[dba-VB] Installing VS2010 on a PC with VS2008 SP1

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Sep 21 10:18:55 CDT 2010


Hi Gustav:

Thanks for the heads up. That tool will fit very nicely into my utility
folder.

Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:30 AM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Installing VS2010 on a PC with VS2008 SP1

Hi Shamil et al

Here is a free tool:

http://www.starwindsoftware.com/converter 

to:

<quote>
Convert VMDK to VHD and VHD to VMDK for free

StarWind Converter is a downloadable V2V conversion tool for virtual
machines. You can use it to convert VMDK to VHD files and VHD to VMDK as
well as to IMG file, which is a native StarWind format. This is a very
simple but useful file conversion tool that will convert virtual hard drive
images from VMware's VMDK format into the Microsoft's VHD format. It is a
sector by sector copy operation from one format to the other. It does not
modify the source image and will leave it so you can continue to use it. 
</quote>

/gustav


>>> Gustav at cactus.dk 20-09-2010 15:37 >>>
Hi Shamil

I have not used Ghost for years. I have read about some utils from VMware
and MS that can convert between physical and virtual machines and images but
if that includes Ghost I have no idea.

As for having VS running in the cloud, I think that is a bit optimistic even
for a "not that far future" ... 
If you have a need like that now, I would use a simple remote desktop
connection or - if you need to pass firewalls - the free version of LogMeIn
to control my main workstation.

/gustav


>>> shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru 20-09-2010 15:13 >>>
Hi Gustav at all --

I'm getting installed a fresh Win7 with MSSQL2008 and VS2008 - and I have
made a few Norton Ghost images of this system install on different stages.
Is there any way to have that images converted to MS Virtual PC or VMWare
formats or XenDesktop(http://www.citrix.com/lang/English/home.asp) or
(please recommend better options of VMs) to maybe use that images somewhere
in not that far(?) future on the cloud and just have "lightweight"
note-/net-book to work with that "PC on the cloud"?

Thank you.

-- Shamil



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