Physical Ubuntu 10:04 box to Hyper-V

[AJWhite1970]

Hi

 

I've got a very old Ubuntu 10:04 LTS physical server that in an ideal world I'd like to convert to run virtually on a Windows Hyper-V host but have no idea where to start as I'm not a LINUX person...

 

Any suggestions as to how to get this done as simply as possible? And yes, no doubt it's a big security issue running it that old etc but I am looking long term to migrate away from needing it completely and in the short term, running virtually means a second chance if I ollox anything up....

 

Thanks as always

Andrew

[ADMaster]

Only 12.04 appears to be supported on hyper-v.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/supported-ubuntu-virtual-machines-on-hyper-v

 

If you were planning to keep the server the best solution is to spin up a fresh box and migrate the data / services.

Running that many inplace upgrades is bound to break something. IIRC network settings when through major changes in 10.04-12.04.

All my Ubuntu servers are shell only, but if you have a gui that went through several changes on the desktop side anyway.

 

If you really want to take it virtual, I'd take a full backup with something like clonezilla and try deploying that in a VM.

If hyper-v doesn't work there is always vmware / virtual box.

 

This forum post indicates a disk image created from a live CD can be converted direct to VDI.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/34802/convert-my-physical-operating-system-to-a-virtualbox-disk

 

Out of curiosity what is the server doing?

[mjk]

Knowing what the server does is important to know the best solution here.

[AJWhite1970]

Hi. Thanks for the replies. It’s main function is to run OCS and GLPI for the inventory plus it’s the NTP source for internal kit.

 

Not really looking to upgrade or continue to use GLPI, but would like to keep it as a virtual server for archive purposes just Incase....

[ADMaster]

In that case it will probably be less work to install it on a fresh host and restore the database.