If you are just preserving and they don't need to all be on at the same time then take your spare server and put Free VMWare server or ESXi on it. Then use converter to P2V the xp workstations. No cost if you have all the hardware. http://vmware.com/products/product_index.html
-----Original Message----- From: aci [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dying XP workstations - what are my virtualization options Inheriting some very problematic XP workstations with embedded applications that have no way of being migrated and need to be preserved. I would like to make a recommendation to run these as virtualized workstations on a spare server that I have the option of dedicating for this task. Outside of the hardware, what virtualization software will I need, licensing is required or any additional things I should consider to implement this option. If there is a white paper called virtualiztion for dummies that you can point me to, that would also be a great start. Thanks in advance... Aci ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
