Comments on: VMM: Tips About P2V Conversions in Virtual Machine Manager 2007 http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/22/vmm-tips-about-p2v-conversions-in-virtual-machine-manager-2007/ 6-TIME MICROSOFT MVP GIVES HIS TAKE ON SYSTEM CENTER SOLUTIONS Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:10:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: glider51 http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/22/vmm-tips-about-p2v-conversions-in-virtual-machine-manager-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-150 glider51 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:31:04 +0000 http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/22/vmm-tips-about-p2v-conversions-in-virtual-machine-manager-2007/#comment-150 >>P.S. If you’re actually reading this blog, I’d really appreciate hearing from you. I actually read it. And sadly I disagree. The VMM P2V process actually depends on lots of components and any single one of them not being in place trips the whole P2V process over. You can bing many of them or read them in the VMM forum but try: - Problems with VSS just not working - Admin$ share issues (not being there for example) - Finding a server or network firewall between the machines invovled (particularly when you dont expect one) - Not being able to find the offline dialog in the VMM P2V GUI - P2V offline failing as the broadcom NIC drivers are not in the WAIK WindowsPE WIM - The process failing complaining it is out of disk space on nealy empty 1TB disks For me having a ISO that I could use to just boot (offline) the target server into WINPE preconfigured to support P2V would be much more useful. >>P.S. If you’re actually reading this blog, I’d really appreciate hearing from you.

I actually read it. And sadly I disagree.
The VMM P2V process actually depends on lots of components and any single one of them not being in place trips the whole P2V process over. You can bing many of them or read them in the VMM forum but try:
- Problems with VSS just not working
- Admin$ share issues (not being there for example)
- Finding a server or network firewall between the machines invovled (particularly when you dont expect one)
- Not being able to find the offline dialog in the VMM P2V GUI
- P2V offline failing as the broadcom NIC drivers are not in the WAIK WindowsPE WIM
- The process failing complaining it is out of disk space on nealy empty 1TB disks

For me having a ISO that I could use to just boot (offline) the target server into WINPE preconfigured to support P2V would be much more useful.

]]> By: Richitar http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/22/vmm-tips-about-p2v-conversions-in-virtual-machine-manager-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Richitar Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:52:20 +0000 http://systemcenterguide.com/2008/02/22/vmm-tips-about-p2v-conversions-in-virtual-machine-manager-2007/#comment-144 Ok, so once you have p2v a source machine you're supposed to turn that machine off and start the vm. Is there anything else you need to do in DNS or active directory or anywhere else so that this new vm will become the same machine that the source was.? After all this is our intent here. We want to consolidate about 25 servers and virtualize them using p2v but I need to know exactly what steps to take once you have virtualized a server. Thanks Ok, so once you have p2v a source machine you’re supposed to turn that machine off and start the vm.
Is there anything else you need to do in DNS or active directory or anywhere else so that this new vm will become the same machine that the source was.?

After all this is our intent here. We want to consolidate about 25 servers and virtualize them using p2v but I need to know exactly what steps to take once you have virtualized a server.

Thanks

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