On 11/15/2011 10:23 AM, Kennedy, Jim wrote: > > Couldn’t you copy over the VM to your test domain and at least test > your plan and prove it would work, or not. >
No. Because the VM hardware wouldn't have changed. The worry is getting the VM to boot on the completely different hardware in the physical box, as opposed to the VM. Effectively speaking, this is a more like a Disaster Recovery Bare Metal Recovery to dissimilar hardware. If I just clone the VM to the new ESX server, even changing the virtual hardware list won't guarantee to be a valid test, because I don't know if I can change all the vhardware (motherboard, etc) that will be part of the change from VM to physical. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
