Semi -OT moving VM ware guests

[Peter Van Lone]

how are you moving the VM files? And I assume you are talking about
vmware server (on linux?), not esx, correct?

P

On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 5:06 PM, joea at j4computers.com
<joea at j4computers.com> wrote:
> So far, so good.  One down, one to go.  Amazing.  And I did not even have to mess with the NIC.
>
> joe a.
>
>>>> On 9/13/2008 at 9:26 AM, "James Taylor" <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com>
> wrote:
>> You will probably have to recreate the network cards in the oes vm. I have
>> had to do this in every case where I've moved a vm.
>> -jt
>>
>>
>> James Taylor
>> The East Cobb Group, Inc.
>> 678-697-9420
>> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
>> http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> "joea at j4computers.com" <joea at j4computers.com> 09/13/08 08:05 AM >>>
>> I want to move two faultlessly performing  VMware guests to a new VMware
>> server host.   One is a NW6.5 (OES) box, the other a OES(1) Linux box.  Each
>> hosts part of a GroupWise  system.
>>
>> The host is an HP DL360 G3, 3GHZ,3GB RAM  the alternate host is a Dell 2500
>> dual 900MHZ, with similar RAM and much larger disk storage.
>>
>> The main reason for the move is the DL is way too noisy for the environment
>> it has to live in,  even with fans on "slow".  On High, one need ear plugs.
>> I suspect there will be some noticeable performance hit on the guests, but
>> that will have to be accepted.
>>
>> So, it appears the move is essentially a  matter of installing the new
>> VMware server and copying over the files from the (down) guests.   There seem
>> to be a number of guides to doing this, but thought I would run it by the
>> group.
>>
>> joe a.
>>
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