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The program files for Exchange are all on D so hopefully not an issue. I will be doing this over the weekend, will let you know if it is successful.
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The program files for Exchange are all on D so hopefully not an issue. I will be doing this over the weekend, will let you know if it is successful.

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Good Luck...(make sure you have a full backup!)
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Good Luck...(make sure you have a full backup!)

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I have been attempting a P2V of Exchange 2007 running on Server 2008 R2. (Hyper-V on 2008 R2 Server, conversion done by MVMC.) Exchange Program Files &amp;&nbsp;all other files are on the data partition (D: ). I've successfully P2V'ed the C: drive, but the D: drive has not been allowing it. Our backup captures an image that we can mount and browse to in Windows Explorer. If I create a new VHD and then copy and paste the data to D:, with the registry all on C:, should it run Exchange?
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I have been attempting a P2V of Exchange 2007 running on Server 2008 R2. (Hyper-V on 2008 R2 Server, conversion done by MVMC.) Exchange Program Files & all other files are on the data partition (D: ). I've successfully P2V'ed the C: drive, but the D: drive has not been allowing it. Our backup captures an image that we can mount and browse to in Windows Explorer. If I create a new VHD and then copy and paste the data to D:, with the registry all on C:, should it run Exchange?

Exchange 2007 Virtualization

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Exchange is the server side of a collaborative application product that is part of the Microsoft Server infrastructure. Exchange's major features include email, calendaring, contacts and tasks, support for mobile and web-based access to information, and support for data storage.

Exchange

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.