If I'm not mistaken, Hyper-V isn't actually new. The name might be and the current finished product might be, but as I recall Microsoft bought the technology from another company. Regardless, check out what folks who are using Hyper-V are saying. It's getting really good reviews, and has been rock-solid since its Beta days.
I'm not saying it's right for your client's environment-it lacks certain features that they may need. But stability isn't an issue, and shouldn't be a concern for them. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtuozzo Migration Let me ask this, is there anyone with significant Virtuozzo experience that may want to subcontract some work in the Miami area. I have been very upfront with my customer that Virtuozzo is not something I am 100% familiar with. I told him that I would be happy to offload this part of their server maint if they were more comfortable with that. They told me they would rather have me handle it however I chose, and they would defer to my judgment. 1. Is Virtuozzo a real contender against VMWare, I know the underlying technology is different but accomplishes the same goals and is it worth sticking out with? Customer is fine with costs to purchase or move to Vmware, but obviously would rather not spend money they don't have to. 2. What is the main benefit or disadvantage of moving to VMWare vs staying with Virtuozzo. HyperV is too new for customers confidence level at this point. 3. I have honestly only heard of 2 other businesses running Virtuozzo, and I don't believe I have ever heard it brought up on this list so I don't think it's considered mainstream. Just looking for opinions/options. Thanks Greg From: Mike Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 9:25 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Virtuozzo Migration It looks like any flavor converter will do the job. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/72055;jsessionid=F183F133EDEDF2349CFBFDFA57BFBC17?tstart=0&start=0 Re: Migration from Virtuozzo to VMWare Feb 12, 2007 1:00 PM<http://communities.vmware.com/message/574060#574060> [http://communities.vmware.com/people/kucharski/avatar/32.png?a=-1]<http://communities.vmware.com/people/kucharski>[http://communities.vmware.com/images/status/master-16x16.gif]kucharski<http://communities.vmware.com/people/kucharski> 970 posts since Sep 13, 2004 1.<http://communities.vmware.com/message/574060#574060> Re: Migration from Virtuozzo to VMWare Feb 12, 2007 1:00 PM You can use Platespin PowerCovert, VMware Converter, Ultimate P2V CD or Vizion Core Migrator to migrate the VM's over to VMware. Standard version of converter and the ultimate boot cd are totally free. Vizion Core's product could be download free with only a couple of migrations allowed for trail purposes. Michael On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 2:50 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: I was on the page reading up on it, thx for the info. Greg From: Steve Moffat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 5:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Virtuozzo Migration VMWare convertor should handle it no problem. S From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Virtuozzo Migration We have a client in Miami that has a HP Server running Virtuozzo, the tech employed with the company has left and hence put them in a bind. The client is wanting to move to ESX. Anyone have some specific ideas for migrating from essentially virtual to virtual. Has anyone ever done the P2V tool from within a virtual server to a VMWARE ESX image? If not that then an Acronis image of individual servers and restoring directly onto VMWARE ESX?? I am in the process of setting up a test bed to do this, but obviously if someone has done it before and has any caveats that would be helpful. Thanks Greg -- Mike Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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