Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Tech journal on converting NT and 2000 machines from physical to virtual in vSphere

I've been working on converting all legacy development workstations from physical to virtual for enhanced security and administration. Here are some notes to self:

1. NT4 and Windows Server 2000 networking would not work until AFTER VMware Tools is installed.

2. NT4 would require manual installation of network driver. Here's the link to the KB article from VMware.

3. As a reminder, Windows Server 2000 already has Terminal Service available, but must be installed via Add/Remove Programs->Change Windows Components.

Cheers!