<s>
Physical-to-Virtual	B-General_Concept
(	O
"	O
P2V	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
p-to-v	O
"	O
)	O
involves	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
decoupling	O
and	O
migrating	O
a	O
physical	O
server	B-Application
's	O
operating	O
system	O
(	O
OS	O
)	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
that	O
physical	O
server	B-Application
to	O
a	O
virtual-machine	B-Architecture
guest	O
hosted	O
on	O
a	O
virtualized	B-General_Concept
platform	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
manually	O
creates	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
in	O
a	O
virtual	O
host	O
environment	O
and	O
copies	O
all	O
the	O
files	O
from	O
OS	O
,	O
applications	O
and	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
source	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performing	O
a	O
P2V	O
migration	O
using	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
assists	O
the	O
user	O
in	O
moving	O
the	O
servers	O
from	O
physical	O
state	O
to	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	O
vCenter	O
Converter	O
replaces	O
two	O
older	O
utilities	O
:	O
Importer	O
(	O
bundled	O
with	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
Workstation	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
P2V	O
Assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
provides	O
the	O
SysInternals	O
utility	O
for	O
making	O
images	O
from	O
Windows	O
XP	O
or	O
later	O
systems	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Virtual	I-Application
PC	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
Server	I-General_Concept
or	O
Hyper-V	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
datacenter	O
management	O
platform	O
,	O
does	O
P2V	O
(	O
and	O
V2P	O
,	O
V2V	O
or	O
P2P	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performing	O
a	O
P2V	O
migration	O
using	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
migrates	O
the	O
server	B-Application
over	O
the	O
network	O
without	O
any	O
assistance	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
Machine	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
SCVMM	B-General_Concept
among	O
many	O
other	O
capabilities	O
has	O
P2V	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SanXfer	O
by	O
InQuinox	O
is	O
an	O
automated	O
server	B-Application
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
migration	I-General_Concept
tool	O
for	O
P2V	O
,	O
V2P	O
,	O
and	O
P2P	O
with	O
complete	O
(	O
server	B-Application
and	O
storage	O
)	O
hardware	O
independence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SureEdge	O
,	O
migrator	O
by	O
sureline	O
systems	O
is	O
fully	O
automated	O
server	B-Application
data	B-General_Concept
migration	I-General_Concept
tool	O
for	O
p2v	O
,	O
V2vLinux	O
and	O
windows	O
server	B-Application
migration	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Ms	O
SQL	O
server	B-Application
,	O
oracle	O
with	O
complete	O
hardware	O
independence	O
,	O
cloud	O
independent	O
from	O
any	O
cloud	O
to	O
any	O
cloud	O
migration	O
.	O
</s>
