I can confirm this with SBS 2003.


On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Glen Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> My experience when going p2v was that the Dell oem license wont work when
> it is virtual.
> Virtual machines don't see the real hardware and something in the license
> check will fail.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 2:40 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server
>
> I have NAS I can use as a target. Question: The server has 2003 installed
> from Dell on it. I had them buy 2008 R2 via CDW, am I still in licensing
> compliance since the 2003 VM will be on the same box that came with 2003? It
> hasn't gone anywhere, it'll just be virtualized on the retail 2008 R2 OS...
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Hoffman [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 11:20 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server
>
> Remember to stop the exchange service first if you are going to go live
> straight away.
> I have a disk2Vhd produced drive arriving in my office tomorrow for a
> pre-migration check i.e. we do it virtually and create an issues list.
> How about disk2vhd to a partition on the new server?
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 25 October 2010 18:43
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server
>
> Yes, a bare metal backup creates a VHD file. Unfortunately, since you are
> starting out with Server 2003, that doesn't do you any good. :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:40 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server
>
> How did I not think of that? Oh, because I didn't know about it, that's
> perfect!
>
> Hey doesn't 2008 Backup kind of work in the same way? I know it has nothing
> to do with what I need to do, but...
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:22 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server
>
> Disk2vhd to some network storage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael B. Smith
> Consultant and Exchange MVP
> http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 12:20 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: Opinions on cheap server
>
> "Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there
> something demanding its own hardware?"
>
> I want to do exactly that, but I only have one physical box to work with -
> the 2003 server is on the physical box where I intend on putting the Hyper-V
> server on.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 8:30 AM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: Opinions on cheap server
>
> Double check that the server in question support the AMD-V. Perhaps all
> Opterons did (even the old ones) and the motherboard (listed as a Tyan K8SR)
> does as well.
>
> Other than that.... it might work. I bet it's not on VMWares compatibility
> list anywhere.
>
> Why can't you do a 32-bit VM on your 64-bit server (Hyper-V)? Is there
> something demanding it's own hardware?
>
>
> --Matt Ross
> Ephrata School District
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Lum
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Mon, 25 Oct 2010
> 07:44:49 -0700
> Subject: Opinions on cheap server
>
>
> > So - as mentioned before I have a project where I need to "swing" a
> > 2003 32-but physical machine onto the same physical server after
> > putting 2008 R2 (which is of course 64-bit only) on it. For this
> > project I don't currently have extra 64-bit hardware but I saw this
> > deal float through and wanted your guys' opinion - as near as I can
> > tell this will handle a 64-bit OS and should be enough to P2V the OS in
> question.
> >
> > $150 seems like cheap peace of mind - does anyone have experience with
> > Rackable systems?
> > http://www.surpluscomputers.com/350222/rackable-systems-dual-opteron-2
> > .0ghz.html
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