Steps required after P2V - Dev Con, Device Mangler etc

[java_cat33]

Hi - After a server is P2V'd, ALL server management agents removed, changed the HAL, installed VMware tools etc....

VM performance is fine - does anyone perform any additional steps? I've seen posts about people removing hardware drivers etc, however I remove all un-necessary devices before powering on the VM. When turning on the hidden devices I do not see any hidden devices.

Does anyone use Dev Con or Device Mangler etc??

Also I've noticed you cannot change the HAL to a uniprocessor from a multi if the Windows box is W2K3 SP1 - however this is resolved if W2K3 SP2 is installed. Anyone know of any other work arounds?

I did read on a MS site there was a hotfix - however it looks like this is no longer available as it is now part of W2K3 SP2.....

[kopper27]

nice looks like the tool I was looking for

thanks a lot snapper

[snapper]

Welcome,

Just updated packages to v 3.2 as well.

Only differences: Updated the Windows HAL toggle script to the package, and as a stand alone as well.

All up on vmuse.info<http://vmuse.info> under script repository.

Cheers,

Simon

[geagle]

Does someone have a copy of the latest version of this package referred to as "v3.2" in the previous post?  The vmuse.info site listed does not appear to have any scripts uploaded.  I need the version that supports 2008 R2 server.

[snapper]

Apologies, had to migrate the web site but didn't get very far :s

Latest version of the script is attached to this post.

Thanks,

Simon