If they have either a Win 7 Ultimate or Enterprise, or Win 8 Pro or Enterprise on the necessary hardware the disk to VHD that Andrew mentioned will come up semi working. You will have some issues like network and telling the virtual machine how much RAM to use to deal with but you would have that for any product from my limited experience. VHD is for Hyper-V. If you need a more generic then look for a disk to ISO product but I don't think it will be as configured and will need some more work depending on which hypervisor you end up using. I have used the Hyper-V on both products and was happy with the results. Hyper-V on Server was better. You could maybe set up a Server on a 120 day evaluation if you need it up and running now. I have seen write ups on virtual box that indicated it was good but never tried it. Jon From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] hyperv on pc- Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 22:46:26 -0500
will that converted output get a working machine to load on to a virtualbox- they do not have hyperV running Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 09:52:26 -0500 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] hyperv on pc- To: [email protected] DISK2VHD from SysInternals will get you a useful virtual machine in a few hours... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market… On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:02 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: so that means i will have to setup a vmware host at the clients site? can i do that on regular pc/laptop? i only know/use hyperv Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] hyperv on pc- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:42:52 +0000 +1 7 years ago we had a local physician pass away. He had written his own EMR(Electronic health record) system. It sat on a humongous HP Proliant server and it is a 2003 domain controller as well. Long story short, we acquired his patients and some to this day will still come by and want their old charts printed for them. Converted to VM and remains today in my ESX farm. I back it up once a month for safety because I would never be able to duplicate all the screwy things on it. Besides, it is a nice memorial to a great Doc who passed away too soon. Convert to VM! dave From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kramer, Jack Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 5:20 PM To: <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] hyperv on pc- VMware converter? (sent from a mobile device) On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:00 PM, "J- P" <[email protected]> wrote: hi all, First off thanks for all the feedback on getting me into the locked out server- it turns out the application they need to get historical data from is a tiny app that runs on sqlexpress ideally i would like to turn this installation to virtual machine (total size including OS and DB is < 20 gb- They dont want this monster (proliant) sitting in their office , and they do not have nor want any servers in house, is there a way to turn this into a VM that can be run on a pc / laptop? Or do some type of image backup and restore to a regular pc or laptop? Since they are only referencing historical data (they changed systems ) there is no need for redundancy back ups etc... TIA This e-mail contains the thoughts and opinions of the sender and does not represent official Parkview Medical Center policy. This communication is intended only for the recipient(s) named above, may be confidential and/or legally privileged: and, must be treated as such in accordance with state and federal laws. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this communication, or any of its contents, is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please return to sender and delete the message from your computer system. Parkview Medical Center
