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Hi, i have a Dell server running redhat, it has vmware server installed running SBS2003.
All the clients run off the virtual server. I want to scap this config and run purely SBS2003 on the server, no virtual sever and no linux.
Whats the best way to do this. Worst case i could build a seperate hardrive with SBS2003 on it and copy everythign over. Would taking an image of the virtual server and restoring it onto a fresh hdd work? thanks in advance
All the clients run off the virtual server. I want to scap this config and run purely SBS2003 on the server, no virtual sever and no linux.
Whats the best way to do this. Worst case i could build a seperate hardrive with SBS2003 on it and copy everythign over. Would taking an image of the virtual server and restoring it onto a fresh hdd work? thanks in advance
ryder0707
no not possible, converting VM to physical(V2P) not available and can be complicated due to many different hardware specs
ASKER
can u suggest the best way to tackle this one?
install OS & drivers on physical machine, reinstall application, restore application config
ASKER
ok what a pain. thanks was hoping for a nice savvy quick fix.
even you manage to V2P somehow, the OS cant really be stable due to platform, specs, drivers issue
in the end you spend more on troubleshooting and fixing the os rather then getting the application up & running
cheers!
in the end you spend more on troubleshooting and fixing the os rather then getting the application up & running
cheers!
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Oh in my case, I used BartPE with Ghost to clone the VM disk to a physical machines hard disks and then troubleshooted the Driver issues, etc ... helps if you install the SCSI drivers for your physical hardware into your VM before you do this sometimes!