Migrating a vCenter Server instance from physical to virtual can be done in a couple of different ways:
- Manually migrating vCenter Server and all of its dependencies (https://kb.vmware.com/kb/5850444)
- A physical to virtual (P2V) migration of the vCenter Server machine itself
As the former process is much better documented than the latter, here is the process for performing a physical to virtual migration of a vCenter Server machine.
Note:
- If SQL or SQL Express are co-located with vCenter Server, its services will need to be shut down before the process begins
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