[ale] retroactive VM images?

[Erik Mathis]

I just found out that xenserver 6.2 is now completely free and OSS (with
the exception of patching) a few weeks ago when esxi wouldn't work because
the server had more then 32G of ram. VMware's solution was to just yank out
the extra ram. I've been very happy with it so far. I even found a decent
desktop and moved all my vbox images over to it w/o any problems after I
exported it correctly by adding the .ovf inplace of the .ova in the
exported filename.

You still need windows to use the MGMT UI. Non the less its very nice.

-Erik-


On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:

> You might have a look at XenConvert. You didn't mention what VM technology
> you were using, or if you'd picked Xen, KVM, or anything yet. We use
> XenServer (and are pleased to see it's open-sourced now!) and a colleague
> has used it successfully before. I believe the Linux Xen and XenServer
> images are compatible but I'm not 100% certain.
>
> http://www.citrix.com/go/lp/xenserver_xenconvert_free
> http://youtu.be/Y3sCu0-eYww
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Pete Hardie" <pete.hardie at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:29:23 AM
> *Subject: *[ale] retroactive VM images?
>
>
> I have a PC running XP exclusively to run WiRNS, a replacement ReplayTV
> guide provider.  I'd like to switch it over to run as a VM on my Linux box,
> but I don't have a full XP install disk for it.  Is there a way to image
> the current real install and turn it into an .iso that I can use under a VM?
>
> Pete Hardie
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