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provides a semi-automated tool called VMware vCenter Converter for moving physical servers running Windows or Linux into virtual environments while they are powered on. VMware vCenter Converter replaces two older utilities: Importer (bundled with
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The concept of this p-to-v process, or any p-to-v process, is really quite simple: you are making a copy of your hard drive and piping it eventually into a virtual server.
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User manually creates a virtual machine in a virtual host environment and copies all the files from OS, applications and data from the source machine.
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has Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion (and V2P) feature build into the backup engine which can be used for migrations or instant recovery
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Performing a P2V migration using a tool that assists the user in moving the servers from physical state to virtual machine.
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Performing a P2V migration using a tool that migrates the server over the network without any assistance from the user.
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Migrate is an example of a fully automated migration tool for P2V (and V2P, V2V or P2P).
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tool for P2V, V2P, and P2P with complete (server and storage) hardware independence.
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Muller, Al; Wilson, Seburn (2005). "Chapter 6: Physical-to-Virtual Migrations".
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by sureline systems is fully automated server data migration tool for p2v, V2v
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Quest vConverter is an example of a fully automated migration tool for P2V.
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utility for making images from Windows XP or later systems to be used with
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HOWTO: Guideline for use Virtual Server Migration ToolKit (KB555306)
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datacenter management platform, does P2V (and V2P, V2V or P2P).
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Manual physical-to-virtual migration description for OpenVZ
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is an example of a fully automated migration tool for P2V.
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systems is an automated P2V data protection/migration tool
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SCVMM among many other capabilities has P2V capability.
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