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  • November 25, 2015 at 2:08 am

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    stan.kappiris (11/19/2015)

    Sorry if I missed some info previously stated. Without knowing the type of virtual system you are migrating to, I offer these options:

    As others have suggested, do yourself a big favor and just migrate the server to either HyperV (Microsoft) or Vsphere (VMware)-whichever your company is favoring.

    VMware offers a free converter- VMware converter (free)

    Microsoft offers a P2v converter in their free Sysinternals utility: Disk2vhd

    Also, Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager can migrate from Physical to HyperV.

    Those are the two most common scenarios that allow you to "clone" your physical server to a virtual server.

    There are other tools out there as well that are mainly used for DR purposes but function nicely as cloning tools, too. The most common is DoubleTake software by Vision solutions.

    Good Luck!

    Good advice Stan

    please note though, if you are using SCVMM 2012R2 the conversion functionality has been removed from the GUI. You will need to download Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter as a standalone app

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