P2V Linux OS to VMware ESX
New VMware P2V v4 client allows physical to virtual convert for various Linux distributives.
P2V allows transferring of Linux machines to Virtual VMware ESX compatible.
Currently supported versions are:
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
- Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10
- Ubuntu Linux 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x
Other Linux versions can be converted by imaging tools to the following format:
- (*.vmc *.pvs *.vmx *.sv2i *.spf *.tib)
- Microsoft Virtual Pc format (*.vmc)
- Parallels Virtualization ( *.pvs)
- VMware Consolidated Backup (*.vmx)
- Symantec LiveState Recovery Image (*.sv2i *.sv2)
- StorageCraft Shadow Stor Image (*.spf)
- Acronis True Image Backup (*.tib)
note:Linux sources should allow root login through SSH.
on June 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Cloning Linux does not work well with VMWare tools – see this tutorial to do it the proper way ensuring all data is captured:
http://nzbusinessnetwork.co.nz/linux-tutorials-and-info/46-linux-and-virtualization/85-how-to-do-a-physical-to-virtual-conversion-of-linux-p2v-with-multiple-partitions-and-hard-disks-and-arrays