1) The conversion utility from VMWare asks you which drives/partitions you want to convert over. You have the option to choose what you want.
2) The conversion utility from VMWare allows you to resize partitions during conversion but it takes longer to complete the conversion. In my experience it's been negligible. 3) Take partition sizes into account from what you'd be doing on a physical machine. For 2003 server I do 10 Gig just to make sure I have the space. However, we're running our VMs from a netapp filer and I can deduplicate that volume and utilize A LOT less space while doing so. But for the machine, you're still telling it to have a 10 gig volume...or whatever size you choose. YMMV Jason From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: P2V and Partitions When taking a server P2V, how does the conversion handle the drives and partitions? Is it possible to do any resizing during the conversion? Do VMs require the same disk space as physical machines? Roger Wright Network Administrator Evatone, Inc. 727.572.7076 x388 _____ "A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me." - Frederick Douglass ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The pages accompanying this email transmission contain information from MJMC, Inc., which is confidential and/or privileged. The information is to be for the use of the individual or entity named on this cover sheet. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately notify us by telephone so that we can arrange for the retrieval of the original document. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
