Clone a physical server with converter

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• A physical server with 2 NETWORK interface card using a virtual machine as IPS (transparent VM) and everything should work normally?

  Hello guys.

  Is there a diagram that I made, using for my self this question.

  

  As you can see, I have a physical server with 2 NIC I don't want to use a VM (with Snort) as IPS / IDS system for inbound traffic on the management of VLANS. Is it possible to use this VM in this way (as an IPS/IDS, VM with two NIC without any routing work?)? Maybe you have a suggestion, how can I achieve this, as easy as possible? Maybe you have an opinion, what OS unix system do I use?

  Thank you for your time and your answers. Any useful information is much appreciated.

  Yes, it should work. You need to look out for, it's that the 'outgoing' NIC is not connected to the same physical switch as the entrant and that there is no link between these two physical switches, because this would create a loop of layer 2 on the network.

  I haven't worked much with Linux, but I don't see that you would have a problem to find some Linux/Unix with the possibility to bridge two network cards and use some software IPS to inspect the traffic.

• VMware converter restarts the physical server after cold clone

  Hey

  This can already city, but I can't find any discussion about it. I do a few P2Vs using the bootable disk to Vmware converter 4.1.0 cold clone. We have not all KVM/IP switches, I visit the server room to check the status of the conversion. The problem I have is that once the converter is completed, it randomly restarts the physical server, I converted (does not seem to happen to any of them). Of course, I don't want the physical server switch on again as changes could be made to it. I don't see any option in the converter to tell him not to restart or even stop that would be ok?

  Has anyone encountered this problem and maybe a solution?

  See you soon

  This is a very dirty hack that will do what you want

  Edit the coldclone.iso and delete the file... \I386\bootfix.bin.

  If you delete this file from the CD will not be asked to "press any key to boot from the CD" - instead, it will always start in the CD.

  So this also means you must change the boot sequence for the physical machine BIOS to boot from the CD-ROM.

  Then - even if the CD Coldclone restarts for unknown reasons - it will never restart under the original system, but raise the CD.

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• VMware converter restarts the physical server after conversion!

  Hello

  This can already city, but I can't find any discussion about it. I do some V2Vs using the converter Vmware 4.1.0

  The problem I have is that once the converter is completed, it randomly restarts the physical server, I converted (does not seem to happen to any of them). Of course, I don't want the physical server switch on again as changes could be made to it. I don't see any option in the converter to tell him not to restart or even stop.  It's a VtoV.  He is a SQL Server. Windows 2003 64-bit.

  I try without shutting down the server at all because it's a production server.  I don't have a Vcenter (to copy to an esxi to an another esxi).

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Hello

  For sure in the Converter 4 there is an option for the source stop server after migration.

  Below you will find a screen of VMware converter 5 with the option you are looking for. It is available at the end of the migration Assistant in OPTION --> option advance section

  

  Below the download link for Converter 5

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/info/infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/5_0

  See you soon
  Artur
  

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• 4 virtual servers in a single physical Machine with a physical LAN card, how possible to assign 4 different unique to each virtual server IP address?

  Can someone tell me please, that each server Machine should have an IP address of seprtae to connect the client computers. If we have 4 Server virtual machines in VMware in a physical server with a LAN card with only a MAC address. How can assign us the same IP address to all computers in Virtual Server 4? While we need four IP addresses of different/seprate for each server computer to connect to client computers. can someone explain to me please. (will be greate if you can give me a few examples). Thanks in advance.

  You will need four different IP for each virtual machine, and each VM will have a different MAC address generated automatically by vSphere.

  Assuming you are using vSphere, I highly recommend you take a look at this document: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/virtual_networking_concepts.pdf

• Convert a physical server (w / HBA) virtual

  Hello

  I need your help to convert a physical server connected to a HP Modular Storage Array 1000 thanks to an HBA.

  My question: what is the best practice to do this kind of conversion? When I select the physical server VMWARE converter will convert the storage on a virtual drive?

  Thank you.

  Pedro

  The big question is what is the storage. ESX (i) have a limit on the size of the drive (2 TB less than 512 bytes). The MSA1000 is less than 2 TB, you should be able to run the converter and create the virtual server, including the E: drive. If the MSA is greater than 2 TB, but the used space is less than 2 TB converter will allow you to create the fret.

