P2V storage would be local storage & moving/import machine more of an ESX?

Hello

Reason to ask the question: do a P2V to the server which if done on the network is too slow coz of the limitations of bandwidth. We are trying to move a physical machine in the LAB environment of virtual Production environment that are in two completely different subnets.

I was just wondering if we have a way to P2V a machine, store all the files in the local storage of the same physical machine (can be a USB device attached to this physical machine or maybe some NAS device accessible from the physical machine) and then copy these files to the VC server or the server with VSphere client and import these files on any of the ESX.

I know Ghost can take the image of the physical server, but again will require server ghost & new will be via the network.

So I'm looking free tool that can take the image of my physical machine & I can manually copy these files on the server that is on the same network where my ESX, VC are & then import this machine on the ESX

You do not know if we can get out of the physical machine in OVF format on local storage, copy the OVF file and import it on the ESX machine.

I saw there is a VMware OVF tool that I don't think that what I'm looking for. In fact, could not get exactly what and how it works.

Any help will be really appreciated

Thank you

Sam

If you take the approach of André to create a workstation image, you can simply import the newly created for ESX(I) VMDK using vmkfstools - quick guide here:

http://www.get-virtual.info/2011/01/28/importing-a-VM-from-VM-workstation-to-ESX-ESXi/

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