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Physical-to-Virtual Migration Procedures



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confir your ipleentation of our advice is in accordance !ith all applica"le la!s.Table of Contents

1 Assumptions...................................................................................................................................... 1

2 Scenario Topology.............................................................................................................................2

3 Using VMM 2008 to Convert a Pysical Server to a Virtual Server................................................3

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1 ASSUMPTIONS

Perforing a physical-to-virtual 4P2V5 igration of a virtualiation candidate re9uires that Microsoft:

$yste Center Virtual Machine Manager 4VMM5 2008 and the first indo!s $erver: !ith indo!s

$erver yper-V; host "e installed and operating correctly.

%n addition' the follo!ing assuptions are ade<

P2V igrations !ill proceed only !hen the custoer provides approval.

Any server that !ill "e igrated !ill not "e in use "y end users.

Any server that is igrated !ill "e iediately tested and "rought online in production as a

virtual achine unless other!ise agreed to prior to the igration start. Microsoft !ill assist the custoer' "ut the custoer !ill perfor the igration.

A custoer-approved "ac&up process has "een perfored' and disaster recovery procedures

have "een prepared in case the igration is not successful.

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SCVMM-SVR

Test-SVR

Virtual-SVR

P2V Migration

Confguration

2 SCENARIO TOPOLOGY

hen going through this scenario' you use VMM on the physical server naed $CVMM-$V(' !hich

acts as the VMM host. =ou use VMM to igrate the physical server naed Test-$V( to a virtual

achine that is hosted on Virtual-$V(. The follo!ing figure sho!s the scenario topology.

Note

hen you perfor the P2V conversion' the sie of the virtual achine that you create can "e e9ual to the sie

of the physical achine that you started !ith>if a fi6ed dis& is used for the Virtual ard 1is& 4V15. =ou ust

therefore ensure that the host coputer has enough space to accoodate the virtual achine.

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3 USING VMM 2008 TO CONVERT A PHYSICAL SERVER

TO A VIRTUAL SERVER

VMM allo!s you to convert a physical server to a virtual server. The physical server re9uireents are<

Microsoft indo!s: 2000 $erver $P? or later 4@2-"it5

indo!s $erver 200@ $P or later 4@2-"it and B?-"it5

indo!s $erver 2008 or later' !ithout the yper-V role ena"led 4@2-"it and B?-"it5

indo!s Vista: $P or later 4@2-"it and B?-"it5

indo!s /P $P@ or later 4@2-"it and B?-"it5

To convert a server to a virtual machine:

. )n the VMM server' open the VMM adinistrator console.

2. *ro any!here in the Hosts vie!' select Convert physical server fro the Virtual Machine

Manager section of the ctions enu. hich server you select does not atter in this step

"ecause the destination host !ill "e selected later.

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!" %n the Computer name "o6' enter the nae of the source server that you !ant to convert.#" %n the dministrative account section' supply credentials for local adinistrator access on the

source server' and then clic& Ne$t.

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%" %n the Virtual machine name "o6' enter the nae that the virtual achine !ill have. 4This doesnot affect the coputer account nae' although it is a "est practice to a&e the atch.5

&" %n the 'escription "o6' enter a description of the server' and then clic& Ne$t.

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. Clic& (ather System )nformation' and then !ait for the process to coplete.

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8. (evie! the inforation displayed in the System )nformation "o6 for accuracy' and then clic&Ne$t.

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D. (evie! the Conversion )nformation page for any detected issues. %f any issues !ere detected'siply follo! the recoended procedures for resolution' and then clic& Chec* gain to confir

that the issues !ere resolved. hen the No issues detected essage is displayed' clic& Ne$t.

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0. Ad#ust the V1 sie as you !ant' "ut note that this value can only "e increased or left at thedefault sie. %f you !ant to iniie the dis& space re9uired on the destination host for the ne!

V1 file' clic& 'ynamic in the VH' Type list. 1oing so !ill cause the igration process to create a

V1 file #ust large enough to contain the data that is currently on the physical source server

partition. As the data sie on the ne! virtualied server increases over tie' the V1 file !ill gro!

accordingly. Ee a!are that even if the ne! dynaic V1 file is su"stantially saller than the V1

sie value assigned' the virtual dis& could gro! to the full capacity of the V1 file. %t is iportant to

consider this fact !hen selecting target host dis&s that have less availa"le space than the

a6iu sie of a dynaic V1 file.. To display the online and offline conversion options' clic& the Conversion +ptions "utton. +nline

conversion is the default selection. hen the appropriate values have "een assigned' clic& Ne$t.

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2. $et the nu"er of processors and aount of eory' and then clic& Ne$t. ote that no ore CP3or eory resources than are necessary for ade9uate server perforance should "e assigned to

a virtual achine. This inforation should "e collected "y evaluating the current perforance

re9uireents of the source physical server "efore a igration is perfored.

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@. 3se the recoended host as the target' or override the recoendation "y selecting the host ofyour choice fro the availa"le hosts list' and then clic& Ne$t. ote that certain target hosts ight

not "e availa"le for selection if they do not eet the CP3 or eory re9uireents of the ne!

virtual achine.

?. %f the target host is part of a yper-V cluster' you !ill receive a !arning essage. %f you clic& ,es'

the ne! virtual achine !ill autoatically "e ade highly availa"le and placed on the cluster. %f

you clic& No' you !ill have to go "ac& and choose a yper-V host that is not clustered.

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F. $elect the appropriate dis& location for storing the virtual achine files' and then clic& Ne$t

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B. $et the appropriate value for the Virtual Networ*' and then clic& Ne$t.

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. $elect the values in the utomatic Start ction and utomatic Stop ction sections' and thenclic& Ne$t.

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8. (evie! the Summary page' and then clic& Ne$t. ote that you can revie! the script created "ythe !iard if you clic& View Script' and you can choose to start the virtual achine as soon as the

igration copletes "y selecting the Start the virtual machine immediately after deploying it to

the host chec& "o6.

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D. To vie! the P2V process status' select -obs in the navigation section.20. hen the P2V process is coplete' you !ill have a ne! virtual achine that is a clone of your

physical source achine. %t is highly recoended that the source achine "e shut off

iediately follo!ing a successful conversion and that the ne! virtual achine "e "rought online

as soon as possi"le.

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