December 10, 2008 4:52 PM
Posted by: Rick Vanover
P2V migrations,
Rick Vanover,
VMware ConverterIn the course of performing many physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversions, I still come across situations where a small configuration can make or break the task. Recently, I performed a P2V conversion of a system that was successful in all measurable elements from the VMware Converter and ESX-based...
December 2, 2008 6:23 PM
Posted by: Eric Siebert
Eric Siebert,
VirtualCenter,
VMFS,
VMware,
VMware Converter,
VMware Desktop Infrastructure,
VMware ESXVMware has just announced that they are changing the names of their current products to the new product names that were announced at VMworld. The biggest changes are that VirtualCenter is now being referred to as vCenter Server and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is now being referred to as...
November 26, 2008 4:24 PM
Posted by: Rick Vanover
P2V migrations,
Rick Vanover,
VMware ConverterDuring a recent VMware Converter-based physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversion, I made an observation and subsequent change that enhanced the performance of the conversion. During the conversion, the locally installed antivirus application became extremely CPU-hungry while VMware Converter was...
November 17, 2008 5:19 PM
Posted by: Rick Vanover
P2V migrations,
Rick Vanover,
Storage,
VMware ConverterRecently during a P2V conversion, I had an issue where the conversion failed for reasons I could not explain. In looking at the logs of VMware Converter, there was no clear indication of the specific issue. Some of the relevant log entries are shown below:
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November 17, 2008 4:49 PM
Posted by: Texiwill
Edward L. Haletky,
P2V migrations,
VI3,
Virtual machine security,
VirtualCenter,
Virtualization,
VMware,
VMware Converter,
VMware ESX 3.5,
VMware ESXiA common VMware Communities question is how to P2V or convert a system from within a demilitarized zone (DMZ) to a virtual machine (VM) running within an ESX host that will be part of the DMZ virtual network.
P2V works by imaging the physical host within the DMZ and transferring that image to...
May 8, 2008 8:41 PM
Posted by: Rick Vanover
Rick Vanover,
VI3,
VMware Converter,
VMware ESX,
VMware High Availability (VMware HA)VMware Infrastructure 3 Update 1, made available on April 10 2008, introduces some core updates to ESX Server 3.5, VirtualCenter 2.5, and the VMware Infrastructure Management Installer. The biggest reason to upgrade, however, is the inclusion of
