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Old 10-24-2008   #1 (permalink)
Paul Weterings


 
 

Migrating physical server to Hyper-V: what options?

Hi all,

I know that I can use Acronis universal restore to 'grab' an image of a
physical server and move it to Hyper-V.

Besides Acronis, what other ways are there to migrate a physical server
into Hyper-V?

thanks!

Paul

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-24-2008   #2 (permalink)
Steve Jain [MVP]


 
 

Re: Migrating physical server to Hyper-V: what options?

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:52:21 +0200, Paul Weterings
<Paul-nospam-@xxxxxx-dot-com> wrote:
Quote:

>Hi all,
>
>I know that I can use Acronis universal restore to 'grab' an image of a
>physical server and move it to Hyper-V.
>
>Besides Acronis, what other ways are there to migrate a physical server
>into Hyper-V?
>
>thanks!
>
>Paul
here's a link to the Hyper-V TechNet forums with a similar discussion.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-24-2008   #3 (permalink)
Paul Weterings


 
 

Re: Migrating physical server to Hyper-V: what options?

Steve, is the link virtual?

;-)

/ ) Regards,
/ /_________
_|__|__) Paul Weterings
/ (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
__/ (O_)
____(O_)


Steve Jain [MVP] wrote:
Quote:

> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:52:21 +0200, Paul Weterings
> <Paul-nospam-@xxxxxx-dot-com> wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Hi all,
>>
>> I know that I can use Acronis universal restore to 'grab' an image of a
>> physical server and move it to Hyper-V.
>>
>> Besides Acronis, what other ways are there to migrate a physical server
>> into Hyper-V?
>>
>> thanks!
>>
>> Paul
>
> here's a link to the Hyper-V TechNet forums with a similar discussion.
>
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-24-2008   #4 (permalink)
Steve Jain [MVP]


 
 

Re: Migrating physical server to Hyper-V: what options?

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:11:12 +0200, Paul Weterings
<Paul-nospam-@xxxxxx-dot-com> wrote:
Quote:

>Steve, is the link virtual?
>
>;-)
>
> / ) Regards,
>/ /_________
> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
>__/ (O_)
>____(O_)
>
Oops, no it was google "hyper-v p2v"
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-d318a40e8c83/

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-24-2008   #5 (permalink)
Paul Weterings


 
 

Re: Migrating physical server to Hyper-V: what options?

Steve Jain [MVP] wrote:
Quote:

> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:11:12 +0200, Paul Weterings
> <Paul-nospam-@xxxxxx-dot-com> wrote:
>
Quote:

>> Steve, is the link virtual?
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>> / ) Regards,
>> / /_________
>> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
>> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
>> __/ (O_)
>> ____(O_)
>>
>
> Oops, no it was google "hyper-v p2v"
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-d318a40e8c83/
>
thanks, I had tried "physical to virtual", it didn't occur to try
"p2v".. should have known...

--

/ ) Regards,
/ /_________
_|__|__) Paul Weterings
/ (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
__/ (O_)
____(O_)
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 10-25-2008   #6 (permalink)
Steve Jain [MVP]


 
 

Re: Migrating physical server to Hyper-V: what options?

On Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:44:48 +0200, Paul Weterings
<Paul-nospam-@xxxxxx-dot-com> wrote:
Quote:

>Steve Jain [MVP] wrote:
Quote:

>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:11:12 +0200, Paul Weterings
>> <Paul-nospam-@xxxxxx-dot-com> wrote:
>>
Quote:

>>> Steve, is the link virtual?
>>>
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>> / ) Regards,
>>> / /_________
>>> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
>>> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
>>> __/ (O_)
>>> ____(O_)
>>>
>>
>> Oops, no it was google "hyper-v p2v"
>> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-d318a40e8c83/
>>
>thanks, I had tried "physical to virtual", it didn't occur to try
>"p2v".. should have known...
yeah, another little bunch of letters and numbers to remember

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
My System SpecsSystem Spec
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