From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 16:28:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41A18106566B for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:28:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesoff@gmail.com) Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com (yw-out-2324.google.com [74.125.46.31]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC07A8FC26 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:28:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesoff@gmail.com) Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so672518ywe.13 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:28:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VS4N0PPeXA0YftlWzLAAlVboE+Fo/efInkHCXGLB3S4=; b=UhzxXXpKkmIxQefzY8YH9ZQIJW7jV+3Q87datcTzifyk44CeFb+TYuOhztwm/SIsi5 zCmxzTxGaL3i31uym3OQ8sdFLqjyjJv/WhdQjrMBDyKQJQnNpyB4InvcwcUJBHROJLhQ cV3Y5RSRWswfq5B4EOPqrLy+o9PIwPwDjBUZg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Zj78oMd7G50bOB8Eb0jCiyObHFEPvdTzhb3LaF4pnVw6Fd66PZa36dVUDsmvg0WFZV Q64bVgkx5wF6A+0ezST5lenm97xHjr1YKH4RwVLGDxJ/Iqk2HFTLLCSIyVXDTumvqdNV WTNw4Q6XxEBJl1mMbpVTfqgmkUSA4ib2F3m2E= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.65.121.14 with SMTP id y14mr1237252qbm.37.1232123334063; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:28:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> References: <991123400901160656x5192a45ei4b586165044ee182@mail.gmail.com> <720051dc0901160740v724d5805h9b4886a4fa056988@mail.gmail.com> <991123400901160746y66890facm96cc4feba62399ff@mail.gmail.com> <4970B170.5050302@pixelhammer.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:28:53 +0000 Message-ID: <720051dc0901160828s6af95010o730c97cdfb9b84fe@mail.gmail.com> From: James Seward To: DAve Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing into VMWare Workstation 6.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:28:55 -0000 On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:10 PM, DAve 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 :) /JMS