I would like to move an existing W2K3 install onto my new super duper xen box -- Installing linux based machine is no issue, it''s the windows ones that keep getting me. I have Acronis which we usually use for bare metal restores, and it seems that bare metal restores don''t want to work too well with XEN, any assistance/help/ideas ? _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Fajar A. Nugraha
2010-Jan-04 13:22 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] Existing windows server to XEN howto?
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Mr Gabriel <gabriel@impactteachers.com> wrote:> I would like to move an existing W2K3 install onto my new super duper xen > box -- Installing linux based machine is no issue, it''s the windows ones > that keep getting me. I have Acronis which we usually use for bare metal > restores, and it seems that bare metal restores don''t want to work too well > with XEN, any assistance/help/ideas ?Whatever restore method you normally use should work, as long as: - you enabled acpi, apic, and pae on domU config file - your windows installation has IDE drivers installed (see http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows . Not sure if it''d work for W2K3 as well though). -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Fajar A. Nugraha <fajar@fajar.net> wrote:> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Mr Gabriel <gabriel@impactteachers.com> wrote: >> I would like to move an existing W2K3 install onto my new super duper xen >> box -- Installing linux based machine is no issue, it''s the windows ones >> that keep getting me. I have Acronis which we usually use for bare metal >> restores, and it seems that bare metal restores don''t want to work too well >> with XEN, any assistance/help/ideas ? > > Whatever restore method you normally use should work, as long as: > - you enabled acpi, apic, and pae on domU config file > - your windows installation has IDE drivers installed (see > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Migrate_Windows . Not sure if it''d work > for W2K3 as well though). > > -- > FajarI have successfully migrated several physical windows 2003 installs to Xen by adding the ide drivers as per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314082 and then using Acronis True Image to copy the disks. One issue I had was that the boot cd created by the version of True Image we have did not boot under Xen (hung on boot screen), but Acronis support sent me a version that did work (TrueImageLinuxServer8072_multiparam_Standard_english_il.iso). However due to using emulated nic and hd running True Image directly under Xen was very slow, my first solution to that problem was to make a small windows hvm install with gplpv drivers loaded and true image installed and then temporarily add the target block device to it in order to write the image, but I recently switched to using a WinPE boot ISO with GPLPV and TrueImage/Backup And Recovery installed, the Acronis products come with a WinPE/BartPE Image builder utility so its quite easy to do. Also watch out for boot.ini, many servers come with a hidden partition on the boot volume for running diagnostics, in which case windows may be booting from the second partition, so you may need to adjust the boot.ini or you could remove it entirely and windows will then attempt to boot from \windows automatically. Andy _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users