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VMWare
Jun 17, 2016 17:33:54 GMT -5
Post by Vinster on Jun 17, 2016 17:33:54 GMT -5
Here are the coles notes on the steps - Virtualize the C-Drive (OS disk) using VMware vCenter Converter - Build a new PC, add what-ever raid/sata card you want to get to the number of ports you need - Install any OS and this now becomes the Host PC. ____ - Make sure all the original drives work on the new PC - Install VMware Player (or what ever their free version is called now) - Open the previously created VM and all the disks that are present, change them from Virtual Disks and point them to physical disks Now you have the new PC that can do what-ever with, and your old PC as you know now will live on. once all setup, just copy the VM file to an external disk for safe keeping. If you have an issue, copy it over your old one and continue. Things to note to help performance when running VM's - Make sure you have 2 cores more than you previously needed - if you had a quad core with HT, then you'll be fine as is. - Make sure you have 2-4GB of more ram than your current PC already has (you'll want the Host to be a 64Bit OS) this ram will be for the Host, you can assign what you want to the VM. - The location the VM will be stored in will run better if on an SSD. Cached Ram lives on a file in the local VM directory, having an SSD makes this seamless... HDD... you can go pee between clicks. Here is a quickie video I found to do this process; Vin
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VMWare
Jun 18, 2016 14:16:32 GMT -5
Post by mrpaco on Jun 18, 2016 14:16:32 GMT -5
No that will not work for my needs at all. Plus I'm gonna need to do quite a bit of learning to even understand what benefits it would have in any situation. So for now I'll just sit in the corner:
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VMWare
Jun 20, 2016 14:08:56 GMT -5
Post by Vinster on Jun 20, 2016 14:08:56 GMT -5
all good, doesn't fit everyone's needs. But I've been using it for all sorts of applications and there is a huge level of flexibility with it. Big thing is licensing. if you have software with a soft license, this will bring it over about 90% of the time. there isn't very many applications where it wouldn't. So all you need to worry about is the windows license. if you de-commision the old box, then that's no longer a worry either.
Vin
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VMWare
Jun 22, 2016 5:49:30 GMT -5
Post by mistone on Jun 22, 2016 5:49:30 GMT -5
With the newer hardware you can pass through the GPU to the VM, which is interesting under linux for example. pretty cool stuff
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VMWare
Jun 22, 2016 8:22:31 GMT -5
Post by Vinster on Jun 22, 2016 8:22:31 GMT -5
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