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create vmware image from RAID SME 9 installation

Offline bradleyj00

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create vmware image from RAID SME 9 installation
« on: June 18, 2015, 02:32:47 AM »
I have an SME9 installation running on a pc with two drives, mirrored. Because of the software RAID that's been setup, the vmware software will not connect to the box, and produce an image.

I can simply break the raid by powering down, and disconnecting one of the drives, but I understand that is not enough. I need to turn off the RAID setup somewhere in the configuration. It seems the process will run fine if this box were configured with a single hard disk, and no software raid.

Anyone with any experience with this, suggestions?

Thanks,
Jim

Offline Arnie

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Re: create vmware image from RAID SME 9 installation
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2015, 03:22:49 AM »
Backup the original server, install a fresh SME9 VM and restore the backup.
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Offline bradleyj00

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Re: create vmware image from RAID SME 9 installation
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2015, 03:39:34 AM »
Will give it a try. Thanks!
Jim