Hi, i’m pretty new in server stuff, and more specifically virtualization. My workplace has an old Win 2k server with an old, legacy software that is still very much in use by the users and the company has no intention of upgrading the software in the near future.
Problem now is that the server is aging (sub 2003/2004) and support for it has long since been stopped. The original CDs for the mentioned software has also unfortunately been lost over the years in between the change of administrators.
I’d like to be able to port the whole setup if possible to some newer hardware, before the server fails on me, which it is close to doing now. Without having to reinstall everything from scratch again, is there any possibility that I would be able to use something like VMWare or similar to grab a snapshot of everything on the current server and re-run it in a virtual environment? Do virtual environments work this way? Otherwise any other methods of saving the server would also be much appreciated.
Thanks very much in advance, guys….
