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    <title>topic Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN in Converter Standalone Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can anyone please suggest?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 11:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>MihirP</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-05-30T11:35:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378415#M5835</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hello,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I need to know how should I do P2V for a physical server attached to SAN? A step by step document will be very helpful.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--&amp;gt; For Data drives larger than 950 GB, will attach as RDM,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--&amp;gt; What are the steps where Physical servers's C: is on SAN&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--&amp;gt; What about Data drives less than 950 GB? &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mihir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 11:39:13 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378415#M5835</guid>
      <dc:creator>MihirP</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-29T11:39:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378416#M5836</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Note: Discussion successfully moved from &lt;A _jive_internal="true" class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container" data-objectid="4328" data-objecttype="14" href="https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/esxi5"&gt; VMware ESXi 5&lt;/A&gt; to &lt;A _jive_internal="true" class="jivecontainerTT-hover-container" data-objectid="2425" data-objecttype="14" href="https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vcenter/converter"&gt; VMware Converter Standalone&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I typically would use VMware Converter to convert the OS volume and then re-present the data drives from the SAN as RDMs to the VM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 13:17:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>vmroyale</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-29T13:17:59Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378417#M5837</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks vmroyale,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;With respect to your reply;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For C:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;"&lt;SPAN style="color: #666666; font-family: proxima-nova, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"&gt;I typically would use VMware Converter to convert the OS volume&lt;/SPAN&gt;" --&amp;gt; This needs to be done eventhough C: exists on SAN? We can't just create a VM, attach C: and boot it from there? Or compulsory need to convert OS volume?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For drives less than 950 GB:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to approach for data drives less than 950 GB?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mihir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2014 14:44:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378417#M5837</guid>
      <dc:creator>MihirP</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-29T14:44:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378418#M5838</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can anyone please suggest?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 11:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378418#M5838</guid>
      <dc:creator>MihirP</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-30T11:35:17Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378419#M5839</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I was doing P2V of SQL cluster with attached SAN last week.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I always received errors when I was trying to P2V server with SAN disks. What I did is the following.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;OL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;P2V of local disks.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Cleanup after P2V, vmtools, uninstall HP software.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;I created dummy vSwitch without uplink so OS doesn't complain about disconnected nic.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;Copy of SAN data to another VM from same subnet to new disks.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;I copied and attached disks with SAN content to P2V VM.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;I changed disks signature so cluster resources could start.&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/OL&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 13:45:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>wmarusiak</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-30T13:45:55Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378420#M5840</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go through the below link...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Will give you the idea for your query&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://vmnomad.blogspot.in/2011/11/p2v-conversion-of-server-with-san-disks.html"&gt;http://vmnomad.blogspot.in/2011/11/p2v-conversion-of-server-with-san-disks.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 13:57:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378420#M5840</guid>
      <dc:creator>UmeshAhuja</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-30T13:57:10Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: P2V of Physical server attached to SAN</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378421#M5841</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Did not get below points from the article provided in the link;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1) &lt;SPAN style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Setup networking - I used DHCP settings&lt;/EM&gt; --&amp;gt; Can I here configure NIC with the same static IP as physical server?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2) In Point 3 "&lt;SPAN style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Shut down the server and unpresent SAN disks on your storage controller&lt;/EM&gt;" and then in Point 8 it is written "&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5em;"&gt;&lt;EM&gt;Unpresent the SAN disks from physical server&lt;/EM&gt;" --&amp;gt; If we unpresent from SAN, then how come Physical Server will see the disks, so Point 8 is not required, correct?&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Also here just the local disks are converted and in P2V VM SAN disks are attached as RDMs?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;OR&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SAN disks are also converted in this article? (Point 8 made me think of this question)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mihir&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 14:37:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Converter-Standalone-Discussions/P2V-of-Physical-server-attached-to-SAN/m-p/378421#M5841</guid>
      <dc:creator>MihirP</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-05-30T14:37:49Z</dc:date>
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