I don't know about that. I would have thought that would only affect the machine AFTER it was done with the conversion, not the conversion. I ended up rebuilding the machine from scratch as a virtual machine which took a lot less time than the conversion process was taking. I was so disgusted with VMware at that point that I made them Virtual Server machines. In the long run that saved me a lot of time when we got our 2008 server with Hyper-V.
Jon On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I recall reading once that conversion can mess with the > whitespace in databases (or something like that...). > > I am curious, as I have a SQL migration coming up. > > I think I also recall reading that you shouldn't resize any drives that the > SQL are on. And possibly doing a backup/restore of the DBs after migration. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2008 7:34 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Server Colidation via VMWare > > During my attempts with SQL all SQL services were set to disabled and > machine restarted. I also tried doing a cold boot but nothing seemed to > help. Same thing with the IISv6 with FTP. I did not try removing all the > IP's from these machines as I had enough issues getting everything working > together in the first place. > > Jon > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Good note. Anything that is running any services like that should be >> set to run in Windows Diagnostics Mode via MSCONFIG, or at least manually >> stop all non-default services. Or, use the Cold Boot CD option in VMware >> convertor. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2008 7:15 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: Server Colidation via VMWare >> >> It can't or didn't do all machines. I know I had a lot of issues >> trying to use it with SQL being on the machine. I also had issues with >> IISv6/FTP with multiple sites as well. >> >> Jon >> >> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Yes there is a P2V tool that VMWare has – it lets you make a P2V image >>> w/out taking the target system offline – it loads a liitle app then takes a >>> snapshot, it's very slick! IIRC it comes with ESX, but I might be mistaken. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Dave Lum* - Systems Engineer >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 >>> *"..*remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by >>> riding the back of the tiger ended up inside*"** - JFK*** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> *Sent:* Friday, July 25, 2008 8:36 AM >>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> *Subject:* Server Colidation via VMWare >>> >>> >>> >>> We want to take a closer look at server consolidation using VMWare's ESX >>> products, especially in light of the recent announcement making the product >>> available free. >>> >>> >>> >>> We have several servers on old hardware that would be nearly impossible >>> to rebuild so we're thinking they're ideal candidates for VM's if there's an >>> automated process to migrate P2V. >>> >>> >>> >>> Is such a tool available, and at low-cost? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Roger Wright >>> >>> Network Administrator >>> >>> 727.572.7076 x388 >>> >>> _____ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
