V2P Virtual to Physical Migration

[mazer9]

The Proxmox Wiki provides an excellent tutorial on migrating varying types of physical machines to virtual. Is their any such documentation on converting virtual to physical? Is it just a matter of running a tool like ghost and insuring that all drivers are available for the new hardware? Any insight would be appreciated.

 

[tom]

methods like ' using clonezilla' can also be use for P2P, or V2P. you just need to make sure you got all drivers. Easy for Linux, harder for Windows.

 

[mazer9]

I guess I will treat it just like any migration to dissimilar hardware.

Thanks.

 

[whinpo]

for Windows 2008 : just use the standard Windows backup tool
You backup the VM and you restore it to a server using the Windows 2008 Installation CD
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770266(v=ws.10).aspx

 

[mazer9]

It's a 2003 Server, but it's nice to know that 2008 makes the process a bit easier.

Thanks.

 

[mazer9]

I was able to use Clonezilla to clone the image successfully. The Windows boot screen would then appear for a few seconds then the computer would reboot. I then did a repair on the installation using the Windows 2003 disc. I then got it to successfully boot at which point I updated the hardware drivers and it now appears to be functioning correctly.

Thanks.

 

[tom]

did you apply the mergeide.reg before you did the migration?

 

[mazer9]

No I did not. I thought that was applicable when going from P2V. Perhaps that would have allowed the computer to boot directly after performing the clone?

 

[tom]

this registry hack enables the default IDE drivers. if you do not do this, the migrated machine have no IDE disk drivers and ends up with a BSOD - "inaccessible boot device" (and depending on your windows config it reboots immediately in a loop)

 

[mazer9]

I see. That advice worked great while performing some P2V migrations. I will remember to do it if I ever have to perform another V2P migration.

Thanks.

 

[Bennieee]

I guess I will treat it just like any migration to dissimilar hardware.

Thanks.

yes i also think so.
just backup the virtual system disk, and restore it to the physical disk. but since they are different hardware environment, things might be a little bit different.
i googled an article about how to migrate system to different hardware.

 

[geomaster]

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