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    • thwr
      thwr last edited by

      Have to convert a bunch of physical hosts to Hyper-V VMs. There's everything in the mix: Windows 7, Linux, a lot of FreeBSD and even a Solaris-based system.

      What is your tool of choice today?

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      • DustinB3403
        DustinB3403 last edited by

        Starwind conversion tool

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        • Obsolesce
          Obsolesce last edited by

          You have Win7 virtualized?

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          • Obsolesce
            Obsolesce last edited by

            In most cases, I usually bring up a new Linux VM, and migrate services from the old to the new. I don't P2V most things, I like migrating to new.

            In some cases, I have used P2V, but they were Windows, and I used Microsoft's "Disk2vhd" tool.

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            • thwr
              thwr @Obsolesce last edited by

              @tim_g said in P2V Tools 2018:

              You have Win7 virtualized?

              There's a requirement to keep machines from former employers available for approx. 6 months. I don't want to keep their old desktop machines occupied for this.

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              • Obsolesce
                Obsolesce @thwr last edited by

                @thwr said in P2V Tools 2018:

                @tim_g said in P2V Tools 2018:

                You have Win7 virtualized?

                There's a requirement to keep machines from former employers available for approx. 6 months. I don't want to keep their old desktop machines occupied for this.

                Oh I see, so you just convert their physical PC with Disk2VHD and store the .vhdx file somewhere.

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                • thwr
                  thwr @Obsolesce last edited by

                  @tim_g said in P2V Tools 2018:

                  In most cases, I usually bring up a new Linux VM, and migrate services from the old to the new. I don't P2V most things, I like migrating to new.

                  In some cases, I have used P2V, but they were Windows, and I used Microsoft's "Disk2vhd" tool.

                  Totally agree here, BUT: I will replace every single system. The conversion is just to get away from bare metal.Will delete the VMs once I have implemented new systems for the respective jobs.

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                  • thwr
                    thwr @Obsolesce last edited by

                    @tim_g said in P2V Tools 2018:

                    @thwr said in P2V Tools 2018:

                    @tim_g said in P2V Tools 2018:

                    You have Win7 virtualized?

                    There's a requirement to keep machines from former employers available for approx. 6 months. I don't want to keep their old desktop machines occupied for this.

                    Oh I see, so you just convert their physical PC with Disk2VHD and store the .vhdx file somewhere.

                    Still the way to go? 😉

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                    • Obsolesce
                      Obsolesce @thwr last edited by

                      @thwr Yeah.

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                      • thwr
                        thwr @DustinB3403 last edited by

                        @dustinb3403 said in P2V Tools 2018:

                        Starwind conversion tool

                        Awesome. Didn't know that StarWind offers a tool.

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                        • Obsolesce
                          Obsolesce last edited by

                          For your physical Linux systems, i don't know. I would assume StarWind now has the best tool for that.

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                          • thwr
                            thwr @Obsolesce last edited by

                            @tim_g said in P2V Tools 2018:

                            For your physical Linux systems, i don't know. I would assume StarWind now has the best tool for that.

                            Well, everything that refuses the conversion will be moved (rsync or so). The primary goal is to get away from bare metal, preferably before it starts burning 😉

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                            • dbeato
                              dbeato last edited by

                              I used Microsoft Virtual Machine COnverter
                              https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497
                              but Disk2VHD works well too.

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                              • RojoLoco
                                RojoLoco last edited by

                                I think he needs P2V, not V2V. I use the old reliable disk2vhd, but I think it only runs on Windows.

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                                • dbeato
                                  dbeato @RojoLoco last edited by

                                  @rojoloco said in P2V Tools 2018:

                                  I think he needs P2V, not V2V. I use the old reliable disk2vhd, but I think it only runs on Windows.

                                  Yes, MVMC does conver P2V
                                  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/dn874008(v=ws.11)

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                                  • thwr
                                    thwr last edited by

                                    I would prefer something that works with everything. Solaris is a very special case, but it should be able to convert FreeBSD as well as Windows.

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                                      eonkraft @thwr last edited by

                                      @thwr Disk 2VHD always helps us in such cases. Here is the nice step-by-step guide on how to use it. Hope it helps. https://www.veeam.com/blog/how-to-convert-physical-machine-hyper-v-virtual-machine-disk2vhd.html

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