Re: [SLUG] clone system to a vm?
- Original Message - > From: li...@sbt.net.au > To: slug@slug.org.au > Sent: Tuesday, 25 September, 2012 6:55:23 AM > Subject: [SLUG] clone system to a vm? > > I have a Centos 4 machine, I'd like to try cloning it from a physical > machine to a VM on another system, I've installed Centos 6 on the new > machine, and, learning how to setup VM > > how would I clone existing system across LAN to VM ? I just used the vmware converter to clone a windows 2000 physical machine onto a virtual box VM flawlessly. We needed to rescue the software running on the machine due to age, so a VM was the way forward. Just had to tweak the ACPI setting in the CPU advanced config and win2k booted straight away. Vmware converter is a free program that does support some linuxes. Not sure if you can run it from linux though. getting an image of a hard drive is one thing, getting it to boot as a vm straight away, is entirely different. dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] clone system to a vm?
I have a Centos 4 machine, I'd like to try cloning it from a physical machine to a VM on another system, I've installed Centos 6 on the new machine, and, learning how to setup VM how would I clone existing system across LAN to VM ? thanks for any tips That is a old version so I would be inclined to upgrade. That being said I'll echo another’s comments and rebuild the machine. * use RPM to list all the $packages * Install a base install * yum -y install $packages * rsync /home/ server:/home/ (repeat for other data dirs) If you want to clone the config then you could copy files from /etc or install webmin and backup (old) restore (to new) the config of the various services. Just my $0.02 Cheers Piers -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] clone system to a vm?
Chris, Jake, thanks H, I might try a fresh centos instal, and, copy/setup Web site first of all, might be simpler, (just need to resolve some 'include' path issues) > >VM something like this. >http://digiassn.blogspot.com.au/2006/01/dd-over-netcat-for-cheap-ghost.html > >It'll take a while, consider also adding a file compression tool to the > >mix if you have lots of free space on the source disk (gzip with >minimum >compression say) just to make sending all the zeros faster ;-> -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] clone system to a vm?
On 25/09/12 06:55, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: On Sun, September 2, 2012 7:21 pm, Ross Mitchell wrote: I suggest that you install VirtualBox, then install your Centos 4 os within it. * You don't risk your established data etc. * The Centos 4 will have its own IP address, your legacy system will be fine, of course it will have the security vulnerabilities that go with the old OS, but these won't infect your broader systems. * by the I have a Centos 4 machine, I'd like to try cloning it from a physical machine to a VM on another system, I've installed Centos 6 on the new machine, and, learning how to setup VM how would I clone existing system across LAN to VM ? thanks for any tips Its probably the wrong way of doing it, but what I have done in similar situations is to boot the old system from a liveCD boot the VM also into a liveCD then use DD and netcat to move an image of the disk across into the new VM something like this. http://digiassn.blogspot.com.au/2006/01/dd-over-netcat-for-cheap-ghost.html It'll take a while, consider also adding a file compression tool to the mix if you have lots of free space on the source disk (gzip with minimum compression say) just to make sending all the zeros faster ;-> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] clone system to a vm?
Take a look at Ghost4Linux (G4L) Its not necessarily fast, but its got a pretty comprehensive suite of tools. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:55 AM, wrote: > On Sun, September 2, 2012 7:21 pm, Ross Mitchell wrote: > > I suggest that you install VirtualBox, then install your Centos 4 os > > within it. * You don't risk your established data etc. > > * The Centos 4 will have its own IP address, your legacy system > > will be fine, of course it will have the security vulnerabilities that go > > with the old OS, but these won't infect your broader systems. * by the > > I have a Centos 4 machine, I'd like to try cloning it from a physical > machine to a VM on another system, I've installed Centos 6 on the new > machine, and, learning how to setup VM > > how would I clone existing system across LAN to VM ? > > thanks for any tips > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] clone system to a vm?
On Sun, September 2, 2012 7:21 pm, Ross Mitchell wrote: > I suggest that you install VirtualBox, then install your Centos 4 os > within it. * You don't risk your established data etc. > * The Centos 4 will have its own IP address, your legacy system > will be fine, of course it will have the security vulnerabilities that go > with the old OS, but these won't infect your broader systems. * by the I have a Centos 4 machine, I'd like to try cloning it from a physical machine to a VM on another system, I've installed Centos 6 on the new machine, and, learning how to setup VM how would I clone existing system across LAN to VM ? thanks for any tips -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
