Use VMWare Converter to Convert a BMR image

[Biswaraj2002]

Hi,

We are in between a transtion phase from one datacentre to another.

Existing datacentre has got production servers (Which are backed up using BMR).

New datacentre is installed with VMWare ESXi 5.

There is no link between these two DCs.

Now there is a requirement to use the existing BMR images and convert those images to virtual machines. Is it possible to do these conversions using VMWare converter or anyother converter?

Note: The new DC doesn't have Symantec NBU.

Biswajit

[POCEH]

Look ar Converter's supported formats:  http://www.vmware.com/pdf/convsa_50_guide.pdf

[continuum]

- Acronis True Image Echo 9.1, 9.5, and Acronis True Image Home 10 and 11 (.tib).
- Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState Recovery) 6.5, 7.0, 8.0,
and 8.5, LiveState Recovery 3.0 and 6.0 (only .sv2i).
- Norton Ghost version 10.0, 12.0, and 14.0 (.sv2i format only).
- Parallels Desktop 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 (.pvs and .hdd). Compressed disks are not
supported.
- Parallels Workstation 2.x (.pvs). Compressed disks are not supported. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers are not supported.
- StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop, ShadowProtect Server, ShadowProtect Small
Business Server (SBS), ShadowProtect IT Edition, versions 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2
(.spf).
- Microsoft VHD format for the following sources:
- Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (.vmc)
- Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 (.vmc)

BMR is not on that list.
Use the normal procedurte if it is not supported.

1. create new VM
2. boot into BMR LiveCD and restore the image from network
3. do the patching in a second step with Converter 5

[Biswaraj2002]

Thanks for the document

[Biswaraj2002]

Can we boot into the BMR CD and extract the image even we do not have Netbackup setup in the environment?

Can I directly deploy the image to a VM?