Understanding Virtual Machine Conversions
Using VMM, administrators can convert existing physical computers into VMs. This process is known as a physical-to-virtual, or P2V, conversion. Additionally, VMM can also be used to convert virtual machines from other virtualization platforms, such as VMware ESX and Microsoft Virtual Server to Windows Hyper-V. This process is known as virtual-to-virtual, or V2V, conversion. Details about each of these types of conversion processes are provided in the following sections.
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In VMM 2012, Microsoft now supports virtual machine conversions from Citrix XenServer to Hyper-V. However, unlike VMware VM conversions, XenServer VM conversion uses the P2V process. VMM only supports the conversion of XenServer ...
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