Convert a Physical Machine to Virtual Machine in VMware
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Hechicero
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Convert a Physical Machine to Virtual Machine in VMware
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I want to convert a RHEL 2 this is a physical machine to virtual machine, how to do it ?. In docs of vmware only can convert winXX.
ASKED: Oct 27 2008  11:39 PM GMT
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Vmware Converter does work for almost anything, what you would need to do is cold clone the server...
make sure the hardware is on ESX's compatibility list.... this is a free download... http://www.vmware.com/download/converter/

Read page 45 and on on cold cloning requirements from this pdf

One more thing... I suggest, shutting the server down and installing an INTEL Gigabit Ethernet adapter, connecting it to a gig network then, booting with the cold clone cd... it would take hours with a 10/100 ethernet adapter.

Hope this helps!

NS
Last Answered: Oct 28 2008  4:48 AM GMT by N8dog89   145 pts.
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N8dog89   145 pts.  |   Nov 7 2008  7:57PM GMT

VMware just came out with an update that supports more guest operating systems, RHEL 4.7 is included so I would assume that RHEL 2 with cold cloning would work well… hope my answer helped you!

 

Virtualaleph   65 pts.  |   Nov 23 2008  9:23AM GMT

here’s the full tasks list to complete:
link to the actual linux conversion to vm procedure

hth
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