alpinistulvesel
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Is there any possibility to migrate a physical machine to a virtual one? May be back-up entire server and then restore the back-up on to a virtual machine?
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Migrating from Physical to Virtual Machines
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VMWare converter will do it, and it's free...
possibly better asking in this forum though
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Max
Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
possibly better asking in this forum though
Regards
Max
Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level and beat you with experience
There are ways to do P2V conversions for most virtualization solutions. Some are built in, some are add-on, and some are third party.
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alpinistulvesel
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Thank you for yours quickly answers. I am looking for a safety solution. I have no experience in P2V migration. Can you help me with more details? I prefer a native windows 2008 solution, if exists of course. The servers that I must migrate are mainly DCs based on Windows 2000 – 2003 with additional roles configured.
I would argue against virtualizing a DC...anything else, sure...a DC? I wouldn't do it.
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There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!
I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
There are no more PDC's! There are DC's with FSMO roles!
I agree - don't virtualize a DC, especially the one holding the PDC emulator role. This is because the time slicing it does for virtualization can have negative effects on time sync in your org.
Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.
Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.
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alpinistulvesel
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You are right. Actually, I need to virtualize these servers as a temporary solution.
In fact I must restructure about 50 or more domains. Domains are based on different Windows Server Solution (Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 SBS, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 etc.). Restructure include transition from stand-alone machines to failover clustering solution based on Windows 2008.
Also, restructure must be done with existing physical machines. Except SANs, there are no more new machines. All these machines have productions roles. I must find a solution to do this transition with less impact possible.
I think that DCs must work on virtual machines no more than 2 or maybe 3 days - Time necessarily for transition.
In fact I must restructure about 50 or more domains. Domains are based on different Windows Server Solution (Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 SBS, Windows 2003, Windows 2008 etc.). Restructure include transition from stand-alone machines to failover clustering solution based on Windows 2008.
Also, restructure must be done with existing physical machines. Except SANs, there are no more new machines. All these machines have productions roles. I must find a solution to do this transition with less impact possible.
I think that DCs must work on virtual machines no more than 2 or maybe 3 days - Time necessarily for transition.
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