Vmware convert windows 2000 professional

First you can't convert if OEM. Been awhile since I tried something like that. From this thread , apparently you can with a certain version of the converter. The records are kept in a program that is no longer available and will not install on Win7 and according to him not worth the conversion effort.

Also the records are before my time with him so I have no idea of the size of the data. One option I have suggested to him is just keep the box off line and stored in a closet. Note I have never logged into this box I found it running on the network when I took over supporting his site a year ago. I told him that he was running a non-supported non-patched system on his network and at that time it was taken offline. If you ignore the legal aspects of the question and just focus on the technical parts, yes it is possible.

You will need to dig for some older bits to make this work since win2K is not currently supported by ESXi 5. You will need to locate an older version of ESXi from the 4. Install the hypervisor and get it up and running. Since you will just need this for conversion you can load either the type 1 or type 2 hypervisor on the desktop system or old server with 4GB of ram more would be better.

Next locate VMWare Standalone converter 4. Once you have the machine virtualized you can move it where you need. From the licensing side you are in a rough bit. I don't think if you purchased an enterprise version of the OS with SA would give you the downgrade rights to legally run that system off the original hardware or not. That is probably a question for a MS licensing wizard. There has to be some way to do this and remain in compliance.

First off, legacy is a major PITA. I've been supporting things legacy for a few decades now, especially while in uniform, and two things I can guarantee is that you'll run out of budget and patience about the same time. So, the very first thing to discuss with the potential customer is the so-called business value of the data and any time and budget constraints. A lot of research is involved and since your time is quite literally your and their money, well, you know the drill.

The very first thing to do with the server, and I"m assuming it is a server installation, is make at least 2 two images of any hard drives and floppies. I'm not resizing partitions, just creating a vm with target disks the same size as the source. No resize involved. Well it depends if you have changed the physical disk size or layout during the conversion. If that has not changed then I suspect it's corrupted your image in some way.

Boot your VM with a rescue disk image and see what you can find. I can mount the vmdk with the vmware-mount tool ok. I can see all the files and folders in it.

It just won't boot! Rick Eveleigh Rick Eveleigh 11 1 1 bronze badge. Dave Cheney Dave Cheney The converter only gave me the option to clone volumes volume-based clone , there was no option for the entire disk. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. What host hypervisor are you hoping to use to run the VM once you've virtualised it? View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in Virtualization. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off? Submit ». I downloaded shadow protect server trial to see if it works because it can convert the backup image into vmdk or vhd.

I planned to run it in an oracle box. JoeWilliams This person is a verified professional. Lee This person is a verified professional. Don't use a type two virtualisation, unless its temporary - you need to move it onto a type 1. KostasDaras This person is a verified professional. Friday, June 6, AM. Back in the day PlateSpin were the only option for 'P2V'. There is no free tool that will give you much success, but instead long hours of pain.

Hi, you can do a online conversion of a Win SP4. Then convert the vmdk file to a vhd file. There are many converters for this.

So if you want to be fully supported your have to run it off Hyper-V R2. Shutdown the server and take off the hard disk. Install the hard disk on a computer with Windows XP anything above that is OK too Boot up the second computer and make a note of the new volumes.

You can save them to a local drive or if you have a fast network from my experience 1 Gbps LAN connection would save a 40 GB hard disk in a matter of 15 minutes via network you can use an existing shared folder.

I still prefer to save to VHD format for Windows Regards Sebastian. Friday, June 6, PM.