• Server with 10 TB LUN attached by physical brutes FC connection works, but second 10TB seems to be limited

  I have an ESX Server with two virtual machines on it, one of the servers is to store medical images. These virtual machines are essentially backup servers to servers that are physical (not virtual).  The main server is a physical server with an attached IBM DS4700 direct and secondary sandbox. I have 20 TB of data spaced so far.  Side virtual server also direct a of DS4700 attached to the area of ESX and he sees the first 10 fine to, as a single disc, and Yes, I know that this seems to go against the norm.  In any case we work for well over a year to date.  I add the second 10TB and I now seem to be limited by the expected 2 TB-512 b per LUN through documentation.  I would like to know why I was able to create the first 10 TB LUN without problem using physical RDM mode, but when I try to add the next physical drive from RDM on the same server (see 9.54 TB LUN very well), using the same method, why windows or should I say VMWare ESX is not being able to see the 10 to complete this time.  I am aware of the supposed limits, but the first works fine, why only now did he not see it.  To clarify the "Add" function of VMWare 9.54 Tb thin LUN during the creation of the new disc, but in Windows, it only recognizes the first 1.5 to (so it seems) I have not actually tried to format the volume in Windows and have yet once removed from the virtual machine.

  Windows 2008 64 bit standard on top of ESX 4 Enterprise Plus connected via direct fiber DS4700 and DS4000 with 10 TB on each table.  The virtual machine has been improved to version 7 machine and I have NOT tried add the second 10TB still with the new VM version. Thought I would ask first.

  Yes, you can map your volume of GPT in any physical Windows but I can't tell if you will experience data corruption or not, as I know that more than 2 TB volumes don't are not supported with current versions of vSphere.

  It is a good article on 2 TB limit, and how taken Windows support that: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/02/18/understanding-the-2-tb-limit-in-windows-storage.aspx

  Tomi

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• Hot cloning - let the physical server running then?

  I have a question for the Vmware Converter. If I understand correctly, you can use hot Clone to clone a physical server while it is running. Of course, that seems very well so you don't get no downtime during conversion.

  But, if the reason for this conversion is to migrate from physical to virtual, what happens if the physical server continues to operate after the conversion? Even just a minute can be enough to have changed the original system, perhaps a database or other stuff, that will make the new virtual instance "incorrect."

  So how does this normally? If you want to virtualize a server that has a system that interacts with users either or other servers, how will stop instantly change?

  OK, even if you are in your downtime window it would be preferable to perform the validation of the server application.

  What we normally do, is check the event logs and do well for sure there no new errors that are produce after the p2v (physical 2 virtual), especially application or system related event.  We will also perform a few reboots of the (virtual) system and sometimes we also had to remove some old drivers.  We have sometimes came across problems with NETWORK cards keeping the old ipconfig when migrating.

  When supply us the new VM give us it a whole new value of intellectual property and test it with the other physical system down.  After correct validation go us ahead and leave the virtual running.  We usually have to master the physical machine in the datacenter for about two weeks and then begin the process of decommissioning.

  One thing most definitely, you want to do is make sure to install vmware tools on the virtual server.  I know it's probably obvious, but many people forget.

  Hope this helps,

  Chad King

• What is a physical server to virtual best practices?

  I have a physical server with an attached drive HP 6400 Bay.

  We want to convert it to a virtual machine.

  What is advised to do?

  Hello

  For me personally I'd go with rehabilitate VM manually and then import / migration of data from P2V (using VMware converter) is generally not the sweet/good approach.

  in regards to the San, you can deploy the virtual machine as RDM virtual mode as a pure big VMDK (2 TB - 512 bytes).

• Conversion of physical server into a virtual machine

  Hello

  I would like to take a physical server and convert it to a virtual machine on the same box.  I'm new to VMs, so please tell me if this is possible and if yes, what is the best way to do it. Right now, I think these are the basic steps:

  (1) take operating system image current (2003 Server STD) using Acronis.

  (2) wipe server and install ESXi 4.

  (3) use the free VMware Converter to convert the Acronis image to a guest VM on the ESXi host.

  Will this work? Am I missing something? The traps that I should look out for?

  A few questions more to go with this:

  -J' currently have an ESXi 3.5 on a desktop host. Wouldn't be better to convert this machine on the fly to a guest on this 3.5 host, then move the guest to the new 4.0 host once it is ready?

  -This server is now an application server and has a few databases, such as WSUS and Kaspersky Administration kit and maybe something else I can't think right now. Is that causing trouble with the DBs in the transition from the physical to the virtual?

