theeggmaster Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 We have a Macbook which is acting as the Mac Server for profile deployment, MDM etc. It's started crashing regularly, so we've purchased a Mac mini to replace it. I'd like to do a P2V of the existing server so that we don't lose any settings or certificate trusts between the Mac server and iPads and run it on VMWare so I can take backups and make better use of the Mac Mini hardware. Has anyone managed to do this before? Just trying to not have to re-enroll all of the devices as we may lose any work that is on some of the MDM-deployed apps.
BonnyArmadillo Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 Back it up using time machine to an externall hdd or network share then restore using that media on the mac mini. Works really well! 1
3s-gtech Posted January 30, 2017 Posted January 30, 2017 That sounds like a perfectly workable idea. I'd put ESXi on a memory stick for this, giving the internal storage as much slack as possible. The shipping HDDs in Mac Minis are dire, and of course only a single 2.5" disk fits now. Thunderbolt attached (RAIDed) VM storage would be a good plan IMO. It will almost certainly be unusably slow with the standard non-fusion drive. 1
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