# Re: Physical to virtual migration. **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Virtualization\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-physical-to-virtual-migration/22061 "2011-09-23T09:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-physical-to-virtual-migration/22061/1 "2011-09-23T09:26:02Z")
i dont know whether we can clone the physical disk to virtual machine directly, since they are different hardware. but another way that might work is to backup the physical disk to an image, and convert it to a virtual disk, and be used to virtual machine. here’s more details about how to carry this out: ‘P2V: Convert a physical disk image to a virtual disk file (.vmdk or .vhd) with backup freeware - EaseUS Todo Backup’ ([http://www.todo-backup.com/products/features/convert-physical-to-virtual.htm](http://www.todo-backup.com/products/features/convert-physical-to-virtual.htm)) ## – Bailifei Bailifei’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=117134](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=117134) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=436480](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=436480) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-physical-to-virtual-migration/22061/2 "2011-09-23T15:46:03Z")
Bailifei;2140149 Wrote:[color=blue] > i dont know whether we can clone the physical disk to virtual machine > directly, since they are different hardware…[/color] Thanks for wanting to add to the thread… It is an old one though and has already been resolved in a different manner. What I am wondering though if it’s not an attempt to promote your own product here. -Willem – Novell Knowledge Partner (voluntary sysop) ## It ain’t anything like Harry Potter.. but you gotta love the magic IT can bring to this world magic31’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=2303](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=2303) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=436480](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=436480) ---
**Author:** ![shubhrapahwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3e96dc/32.png) [@shubhrapahwa](https://forums.suse.com/u/shubhrapahwa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-physical-to-virtual-migration/22061/3 "2012-03-14T11:04:21Z")
Could you please tell me how this issue (physical-to-virtual) has been resolved? I’m facing problems in it and am unable to find anything in the forums. Please help!! [QUOTE=magic31;1664]Bailifei;2140149 Wrote:[color=blue] > i dont know whether we can clone the physical disk to virtual machine > directly, since they are different hardware…[/color] Thanks for wanting to add to the thread… It is an old one though and has already been resolved in a different manner. What I am wondering though if it’s not an attempt to promote your own product here. -Willem – Novell Knowledge Partner (voluntary sysop) ## It ain’t anything like Harry Potter.. but you gotta love the magic IT can bring to this world magic31’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=2303](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=2303) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=436480](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=436480)[/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Willem1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@Willem1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Willem1)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/re-physical-to-virtual-migration/22061/4 "2012-03-14T21:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=shubhrapahwa;3051]Could you please tell me how this issue (physical-to-virtual) has been resolved? I’m facing problems in it and am unable to find anything in the forums. Please help!![/QUOTE] Hi, What are you looking to do? I’ve found P2V quite doable using tools like CloneZilla and prepping the source as much as possible before doing the move (like adding needed drivers and running mkinitrd, installing any needed modules/kernels, etc). More details on your current physical host (OS version/arch/filesystems) and target hypervisor (Xen/VMware/…) would be good. Cheers, Willem