FT with a physical and a virutal machine

[Samyboy]

I have a physical Windows 2003 server (ServerA) running application software. I have converted physical server (ServerA) in to Virtual Server (V-ServerA) running on ESXi 3.5 hosts. I have Vshpere 2.5 running on the same 2003 server (Server A). I have 3-more VM's running on ESXi 3.5 hosts. One of the VM's running on ESXi host is windows2003 server.(V-serverB). On this (V-ServerB) I have installed Vshpere 4.0 with site recovery manager. I am able to connect my ESXi 3.5 host on the vSphere 4.0 running on V-serverB. Now I want to FT (Physical Servera) with virtual (V-serverA). In case physical server goes down it should automatically go to virtual server. I need some configuration assistance and assistance doing FT with physical and virtual Machines.

Thanks

[weinstein5]

What you are looking to do is not possible - FT only works between virtual machines running on ESX 4.0 servers and being managed by vCenter 4.0. The virtual hardware of the virtual machines must also be at Version 7 -

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[williambishop]

You need a third party tool, like marathon, to accomplish this.

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