. I wonder if it will work with Hyper-V as well?
Jon On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about that. I would have thought that would only affect the > machine AFTER it was done with the conversion, not the conversion. I ended > up rebuilding the machine from scratch as a virtual machine which took a lot > less time than the conversion process was taking. I was so disgusted with > VMware at that point that I made them Virtual Server machines. In the long > run that saved me a lot of time when we got our 2008 server with Hyper-V. > > Jon > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> 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]>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] >>> *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]> 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] - (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] >>>> *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> ~
