P2V of a Dell Windows server with HW Raid
boketiFeb 15 2011 — edited Feb 15 2011Hi,
I've got a few very large WIndows 2003 Dell Servers to Virtualize. The problem I've got is that each of the Dell Servers has a hardware raid configured (using the device driver mraid.sys). If I perform a standard P2V of the Dell Server the Windows image fails to boot because it cannot find the 'C:\' Drive. To overcome this I pefromed a Linux DD of the Dell Server to an 'intermediate' standalone server that doesn't use a raid controller (standard SATA HDD), peformed a Windows repair and then did a P2V from this 'intermediate' standalone server to create the VM Image.
I don't want to modify the original Dell Server (the one with the HW Raid controller), just incase the P2V doesn't work.
Q: Can anyone suggest a better way of pefroming a P2V on a Windows Server that has a HW Raid controller (the device driver is the problem here).
BTW the P2V 'sees' the HDA Partition of the Dell Server. Alternatively is there a way to 'remove' the device driver mraid.sys and repair the VM Image?
TIA