I am planning to virtualize a friend's Windows 7 laptop that he is using as a server, using either Worst case scenario you can boot a Linux Live ISO in your VM and run dd/Clonezilla to restore the ...

This week, I again had the opportunity to be on the Virtumania podcast with Rich Brambley, Marc Farley and a special SQL server guest, http://www.brentozar.com/ Brent ...

A company is getting ready to virtualize their Windows servers with vSphere on clustered hosts and SAN storage. If they install VMware Converter on a third machine to initiate the process, will that ...

Following customer complaints, Microsoft has decided to re-introduce physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversions in its System Center Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC). It was dropped from the last version, ...

Vizioncore brings physical-to-virtual conversion and data protection to the Hyper-V hypervisor, which could be a huge blessing for Microsoft How appropriate is it that while at the Microsoft TechEd ...

Are P2V conversions still worth doing? Your email has been sent Physical-to-virtual conversions have a few gotchas, but they may be the best option when a proper application, data, and configuration ...