[CentOS] Clone physical into virtual

Wed Aug 8 16:21:10 UTC 2007
Timothy Selivanow <timothys at easystreet.com>

On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 10:44 -0500, Scott Moseman wrote:
> Is there a formal, or preferred, method for importing a physical
> CentOS machine into a VMware instance?  I know they make
> software to move Windows machines, but I couldn't find one to
> handle our CentOS servers.  I have done something via scp/sftp
> in the past, which *seemed* to work, but if there's a better way
> I'm more than interested in hearing the process.
> 
> Thanks!
> Scott

You can use a free tool called "VMware Converter", available here:
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/


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Timothy Selivanow <timothys at easystreet.com>
Linux System Administrator
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