How to virtualize physical server or GHOST image into non-ESX environment?

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Hi Jaoibh,

Can you please provide more details? I am not familiar with Microsoft virtual solution.

Thanks a lot.

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I have Ghost.
How can I convert Ghost image to VMDK file?

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I just find out my Ghost cannot recognize SCSI disk. So assume I do not have Ghost.

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I am downloading the vConverter now and will update here how it goes.
Thanks.

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I download the vConveter. How to boot from it and create VMDK file? It's not ideal to install the program on the source machine. Please let me know.

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It is just .exe file. Is it bootable if I just boot it to CD?

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I burn the exe file as data file and could not boot from it. How to get bootable converter?

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I have license for bootable converter. I just download it. When I try to to convert the physical machine, I encounter the following questions:
1. destination type: VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine or Other Virtual Machine;
I choose 'Other Virtual Machine' since I do not have ESX near the physical machine;

then it asks for:
Virtual Machine Name: myvm
Location: what I should put here? I cannot browse the network either though I already define the IP address for the converter.
Type of Virtual Machine to create: workstaion 4.x/5.x/6.x
But I do not see an option to create a VMDK file. What to do next?
Thanks.

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I enter the IP again, now I am able to set up a network share and browse it. So it is now converting. I will update tomorrow.
Thanks.