Ok, so here is a quick and dirty, blow by blow account of today’s experience of a P2V using SCVMM.  I’ve started with nothing, installed SCVMM and run a P2V of a physical machine (and then a VMware Virtual Machine) into a Virtual Machine.  Yes the post is a bit rough, but that is why it’s a first impressions post :)

What I started with

  • A Domain Controller somewhere in the test lab
  • A Windows 2003 Server with Service Pack 1 (Standard Edition) with a few hundred Gig of space and 2 Gb Ram
  • A copy of the 562 Mb VMMBeta2.EXE

Installing the SCVMM Server

  • ..if .NET framework 2.0 isn’t installed, it will be
  • if “Windows Remote Management” isn’t installed, you should: winrmoob-en-US-32.exe
  • if PowerShell isn’t installed, you should probably do this too:  WindowsServer2003-KB926139-x86-ENU.exe
  • if MS XML 6 isn’t installed then you’ll need to to do this as well:  msxml6-KB927977-enu-x86.exe
  • if you don’t have a SQL server or SQL express installed, it will be installed for you
  • Pick a directory to use for your library share, choose somewhere with heaps of storage (It is “C:\Documents and Settings” by default)
  • Select ok for the usual ports 443 and 80 — and the newish port 8100
  • Pretty much next, next, finish

Installing the SCVMM console

  • I just installed it on the SCVMM server
  • If you don’t you’ll need .NET Framework 3.0
  • Next, next, finish

Installing the SCVMM Self Service Portal

  • Again, I just installed it on the SCVMM server
  • Type in the hostname of your SCVMM server
  • Choose a port number for web access - I chose port 8080
  • Next, next, finish

Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 With Service Pack 1

  • Again, I just installed it on the SCVMM server

 

…and stay tuned for Part II, the P2V!