How to convert P2V using Microsoft VMM

How to convert P2V using Microsoft VMM

1. Open Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console. In the Actions pane in any view, click Convert physical server to open the Convert Physical Server Wizard.

2. On the Select Source page, enter computer name or IP address, username, password and domain name or computer name. Note: If the domain name field is not already pre-populated, type the name of the domain. If the physical source computer is not a member of a domain, type the computer name or IP address in this field.

3. On the Virtual Machine Identity page, enter VM name, Owner.

4. On the System Information page, click Scan System to begin a survey of the source machine that lists its hardware and software and identifies any missing components that are required for the P2V conversion. The wizard installs software on the source machine to gather the information but removes this software when the conversion is complete. Note: If a firewall is installed on the source machine, a firewall exception will be created for remote administration (RemoteAdmin service). This exception is automatically removed after the conversion operation is complete.

5. On the System Information tab, you can review the resulting information, such as operating system version, hard drives, and network adapters.

6. On the Volume Configuration page, you can adjust volume sizes. In our example, the OS used size is 8,861MB and total disk size is 20003MB; the data disk used size is 15,605MB and disk is 400017MB.

7. In VM Configuration page, select the processors and memory.

8. Select a host for the VM.

9. Select the VM location.

10. Select Network adapter.

11. Decide other options such as action when VM starts and stop.

12. If the scan doesn't find any issues. click Next to continue.

13. Review the Summary. If all settigns are correct, click Create to convert teh physical computer to a VM.

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