Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:41:31 -0500 From: DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com> To: 'User Questions' <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Importing into VMWare Workstation 6.5 Message-ID: <4970B8BB.9080001@pixelhammer.com> In-Reply-To: <991123400901160833x7fb73304q3450f72d02089642@mail.gmail.com> References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com> <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> <720051dc0901160828s6af95010o730c97cdfb9b84fe@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160833x7fb73304q3450f72d02089642@mail.gmail.com>
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Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:28 PM, James Seward <jamesoff@gmail.com > <mailto:jamesoff@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, DAve <dave.list@pixelhammer.com > <mailto:dave.list@pixelhammer.com>> wrote: > > While I have not tried it, it claims it can make a vmdk from a > physical > > server. I have used it to move virtualized FreeBSD installs from > one vmware > > server to another. > > > > http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/overview.html > > I can't remember why I didn't use this when I last did P2V on a > FreeBSD box, but I ended up just creating a VM with a new vmdk of the > correct size and then using dd over nc to copy the disk from the > physical machine, which worked fine too. An important gotcha is if the > host is IDE but you create your VM with SCSI disks (e.g. for ESX) and > the disk devices change name :) > > > Hi JMS, > > Could you kindly share the steps you followed? It looks like that's what > I have to do, as this app is commercial and I don't have that money now:-) Nope, the starter edition is free. Believe me, if we had to pay for it, my boss wouldn't let me use it 8^( DAve -- The whole internet thing is sucking the life out of me, there ain't no pony in there.
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