{"id":55,"date":"2014-07-02T18:12:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vdssystems.wordpress.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2016-10-26T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T12:43:05","slug":"p2v-windows-2000-server-vsphere-5-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vdssystems.be\/en\/2014\/07\/p2v-windows-2000-server-vsphere-5-1\/","title":{"rendered":"P2V Windows 2000 server &#8211; vSphere 5.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vdssystems.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/windows-2000.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/vdssystems.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/windows-2000.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"windows-2000\" width=\"150\" height=\"104\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>I came across a customer where 10 servers were still running on windows 2000 server<\/p>\n<p>I used VMware vSphere 5.5 so you can&#8217;t use VMware convert 5 or higher because windows 2000 isn&#8217;t supported anymore.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vdssystems.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/vmware-converter.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-23\" src=\"http:\/\/vdssystems.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/07\/vmware-converter.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"vmware-converter\" width=\"150\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>here are the steps i made<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>make sure all the windows 2000 server are on SP4 (http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/download\/details.aspx?id=4127) and Update rollup 1 (http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=18997)<\/li>\n<li>make sure you stop service that can cause problems ( antivirus, SQL, exchange, oracle,..)<\/li>\n<li>install VMware convertor 4.0.1 on your windows 2000 server<\/li>\n<li>install sysprep tools on the sever where you installed convertor\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2003 : Path : C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataVMwareVMware vCenter Converter Standalonesysprep2k<\/li>\n<li>2008 : C:ProgramDataVMwareVMware vCenter Converter Standalonesysprep2k<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>start to convert your machine but chose local machine to workstation image. \u00a0place the image on a shared disk over the network not on local disk since the windows 2000 disks might be too small.<\/li>\n<li>on another pc over you can use the vcenter server, install the VMware convertor 5.x<\/li>\n<li>start the convertor 5.x and chose workstation image to vcenter server and import them into vcenter server<\/li>\n<li>edit the settings from the VM (more RAM, correct Nic assignment but leave the CPU alone since you might run into activate OS again)<\/li>\n<li>start the vm and install vmware tools for better VGA, memory and input tools performance<\/li>\n<li>uninstall unnecessary drivers and hidden hardware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>hope this helps some one but you don&#8217;t run into much windows 2000 server now a days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across a customer where 10 servers were still running on windows 2000 server I used VMware vSphere 5.5 so you can&#8217;t use VMware convert 5 or higher because windows 2000 isn&#8217;t supported anymore. here are the steps i made make sure all the windows 2000 server are on SP4 (http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/download\/details.aspx?id=4127) and Update rollup 1 (http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=18997) make sure you stop service that can cause problems ( antivirus, SQL, exchange, oracle,..) install VMware convertor 4.0.1 on your windows 2000 server install sysprep tools on the sever where you installed convertor 2003 : Path : C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersApplication DataVMwareVMware vCenter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[57,86,100],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.10 - 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