TABLE OF CONTENTS This is where it all comes together. You re getting ready to duplicate all data from the physical server to your virtualization environment. Now everything comes down to the procedure. There are three stages that the system will pass through, during which you must take several actions. First is preparation: you must retrieve the information of the physical server, check and validate the information, and generate the virtualization scripts, making it possible to capture the physical server. Second is creation: you must create the virtual machine before the captured image can be deployed. Third is deployment: you must deploy the captured data to the virtual machine and perform the post-migration actions.
The virtualization environment has to be prepared for the virtualization process. For the virtualization of servers you need three components: Automated Deployment Services (ADS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and the virtual server migration tool. If you already have DHCP or ADS running on your network, you can use these installations.
In this chapter you will learn about the additional tools needed for the virtualization process. The first step for preparing our virtualization environment is the installation of an ADS server, which is described in Chapter 6. This server will make the image of the physical server, deploy the image to a virtual machine, and make the necessary changes for the machine to run in a virtual environment. These changes are described later in this chapter.
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