And you can not remove the snapshots? On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 5:50 PM, Mark Robinson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks Scott. Yes that’s what I thought! However I’ve just fired up one > of the VM’s (with Snapshots) that I copied over to the new host and the VM > is only utilizing the original virtual disks, not the data subsequently > stored within the snapshots. So I have a running VM, just without half of > the data I had previously. So I need to somehow encourage VMServer to > acknowledge the snapshots. > > > > Has anyone successfully migrated VM’s with snapshots to a new installation > of VMWare Server before? > > *From:* Crawford, Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 14 June 2011 22:24 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare > Server for Windows > > > > I’ve not done this in particular, but I would expect that you could > manually move the vmdk files along with the snapshot deltas by moving the > whole folder to a new machine and it would work fine. > > > > *From:* Mark Robinson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 14, 2011 4:20 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Move virtual machines to a new physical host - VMWare Server > for Windows > > > > Hi, > > > > I have VMWare Server for Windows (the free one) installed on a machine > which hosts 3 VM’s for test lab purposes. I want to move these VM’s to a > new machine and decommission the existing machine. I have migrated one > machine successfully to the new host and this is running along merrily. > However I suspect the remaining two VM’s may be a different proposition > altogether as they have had snapshots taken whereas the VM I have migrated > already did not have any snapshots. Has anyone achieved this themselves and > could give me any pointers? I have read a couple of articles around fixing > the CID chain. Is this necessary? If so how did you do it? I am about to > folllow this advice: > > > > http://sanbarrow.com/sickbay-lesson-fix-cid-chain-embedded.html > > > > Many Thanks, > > > > Mark > > IMPORTANT INFORMATION > > > Internet communications are not secure and therefore CIPS does not accept > legal responsibility for the contents of any e-mail message sent via this > medium. The content of any e-mail communication is the view of the > individual and CIPS does not accept legal liability for the contents. > Although this message and any attachments are believed to be free of virus > or other defect that might affect any computer system into which it is > received and opened, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure > that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by CIPS for any loss > or damage in any way arising from its use. > > > > > > -- > Scanned by iCritical. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- > Scanned by iCritical. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
