Scott McClanahan wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 13:15 -0700, John R Pierce wrote:
>> ML wrote:
>>> HI All,
>>>
>>> So I have 5 1U servers (running Windows) that have Ultra 320 SCSI
>>> Drives in them.
>>>
>>> The owner of these boxes wants the drives captured in their current
>>> states to .iso or .cdr or something where if the need arises the data
>>> can be viewed, used again, etc.
>>>
>>> So what is the best approach? Boot from a Live CD, hook up a USB
>>> external HD and do what? Can I create a .iso or .cdr (or some other
>>> portable format) and have it created on the external USB?
>>>
>>> Thoughts on this process would be appreciated.
>>>
>
> Maybe not the right tool for the job but I always like using
> physical-to-virtual tools for archiving installed images. It frees up
> the hardware for me and I can have access to the data if I need it again
> by spinning up the VM.
Vmware has a free download that is pretty good at this. I'm not sure
when they switched but the current version (vCenter Converter
Standalone) is much nicer than the p2v tool from a few years ago. It's
still a one-way trip, though, where with clonezilla you can restore back
to the hardware.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com