RE: Re: Going Virtual - A Home Server Experience

[David Balharrie <davidj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You need VMware Converter - http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/
 It's free and works well. When you hot clone make sure you stop services
like exchange & sharepoint.  Hot cloning a DC isn't recommended, but I
have got away with it before.

If you want to use your True Image images with Converter then it should be
possible. There is some information here http://www.acronis.com/pr/2008/01/pr01-16-wmware-converter.html

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul
Gale
Sent: 13 May 2009 13:13
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: Going Virtual - A Home Server Experience

Anyone know if there's a way to convert an existing W2k8 server install
into an ESXi virtual install? (preferably free).

I.e. I have two W2K8 domain servers with a spread of exchange server,
sharepoint server and a load of other MS stuff running on them spread over
two boxes. It'd be a nightmare to re-install both from scratch. I do back
them up using Acronis True Image but not sure if these images can somehow
be used?

Paul.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Bendall
> Sent: 13 May 2009 12:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Going Virtual - A Home Server Experience
>
> One thing with Virualisation that is annoying is you can't virtualise
> the Mac OS. From my reading this is because the Mac OS licence forbids
> installation on non-Apple hardware. Oh well I might have given MacOS a
> try but not if I can't virtualise and am forced to buy their over-
> priced hardware.
>
> Paul
>



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