Oliver_Buckie
13 years agoLevel 4
P2V migration to VMware ESXi 5.x using System Recovery 2011
I need to do a P2V migration of a SBS 2003 to a VMware ESXi 5.x. We have Symantec System Recovery 2011 installed on the SBS. What's the best way of doing this:
- Hotclone
- Run a System Recovery backup (creates a .sv2i and .v2i images)
- Use System Recovery to restore the .sv2i to the ESXi host
- OR...
- Use VMware Converter to convert the .sv2i to the ESXi host
- Coldclone (is this even possible to an ESXi 5.x?)
- Boot off supplied Symantec Recovery CD
- Run backup direct to the ESXi host
Is there a preferred method? Any other tips (i.e. hot vs cold clone)? Anything I should watch out for (i.e. DC, Exchange DB)?
Many thanks.
P2V to ESX5 using SSR is currently not supported: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH169327
I would recommend a hot backup using SSR 2011 and then:
- Create VM manually
- Configure VM to boot from SSR 2011 SRD
- Run restore
Hope that helps.