Migrate OS Install to VMWare Virtual Machine

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Published on 2010-04-02T03:59:52Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 4:09 UTC
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I have Windows Server 2003 installed on my server. I'd really like to be running it via VMWare EXSi as a virtual machine, but I don't what to have to reconfigure the whole deal.

Is there a relatively painless way to move it to a virtual machine? It will be staying on the same box with the exact same hardware... nothing changes.

Thoughts?

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