虚拟化是数据中心架构发展的必然趋势，而P2V（Physical to Virtual）又是实现虚拟化的第一步。P2V 是指物理 机到虚拟机的转换。本文对P2V 进行简要阐述以后，又以实际工作经验为背景，讲述了如何完成Windows 及Linux 物理机迁 移到VMware ESX 虚拟机的方法。

Virtualization is an inevitable trend for the data center architecture. P2V (Physical to Virtual) is the first step to achieve virtualization. P2V is the process of converting physical machines to virtual machine. First，this paper discusses P2V; then elaborates how to achieve the convertion from physical machine to VMware ESX server.