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07-25-2008
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| | Re: SCVMM Safe for P2V? Well, I tried my first one in a test environment -- and it worked like a charm! SCVMM is SO much easier to use. A huge step forward, as far as I'm concerned. Setup was a breeze, and P2V was practically a one-click task. I'm ready to roll it out into production -- unfortunately, the server I'd like to install SCVMM on is a 64-bit machine. Does anyone happen to know if SQL 2005 Express will run on Windows 2003 x64? Thanks for the input. "JBradshaw" <jbradsha@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:9vidnWQXctirIRnVnZ2dnUVZ_qninZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Trying to figure out a P2V solution. We're mostly a Dell / Win2K3 > environment. My first couple of attempts at P2V using VSMT were > disastrous, failing to convert and destroying the source machine in the > process. > > I'm hoping SCVMM is a little more robust, a little less invasive, and an > all around better experience. > > What risks are there using SCVMM? Does it alter or modify the source > machine in any way? Can I reasonably expect to try it on a production > server without having to worry that it is going to cause a crash or blue > screen or otherwise nuke the OS? > |
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07-25-2008
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| | Re: SCVMM Safe for P2V? Yes, SQL will run on W2K3 x64 (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/edition...s/sysreqs.mspx See the notes section). If you already have a SQL server installed on another server you can use that as your SQL source for the database too. -- Rob McShinsky http://www.virtuallyaware.net "JBradshaw" <jbradsha@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:tZednbJmHY4RYRTVnZ2dnUVZ_v7inZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Well, I tried my first one in a test environment -- and it worked like a > charm! SCVMM is SO much easier to use. A huge step forward, as far as > I'm concerned. Setup was a breeze, and P2V was practically a one-click > task. > > I'm ready to roll it out into production -- unfortunately, the server I'd > like to install SCVMM on is a 64-bit machine. Does anyone happen to know > if SQL 2005 Express will run on Windows 2003 x64? > > Thanks for the input. > > > "JBradshaw" <jbradsha@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:9vidnWQXctirIRnVnZ2dnUVZ_qninZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >> Trying to figure out a P2V solution. We're mostly a Dell / Win2K3 >> environment. My first couple of attempts at P2V using VSMT were >> disastrous, failing to convert and destroying the source machine in the >> process. >> >> I'm hoping SCVMM is a little more robust, a little less invasive, and an >> all around better experience. >> >> What risks are there using SCVMM? Does it alter or modify the source >> machine in any way? Can I reasonably expect to try it on a production >> server without having to worry that it is going to cause a crash or blue >> screen or otherwise nuke the OS? >> > |
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07-27-2008
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| | Re: SCVMM Safe for P2V? I found that using the "Library" part is a bit problematic, especially the fact that you can easily delete a VM from a host if you don't know your way through it. -- Sincerely, Daniel Petri MVP, Senior IT consultant, trainer www.petri.co.il ----------------------------------- "JBradshaw" <jbradsha@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:tZednbJmHY4RYRTVnZ2dnUVZ_v7inZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > Well, I tried my first one in a test environment -- and it worked like a > charm! SCVMM is SO much easier to use. A huge step forward, as far as > I'm concerned. Setup was a breeze, and P2V was practically a one-click > task. > > I'm ready to roll it out into production -- unfortunately, the server I'd > like to install SCVMM on is a 64-bit machine. Does anyone happen to know > if SQL 2005 Express will run on Windows 2003 x64? > > Thanks for the input. > > > "JBradshaw" <jbradsha@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:9vidnWQXctirIRnVnZ2dnUVZ_qninZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >> Trying to figure out a P2V solution. We're mostly a Dell / Win2K3 >> environment. My first couple of attempts at P2V using VSMT were >> disastrous, failing to convert and destroying the source machine in the >> process. >> >> I'm hoping SCVMM is a little more robust, a little less invasive, and an >> all around better experience. >> >> What risks are there using SCVMM? Does it alter or modify the source >> machine in any way? Can I reasonably expect to try it on a production >> server without having to worry that it is going to cause a crash or blue >> screen or otherwise nuke the OS? >> > |
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