  -The machine has also acts as a file server and is connected to our iSCSI SAN. Will be a problem or I would be able to remap the LUN to the virtual machine quite easily just like I did to the physical machine?

  Sorry for the long post. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

  As long as you can take decisions associated with the image with Acronis and then convert it to a virtual machine, I think this is a good approach.  You can convert the server in a virtual machine running on your ESXi 3.5 environment but I would not run a server database production on class workstation hardware.  The performance would be probably pretty bad if you had a large number of users hitting that database.  As for using Acronis I know that it is supported but in the past I have never tried to convert an Acronis image for a virtual computer by using converter.

  The databases themselves should not have any problem on a virtual machine.  SQL runs in a virtual machine and saw complex databases even accomplish a lot.

  Reconnect to your iSCSI SAN shouldn't be a problem either.  You must ensure that the networking on the newly built 4 ESX host is configured to allow you access to all the VLANS required (iSCSI VLANS, server VLAN, etc.).  It is an important step to ensure that you have right or you will not be able to reinstall your iSCSI LUNS, once the server is converted.  Once the networking is configured the process of reconnecting to the iSCSI LUN from inside your virtual machine is the same as if it was physical.

  Good luck!

• vCenter installed on a virtual machine and the SQL DB on the physical server?

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  I'll run a VM on vCenter.  A question... It is noticed that the best practice not to have the SQL Databsase(Sql 2005) on the virtual computer

  but the DB on a physical server with an ODBC connection from the virtual machine.  My client will not fail to ask - why, I can't give a clear

  answer to the question.

  If I can someone state why it is better practice to have the SQL DB on a physical server?

  Thank you!!!

  Here are a couple

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/vc_database_performance.PDF

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/SQLServerWorkloads.PDF

  I hope that helps a little...

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• Web server on ESXi terribly slow! same fee install works uber quickly on a single physical server.

  I have created a virtual machine and allocated 4gig of RAM, 2 cpu and no limit on the CPU usage.

  Freshly installed Centos5 and LAMP. Installed joomla with default content.

  Browsing the site is TERRIBLY slow... I'm talking molassas.

  Now, until people start blaming joomla, I had exactly the same fees installed on a physical server with less specs (only 1 GB of ram and 1 cpu) and it is lightning fast.

  Both are on the exact same network. And the ESXi server has only a current PBX VM to run other then the Web server. I have hordes of resources left and available on the ESXi server.

  I can not quite understand what the problem is or could be. She has available resources and doesn't have 1 million waiting to go through the server process. My Network (2) cards are defined in tandum (I guess that the combination of network cards?) this should not be a problem?

  It's just the way the esxi manages the inbound and outbound traffic? Is this normal? The only thing I can reduce to is 1) the esxi way itself works. (2) the esxi way treats my network cards and or traffic

  What are the specifications of the ESX Server - hardware and CPU? Are there other virtual machines running on ESX Server? Have you tried running with one virtual CPU virtual machine?  It is advisable to start with a single vCPU and add vCPUs only if it is necessary, or if you have empirical evidence that it is necessary - it has to do with how the virtual processors are programmed.

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• Several Presentation Server on a physical server

  Hi all
  
  I read in a few places that you can run several servers of presentation on the same physical server, with each of them having their own RPD, web catalog etc..
  
  Someone there experience this and if so, is it easy to install? I will do this on a Redhat Linux Server BI 10.1.3 Server
  
  Thanks in advance for your advice/comments

  Hello
  Follow these links it will be useful for you

  (1) http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E12096_01/books/AnyInConfig/AnyInConfigSAW.html

  (2) http://rnm1978.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/multiple-rpds-on-one-server-part-2-presentation-services/

  (3) http://rnm1978.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/multiple-rpds-on-one-server-part-1-the-bi-server/

  Thank you
  Angelique

• Can I convert a server with software RAID with cold clone CD?

  I have a win2k3 server that has two disks (RAID 1 software), I can convert the server with software RAID with cold clone CD?

  Yes

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• Physical transfer Ubuntu Server with VMWARE Converter

  Hi I'm trying to transfer an already built ubuntu 8.04 server to VMWare ESX server with the coverter bootable cd.  When I use the wizard all is fine until I get to the part of the data store and I get an unknown error.  I transfer the logs so that I can display them but cannot do anything about newspapers.  Is it still possible to do, or is there something that I am missing.

  Hello and welcome to the forums.

  You might want to try the Converter 4.0 BETA .

  Good luck!