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rajeshkongu
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

converting p2v encrypted machine

Hi all,

i have a win 2003 r2 server  running on a physical machine and it was encrypted using EFS. How to i convert this physical machine into a virtual machine.

if we are using 3 party encrypted tools like symantec,macfee and pgp how do i convert these physical machine into virtual machine

Kindly suggest .

regards

Karthick.

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bobbygedwards
Contributor
Contributor

My suggestion would be to decrypt the machines, convert them, and then re-encrypt them using whatever software you want.

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rajeshkongu
Enthusiast
Enthusiast

Hi ,

I am using EFS only. Some of them told me EFS can support

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AndreTheGiant
Immortal
Immortal

EFS is at NTFS level... so if you convert the entire disk (not a volume level) it should work.

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