Importing a physical machine to a VMware Cloud Server
You can import a physical machine running a Windows operating system to a VMware Cloud Server by converting the physical machine disk into a VMware virtual disk and using it to create the VMware Cloud Server.
The procedure involves:
- creating an image of the physical machine disk;
- uploading the image to the FTP space;
- checking the compatibility of the virtual disk;
- creating the VMware Cloud Server using the virtual disk.
Creating the disk image of the physical machine
To convert the physical Windows machine into a VMware virtual machine, you can use VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, the VMware tool for performing physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversions.
Once the conversion is complete, use the resulting VMware virtual disk in .vmdk format to continue with the import in the Control Panel.
Uploading the disk image to the FTP space
Activate the
FTP service in the data center where you want to create the VMware Cloud Server and, using an FTP client, upload the virtual disk in .vmdk format obtained from the physical machine conversion to the FTP space.
After uploading the disk,
check the virtual disk compatibility before using it to create the VMware Cloud Server.
Creating the VMware Cloud Server
- Log in to the Control Panel and start creating a VMware Cloud Server;
- in 2. Choose Template, go to ENABLE FTP IMPORT;
- in 3. Select Resources, next to HD 1, go to CONNECT DISK;
- in the Choose the virtual disk to use window, select the .vmdk virtual disk previously uploaded to the FTP space;
- go to CONNECT;
- the virtual disk used as the first disk must be enabled to boot the operating system;
- complete the configuration and create the VMware Cloud Server.
After creating the VMware Cloud Server, you may need to reconfigure the operating system and network according to the virtual environment and the resources assigned to the new server.