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Moving a server to hyper-V

Hello experts,

I have a server that I just upgrade its memory to 16GB, primarily and currently this is the bare metal server that I used for DC, DHCP, DNS, etc. etc.

So now that I have more memory and the need for more servers, i need to move the current server into a Virtual server (Hyper-V) I have already installed Hyper-V services but I don't know how to move it to virtual.

If you guys can give me a step by step it will be greatly appreciated.

Any details questions please let me know.

Super simple, follow this:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc764232.aspx

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Do you have SCVMM installed, If so it can be easier to convert your physical to virtual if no then you can use Disk2Vhd utility to so this, please have a look at theses URL's.

SCVMM Download : http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=17972

Disk2Vhd Download : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx

SCVMM : http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/bb4c21ff-551e-47e5-b751-3e05e00921d4/how-to-clone-physical-machine-into-hyperv-2012?forum=winserverhyperv

YouTube Link SCVMM : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LLvGG6eLxY

YouTube Link Disk2Vhd : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlB4MUZmV8E

Note : Before converting it to virtual format please be ensure that you have taken system state backup of the AD, DHCP, DNS etc.. etc..

Regards, Shiva

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Thank You guys for your responses. I appreciated. That project has been put on hold but i have review some of the responses.

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Hi, Thank you, I will follow up on the question.