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      Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:40 PM
       
       
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      Is there a specific tool from Microsoft to do a complete physical to virtual migration for Hyper-V?  Does the VSMT for Virtual Server 2005 work for Hyper-V ok?
       

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    • Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:58 PM
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      The SCVMM 2008 beta supports P2V (and V2V) into Hyper-V.

      The P2V hooks into the VSS (Volume Snapshot Service) and allows a conversion of a running physical machine.

      You can find it here:
      http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/virtualmachinemanager/en/us/future-version.aspx

      You can find the SCVMM forums here:
      http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=1825&SiteID=17
      Brian Ehlert (hopefully you have found this useful)
       
    • Wednesday, July 02, 2008 6:59 PM
       
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      Brain's right on as usual, but don't forget that you'll need the patch for SCVMM to turn on Hyper-V functionality., The patch is to turn on RC1 Hyper-V interaction, but will also work with RTM from what I'm told. The patch is available from the Connect site.

      Here's a related blog post about it:
      http://blogs.technet.com/rakeshm/archive/2008/06/13/scvmm-2008-beta-and-hyper-v-rc1-are-now-compatible.aspx

      The update on the Connect site should be titled something like "Windows Server 2008 x64 Hyper-V RTM Update – KB950050"
       
    • Wednesday, July 02, 2008 7:05 PM
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      And yes, SCVMM 2008 manages Virtual Server.

      Brian Ehlert (hopefully you have found this useful)
       
    • Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:21 PM
       
       
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      A few questions:
      1. What are the requirements for installing this?  My VMM is Server 2008 Standard Core, will it install on Core?  Can I install it on Vista or does it need Server to run, also do I need SQL running for it to work properly? 

      2. Is there another (Free) option to do the P2V conversion? 

      3. Will it do conversions from VMWare Virtual Machines to VHD's?
       
    • Thursday, July 03, 2008 3:57 PM
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       SCVMM 2008 is made up of a few components.

      If you want to install everything on one box, then you need to run Server 2008 x64 Full (the shell is necessary)  You can install this into a VM on your Hyper-V server, or onto a standalone PC.
      Yes, it will install SQLExpress for you if you don't have a SQL server.

      Can it manage your Server Core Hyper-V install?  - yes.

      Free P2V?
      Yes, there are free P2V tools out there.  Invoke a bit of google-fu and you will find them.
      Ultimate P2V has been around for a while - you have to build your own drivers into a PartPE image, but it works.
      There is also an Acronis product that creates VHDs.

      SCVMM 2008 will convert VMware virtual machines into Virtual Server or Hyper-V VMs.

      You must store the VMware VM in the SCVMM Library - then you can 'convert' it into a Windows Virtualization VM (it creates a new VM and streams the VMDK into a VHD - then it fixes up the SCSI boot to IDE boot and takes care of the drivers for you)

      It actually works pretty well.

      The free options don't modify the VM operating system for you.  That is the pain point.

      Brian Ehlert (hopefully you have found this useful)
       
    • Friday, February 13, 2009 11:58 PM
       
       
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      This has been a very helpful and informative thread.  After just reading over the SCVMM page, top 10 benefits, and FAQ's now in 2009 it seems that every forseeable need has been addressed.  Additionally several solution accelerators exist to enhance the product including such administrative functions as offline patching of a .vhd.