RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
008 12:42 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Copying VHD Files > > ESXi is just the embedded version of ESX. A lot of this is hype. Still need > to purchase Enterprise to get VMotion, DRS, HA an all of the goodies. > Basically it is just a scaled down version of ESX wit

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Original Message: - From: Ken Schaefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:37:22 +1000 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: RE: Copying VHD Files Well, VMWare has just announced that ESXi will be free, so that cuts some of the price differential. SCVMM 2008 -vs- Vi

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
: Thursday, 24 July 2008 8:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files Yes but the cost is so much better as is the administration of the base hardware. By the end of the year I am suppose to be down to 3 physical boxes from 5 and no new boxes scheduled for purchase before I retire

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Harris
sing the technology and longing for the > days when one server being down only meant that one server was down rather > than many… > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:17 PM > *To:* NT

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-24 Thread John Hornbuckle
many... From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Copying VHD Files You don't need to do any of that (the export/import stuff) Just create your base machine, and shut it down (e.g. after sysprep

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Harris
t sysprep your base image. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Thursday, 24 July 2008 1:52 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Copying VHD Files > > > > Simple answer yes but you do have so

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
t sysprep your base image. Cheers Ken From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 July 2008 1:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files Simple answer yes but you do have some loops to go through to use the machine as separate machines. You will have to e

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
installed. Be careful when moving a VM to another host because of UUID issue. mike Original Message: - From: Jon Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:47:21 -0400 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files I didn't and have seen no p

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Sean Martin
Using Microsoft Virtual Server, we just sysprep the machine once we have it built to our specs, and then make copies at will. - Sean On 7/23/08, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > BTW, you could do a simple copy under Virtual Server but I never did that > as I was always worried about th

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Jon Harris
BTW, you could do a simple copy under Virtual Server but I never did that as I was always worried about the SID issue. Since Hyper-V asks about re-using Machine ID's I am hoping that it would change the SID or this is some new way to say the same thing. I also don't add a machine to the domain un

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Jon Harris
It asks you to reuse machine ID's I always decline to do that. Jon On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Benjamin Zachary - Lists < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about sysprep but at least you want to run the changesid. > Whenever you copy a vm in vmware products you get asked to create/

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Jon Harris
hine I'm cloning prior to cloning it… > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:52 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Copying VHD Files > > > > Simple

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Benjamin Zachary - Lists
I don't know about sysprep but at least you want to run the changesid. Whenever you copy a vm in vmware products you get asked to create/keep the computer identifier. Also the .vmx file in vmware contains the MAC address of the NIC so you could modify this or simply create a new virtual nic so you

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread John Hornbuckle
In Googling this, I'm finding recommendations to run sysprep on the machine I'm cloning prior to cloning it... From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying VHD Files Simple answer y

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Eldridge, Dave
Not as simple as the ESX console or VMWorkstation where you right click - clone. Anyone know why the free VMServer doesn't also have a clone feature? From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Copying VHD

Re: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Jon Harris
Simple answer yes but you do have some loops to go through to use the machine as separate machines. You will have to export them base machine and then re-import the machine. Done right is not too bad. Jon On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:37 AM, John Hornbuckle < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I've m

RE: Copying VHD Files

2008-07-23 Thread Glen Johnson
I've done it in VMWare free server many times with no problem and am actually installing a WS03 template server on Hyper-v at this moment. I'll let you know how it works later today. -Original Message- From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:38 AM