Virtualizing a Linux System (Creating a Linux VM P2V)
from http://www.localizingjapan.com/blog/2011/03/05/virtualizing-a-linux-system-creating-a-linux-vm-p2v/
This tutorial article is going to show you how to create a Linux virtual machine from a physical Linux system. These instructions are generic enough to work with any Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, Mint, etc.
There are many reasons why you would create a VM of a physical system you have running. You might want to test out things before you try them on your actual system. It is useful when you are translating to have both the English and Japanese (or other language) OS and applications open side by side to reference the correct translations easily. Whatever the reason, this article will show you one way to do it pretty easily.
Overview of the Linux VM creation task:
Tools and Resources Needed
- SystemRescueCd ISO file
- KVM (libvirt)
- Preparation Tasks
Main Tasks
- Create an empty Virtual Machine
- Create the hard drive partitions
- Restore files
- Set up the boot loader
- Final Task – Boot the VM