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Overview of Physical to Virtual (P2V) Considerations

Title: Overview of Physical to Virtual (P2V) Considerations
Author(s): Xtravirt (Paul Davey)
Target Audience: Technical - Intermediate
Current Revision: 1.0 June 2009
First Published: 23 June 2009
Products: VMware, Citrix Xen, Oracle VM, Virtual Iron, Hyper-V, PlateSpin Migrate, VMware Converter, Vizioncore vConverter, Microsoft VMM, Oracle VM Manager
UID: XD10018

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Title: 
Overview of Physical to Virtual (P2V) Considerations
Author(s): 
Xtravirt (Paul Davey)
Target Audience: 
Technical - Intermediate
First Published: 
23 June 2009
Products: 
VMware, Citrix Xen, Oracle VM, Virtual Iron, Hyper-V, PlateSpin Migrate, VMware Converter, Vizioncore vConverter, Microsoft VMM, Oracle VM Manager
UID: 
XD10018

This Xtravirt white paper provides some pre and post considerations of P2V (Physical to Virtual) and an overview of some of the products available to accomplish P2V tasks.

Pre and post considerations of P2V (Physical to Virtual)

Overview

This Xtravirt white paper provides some pre and post considerations of P2V (Physical to Virtual) with a Hypervisor and P2V Tool compatibility chart and an overview of some of the products available to accomplish P2V tasks.

Key Concepts:

  • Introduction to P2V
  • Pre and Post P2V Considerations
  • Example of tools available for P2V tasks
References
Links: 

1. VMware vCenter Converter, http://www.vmware.com/products/converter
2. PlateSpin Migrate, http://www.platespin.com/products/Migrate
3. Vizioncore vConverter, http://www.vizioncore.com/vConverter.html

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