Appendix: Performing Physical-To-Virtual and Virtual-To-Virtual Migrations

INFORMATION IN THIS CHAPTER Hyper-V Migrations Migration Scenarios Migrating Physical-to-Virtual Migrating Virtual-to-Virtual

In this chapter, we discuss a function of Hyper-V that will likely become one of the most heavily used in your new “dynamic data center.” Whether you perform a migration simply to retire outdated hardware, consolidate workloads, or create mirror-like test environments, you’ll learn quickly that migrating servers into and among the virtual server farm is something that will be done quite often in the overall migration to your dynamic data center. In this chapter, we will discuss exactly what a migration is and when to best perform one; benefits are not always gained through a migration from a physical server to a virtual server. We will also step you through actual migrations, both from a physical server to a virtual server and a virtual server to a new virtual server.