I am still looking at SCE so it will be awhile before I can go there, if ever. I had a horrible time just getting a server in house that would do Virtualization correctly. I am now trying to get SCE as the price is just too good to pass up but I need to get some time to get up the demo I downloaded.
Jon On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you are going to Hyper-V, then check out SCVMM 2008 when it ships. > That will do P2V conversion for Windows Server 2003 boxes. SCVMM 2007 can > already do P2V (to Virtual Server 2005) for Windows 2003 and Windows 2000 > boxes. > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tuesday, 29 July 2008 7:12 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Server Colidation via VMWare > > > > I guess I should have looked further in the responses as that might be a > good way to do things. I wonder if it will work with Hyper-V as well? > > > > Jon > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 5:09 AM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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> ~
