Boot ESX under different hardware (real and WSv6)

[LevT]

Is it possible a normally installed ESX server to adopt booting under virtual hardware () or vice versa?

All my windows systems are installed virtual but went to boot also real. But I have zero "nix" experience.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Are you wondering about cloning an ESX host into a VM?

For Windows hosts there is software available to convert from virtual to physical hosts, but for ESX you'd be better off with a fresh install.

[LevT]

No, I'm wondering about arbitrary boot a single ESX installation as I may do with my Windows (VL) systems.

All I need with windows is installing a VM on a physical partition, switching ATA controller driver to standard, booting physical, then, after PnP has done its work, cloning the system to any storage controller that is present. As a result such a guest may boot successfully on virtual or on real hardware.