Unsolved P2V Tools 2018
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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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Starwind conversion tool
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You have Win7 virtualized?
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@thwr Yeah.
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@dustinb3403 said in P2V Tools 2018:
Starwind conversion tool
Awesome. Didn't know that StarWind offers a tool.
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For your physical Linux systems, i don't know. I would assume StarWind now has the best tool for that.
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@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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I used Microsoft Virtual Machine COnverter
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497
but Disk2VHD works well too. -
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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@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) -
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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@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
