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Standby VM of a VM

Corrigun
over 6 years ago

We currently export of one of our physical servers as a standby VM to a DR site. I am thinking of migrating that physical server to virtual by just waiting for a scheduled snapshot, turning off the physical server and turning on the standby VM.

After I do will I be able to simply point the scheduled standby export to a new hypervisor,  let it export a new base and continue on. Basically making a standby VM of a VM instead of a physical.

This machine is running a DB application on 2008r2 and is not a DC.

Any input is appreciated.

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  • 0 over 6 years ago
    It was a complete disaster. After an hour I had to go back to the physical machine.

    The exported VM was completely unstable. Server manager and control panel would not open. Out of memory errors. Permission errors. Even from the first few boots when I installed the services disk it never really acted right ( mouse cursor trails, small window, etc).

    My guess is that the last snapshot was hosed somehow? I guess I should force a whole new machine and try again?
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  • 0 over 6 years ago
    It was a complete disaster. After an hour I had to go back to the physical machine.

    The exported VM was completely unstable. Server manager and control panel would not open. Out of memory errors. Permission errors. Even from the first few boots when I installed the services disk it never really acted right ( mouse cursor trails, small window, etc).

    My guess is that the last snapshot was hosed somehow? I guess I should force a whole new machine and try again?
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