SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING A PHYSICAL DISK TO A VIRTUAL DISK

摘要

A method for converting a disk of a physical computer into a virtual disk for use by a virtual machine is described. Contents of the disk of the physical computer are copied into an image file, wherein the image file has a different sector-by-sector organization of the contents than the disk but a logically equivalent file system organization. Hardware configuration information from the image file is then extracted, wherein the hardware configuration information relates to hardware of the physical computer and, based on a comparison of the extracted hardware configuration information and a virtual hardware configuration of the virtual machine, hardware-dependent files in the image file are replaced with substitute files that are compatible with the virtual hardware configuration of the virtual machine.

主权项

1. A method for converting a physical disk into a virtual disk file for use by a virtual machine comprising:
receiving user inputs specifying a file name and path for the virtual disk file; copying contents of the physical disk including files of an operating system and network parameters into the virtual disk file; modifying the network parameters that have been copied into the virtual disk file; and booting the virtual machine from the virtual disk file.