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Linux Base software to copy whole system to another system
Hi
we have few Virtual mechines and their operating systems are in debain and the we using Vmware to hold those virtual mechine , and I need to move all those virtual mechines into individual Server
example : vm1 will go to server 1
vm2 will go to server2
Now i need to make the thsoe hardware server same as vm1 ( all the files, services permission eveything)
now I am looking for a linux base software solution where i will be able to create image of those vm example
the partion on vm1 is like ethis
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 58G 16G 39G 29% /
tmpfs 379M 0 379M 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10M 540K 9.5M 6% /dev
tmpfs 379M 0 379M 0% /dev/shm
and put thsoe into individual hardware server ..
if i make a server with same partition size .. how will it work ?
now if there is any software to copy those partition and put into the hardware server and it will work same as virtual mechine
I got a software call netcat
but not sure how much effective it will be
or any software base solution
Please advise
not : without dd command .
i cant put those VM offline .
we have few Virtual mechines and their operating systems are in debain and the we using Vmware to hold those virtual mechine , and I need to move all those virtual mechines into individual Server
example : vm1 will go to server 1
vm2 will go to server2
Now i need to make the thsoe hardware server same as vm1 ( all the files, services permission eveything)
now I am looking for a linux base software solution where i will be able to create image of those vm example
the partion on vm1 is like ethis
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 58G 16G 39G 29% /
tmpfs 379M 0 379M 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10M 540K 9.5M 6% /dev
tmpfs 379M 0 379M 0% /dev/shm
and put thsoe into individual hardware server ..
if i make a server with same partition size .. how will it work ?
now if there is any software to copy those partition and put into the hardware server and it will work same as virtual mechine
I got a software call netcat
but not sure how much effective it will be
or any software base solution
Please advise
not : without dd command .
i cant put those VM offline .
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thanks
we have vmware workstation 6.5.1
will i be able to convert vm to vmdk ?
can you give me some instruction pls
also
what you meant by physical mechine ?? how will i put that physical mechine to a real server??
thanks