I am faced with a Windows hardware/software problem left over from another person. It's on me to resolve. It's a mission critical setup. The situation is:
I've got a physical server machine with:
-Disk C:\ (one disk) containing a basic install of Windows Server 2008 R2, formerly Win Vista Pro, now gone.
-Disk D:\ (software Raid) containing a VirtualBox disk image of a configured Windows Server 2008 R2 running SQL Server R2 among others.
What shall I do now?
Migrate all the stuff from the configured VM to the basic but
natively installed C:\ Windows Server 2008 R2 (with the possibility
of breaking stuff)? Or,
Setting up the machine to "natively boot" the VM with the help of
bcdedit.exe (something I've read about, what I've never done, what I don't know of if it
works, if it hits performance, or if it is stable for production)
For me, being old skool, I am in the process of de-virtualising everything (option 1). But I'd be happy if someone suggests I am ok to go down the "natively boot" route.
