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* At least 256 MB RAM in addition to the memory for the virtual machine
== Performing a P2V Conversion ==
Assuming the above requirements are met, the conversion of a physical system to a virtual machine is performed from within the VMM Administrator Console. Details on launching the VMM Administrator Console can be found in the the chapter entitled [[A Guided Tour of the VMM Administrator Console]].
Once the console is running and connected to a VMM Server, click on the ''Convert physical server'' link located in the ''Actions'' pane on the right hand side of the window to launch the ''Convert Physical Server (P2V) Wizard'' as illustrated in the following figure:
[[Image:vmm_p2v_wizard.jpg|The VMM 2008 Convert Physical Server (P2V) Wizard]]
On the ''Select Source'' screen, enter the name or IP address of the source computer together with the credentials of an account on that system with administrative privileges. If you are unsure of the name or IP address of the source system, use the ''Browse'' button to navigate to the system. Clicking ''Next'' displays the ''Virtual Machine Identity'' screen where a name by by which the new virtual machine will be referenced must be provided along with an optional description. If the default setting for the owner of the virtual machine is not acceptable, change this to the required owner and click ''Next'' to proceed.
The next screen performs a scan of the source system to confirm it is eligible for conversion to a virtual machine as illustrated below:
[[Image:vmm_p2v_scan.jpg|Performing a scan of a P2V source system]]
If the wizard reports problems connecting to the physical source computer, ensure that the firewall on that system is configured to allow WMI and HTTP traffic. Assuming the system scan reports no problems with the configuration of the source computer, click ''Next'' to proceed to the ''Volume Configuration'' screen shown in the following figure. The purpose of this screen is to select which volumes on the source computer are to be replicated in the virtual machine. Volumes may be selected or deselected to control whether they will be converted. In addition, the size of the destination virtual hard disk (VHD) may be altered to a size that is greater (but not less) than the size of the source physical disk. The type of virtual disk may also be changed from ''dynamic'' to ''fixed'' (for more information on virtual hard disk types refer to the [[Creating and Configuring Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs)]] chapter of the Virtuatopia [[Hyper-V Essentials]] on-line book.
Discretely positioned at the bottom of this screen is a link which reads ''Conversion Options''. When clicked, this displays the options which govern whether an online or offline conversion will be performed as illustrated in the following figure:
[[Image:vmm_p2v_vhd_settings.jpg|Configuring virtual hard disks and conversion type (online/offline) settings for a VMM 2008 P2V conversion]]
The Conversion Options pane also provide the option to turn off the source system one the conversion process is completed. Once the virtual hard disk and conversion type settings are configured, click ''Next'' to configure the virtual processor and memory requirements for the destination virtual machine. On the remaining screens, specify the destination host, the filesystem location on the host for the virtual machine files, the network on the host to which any virtual network adapters are to be connected and additional settings relating to the behavior of the virtual machine when the host system starts and stops.
Once the above configuration settings have been configured, the ''Conversion Information'' screen performs a prerequisites check to ensure the conversion can be performed successfully. Ussing no problems are found, the wizard will report ''No issues detected''.
Clicking ''Next'' displays the ''Summary'' screen:
[[Image:vmm_p2v_summary.jpg|The VMM 2008 P2V wizard summary screen]]
If the converted virtaual machine is to be started automatically when the conversion finished, select the ''Start virtual machine after deploying it to host'' option. Assuming that the summary is correct, click ''Create'' to initiate the conversion process.
The duration of the conversion process will vary depending on a variety of factors such as the size of any disk images and the performance and location of the destination host. The progress of the conversion process is reported on the ''Jobs'' dialog which is displayed by default at the start of the creation process. If the ''Jobs'' dialog is not configured to appear by default, it may be launched by clicking on the ''Jobs'' button in the VMM Administrator Console toolbar.
Once the conversion is complete, the virtual machine containing the converted physical system will appear in the virtual machine inventory of the destination host.
