This post from Eric Sloof is near and dear to my heart: I’ve probably migrated around 300 servers to VM in my current position, and learning how to quickly clean up those VMs once they’re converted can save you a tremendous amount of time (time usually on the weekend or after hours!). I’ve always used [...]
Novell recently released Platespin Migrate 9, which should address some Linux P2V issues we’ve been running into. Namely, that you can only migrate a Linux server in offline or “TakeControl” mode. We’ve been running into issues where network speed settings have prevented us from moving data from source to target – for example, if you’ve [...]
So, on the heels of my post pointing out some tips on ways to increase the chances of successful physical-to-virtual conversions using VMWare’s Converter, you’ve decided to take the plunge and get rid of all those PowerEdge 2600′s you’ve got lying around. Good for you! You’ve successfully finished a clone of your server’s physical hard [...]
One of the tasks I’ve been working on for the past two months has been the conversion of a large number of physical servers to virtual machines using VMWare’s Converter 4.0. Once again, VMWare offers up a free product to get you sucked into it’s technology. I’ve used other P2V tools in the past, some [...]