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How to migrate NT 4.0 Server to VM

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Rainer Queck

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Feb 21, 2006, 9:55:16 AM2/21/06
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Hi NG,

I need to migrate a existing NT4.0 Server into a virtual machine.
I thought of taking a PowerQuest DriveImage and restore this image in the
vm.

Is there a tutorial available somewhere, on how to do this?
Are there certain steps to be obeyed before / after creating/restoring the
image?

Thanks for help and hints
Rainer


Conan the barbarian

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Feb 23, 2006, 6:49:03 PM2/23/06
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I have done this many times - works great. I use Vmware P2V
product alone with Norton Ghost. Check it out!

C. Beerse

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Feb 27, 2006, 5:24:03 AM2/27/06
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With VMWare this is called "physical to virtual", "p2v" in short. Just
scan on that an you might be overwhelmed with info.

To be short, the route is as follows:

- check the current hardware of the machine. If it runs on ide disks,
single cpu and no dedicated hal.dll and the move is NOT to ESX, best to
keep it that way.

- create a guest with a similar disk setup as the origional.

- use your image tool to move the machine. I have used Norton GHost in
the past, currently we use Acronis True Image (booting from disk).

Start the new guest, let it detect its new hardware, then install the
vmware-tools.

and off you go.


IF this does not work, replace 'ntoskrnl.exe' and 'hal.dll' with the
origional from Micro$oft (do a find for those, they are most likely
available somewhere in the patch or servicepack files).

For scsi-based machines and/or the move to ESX (that does not provide
ide for guests): The machine will end up on buslogic scsi. Prepare the
machine for that so it can boot from there.


CBee


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