Re: [CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

2007-08-08 Thread Les Mikesell
Rick Barnes wrote: Scott Moseman wrote: Is there a formal, or preferred, method for importing a physical CentOS machine into a VMware instance? I know they make software to move Windows machines, but I couldn't find one to handle our CentOS servers. I have done something via scp/sftp in the pa

Re: [CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

2007-08-08 Thread Scott Moseman
On 8/8/07, Timothy Selivanow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 10:44 -0500, Scott Moseman wrote: > > Is there a formal, or preferred, method for importing a physical > > CentOS machine into a VMware instance? I know they make > > software to move Windows machines, but I couldn't f

Re: [CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

2007-08-08 Thread Shawn K. O'Shea
You can use a free tool called "VMware Converter", available here: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ VMware Converter is a Windows app. I haven't used it for P2V, but it does work great. (used for converting between ESX and VMware Server) Problem is that the OP wants to P2V a Cent

Re: [CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

2007-08-08 Thread Timothy Selivanow
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 10:44 -0500, Scott Moseman wrote: > Is there a formal, or preferred, method for importing a physical > CentOS machine into a VMware instance? I know they make > software to move Windows machines, but I couldn't find one to > handle our CentOS servers. I have done something v

Re: [CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

2007-08-08 Thread Rick Barnes
Scott Moseman wrote: > Is there a formal, or preferred, method for importing a physical > CentOS machine into a VMware instance? I know they make > software to move Windows machines, but I couldn't find one to > handle our CentOS servers. I have done something via scp/sftp > in the past, which *s

[CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

2007-08-08 Thread Scott Moseman
Is there a formal, or preferred, method for importing a physical CentOS machine into a VMware instance? I know they make software to move Windows machines, but I couldn't find one to handle our CentOS servers. I have done something via scp/sftp in the past, which *seemed* to work, but if there's