Hi,
We have an old development server running Oracle Enterprise Linux that we need to virtualize for VSphere. The server is running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 8).
I have downloaded the VMware standalone converter and i am about to try to make a clone of the box but before i do so i would like to check if you guys had any experience with this kind of work.
I am not a Linux admin, i work in a Windows shop, i have some understanding of Linux ( i setup a few Nagios boxes runninng on Debian and Ubuntu ).
As far as my googlefu took me, i see a lot of posts about conversion failing at 97% because of failure to reconfigure the server, in which case i would need to perform 3 manual reconfiguration: fixing fstab, installing GRUB, and rebuilding initrd image
Do you guys have some feedback to help me go through this before i make the big jump?
Edit: also what is the best way to make a full copy of the server before attempting the conversion?
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