System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 P2V function test

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 's P2V feature converts the actual physical server into a virtual machine. The physical server must be added to Active Directory and managed by a domain administrator or authorized user. The transform physical server provides a transformation wizard that automates the collection of information such as physical computer hardware information, operating systems, and installed software. The wizard provides two modes of conversion, offline conversion, and online conversion, which, after the physical server installation completes the client proxy, restarts the server and automatically initiates the proxy environment to convert the server to a virtual machine; online conversion, the server installation completes the client agent and does not need to reboot the server. The physical server can be converted into a virtual machine in a working environment. The following is a method for converting a physical server (a domain controller running the Windows Server 2003 operating system) to a virtual machine.

Step 1th, open the Virtual Machine Manager Administrator Console, and in the Virtual Machine Manager list in the right pane, select the Convert physical server option, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Transforming one of the physical servers

Step 2nd, in the Category list in the right pane of the window, select the Convert physical drive option to start the Convert physical drive (P2V) wizard to display the Select Source dialog box as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2 Transformation physical Server bis

① Click the Browse button to display the Select Computer dialog box as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3 Select "Source" one

② Click the Advanced button to display the "Select Computer" Advanced dialog box as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4 Selecting "source" bis

③ Click the Find Now button to display all available computers in the current domain in the search results list, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5 Selecting "source" three

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