Hi, we have built a Windows 2003 VM and would like to basically copy it to other VMs but are not sure the best way to do this, has anyone any suggestions? thanks Ian _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On 12/20/06, Ian Tobin <itobin@tidyhosts.com> wrote:> we have built a Windows 2003 VM and would like to basically copy it to other > VMs but are not sure the best way to do this, has anyone any suggestions?Yeah, use cp, it''s a nice unix command, I use it everyday :) No, but to be honest: What do you think could be problematic with just using cp and do your copy? Where do you need help? Henning _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
You may want to do a sysprep on your gold image before rolling it out. This will allow you do a couple of things including changing the license key for that instance of windows. This is what we use for our customers when rolling out a desktop image to 100s of new boxes. Good Luck, Jeremy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henning Sprang" <henning_sprang@gmx.de> To: "Ian Tobin" <itobin@tidyhosts.com> Cc: <xen-users@lists.xensource.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Windows Image> On 12/20/06, Ian Tobin <itobin@tidyhosts.com> wrote: > >> we have built a Windows 2003 VM and would like to basically copy it to >> other >> VMs but are not sure the best way to do this, has anyone any suggestions? > > Yeah, use cp, it''s a nice unix command, I use it everyday :) > > No, but to be honest: What do you think could be problematic with just > using cp and do your copy? Where do you need help? > > Henning > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Henning Sprang wrote:> On 12/20/06, Ian Tobin <itobin@tidyhosts.com> wrote: > >> we have built a Windows 2003 VM and would like to basically copy it >> to other >> VMs but are not sure the best way to do this, has anyone any >> suggestions? > > Yeah, use cp, it''s a nice unix command, I use it everyday :) > > No, but to be honest: What do you think could be problematic with just > using cp and do your copy? Where do you need help? > > HenningYou can cp the disk image. Copying the NTFS file syste as contents only, especially for resizing it, requires the NTFS tools available at sourceforge.net or some other tools. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users