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Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook - Second Edition

You're reading from  Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785884313
Pages 524 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (3):
Charbel Nemnom Charbel Nemnom
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Patrick Lownds Patrick Lownds
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Leandro Carvalho Leandro Carvalho
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters close

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Cookbook - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
1. Installing and Managing Hyper-V in Full, Server Core, and Nano Server 2. Migrating and Upgrading Physical and Virtual Servers 3. Managing Disk and Network Settings 4. Saving Time and Cost with Hyper-V Automation 5. Hyper-V Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks 6. Security and Delegation of Control 7. Configuring High Availability in Hyper-V 8. Disaster Recovery for Hyper-V 9. Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup for Hyper-V 10. Monitoring, Tuning, and Troubleshooting Hyper-V Hyper-V Architecture and Components Index

Converting physical computers to virtual machines


Every day we can see companies implementing virtual servers to explore virtualization benefits such as cost reduction, flexibility, automation, and so on. That's why physical to virtual migration is still very common and it's important to make sure that the existing servers running under old and unnecessary hardware can be converted into virtual machines. In this recipe, you will see how to convert a physical server into a virtual machine using the tool Disk2vhd.

Getting ready

Disk2vhd is not a default Windows tool and it has to be downloaded from the following link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415. The minimal operating system for client conversions is Windows Vista and for server versions is Windows Server 2008. Also, you need to pay attention to the implications caused by licensed software applications such as OEM operating systems.

How to do it…

In order to convert physical computers to virtual machines, carry out...

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