P2V Script in IFL Environment
Posted: Sun Mar 17, 2013 2:25 am
When I use the IFL GUI environment, there is a menu item labeled as a P2V Script, which appears to have three options available to use. I have a question about each of these options.
The first options is "To copy a Physical drive to a virtual HD file". Do I understand this option correctly in that it would allow me to copy the C drive of the machine's internal disk to a virtual HD file on an external disk attached to the same machine's USB port?
The second option is "To restore a TBI image file to a Virtual HD file". I am not sure, but it sounds as if this might allow me to take one of the whole-disk image files made using IFW or IFL, which I have stored on an external disk right now, and from it create a virtual HD file such that it would then become accessible to use with a virtual machine in, for example, VirtualBox. Is that correct?
The third option is "To make a Virtual HD file bootable". As far as I understand this, it sounds like I can convert a virtual HD file, such as one that I might have created with the procedure of the first option above, for example, into one that is bootable, and then have it stored on a flash drive or on an external disk of a USB device. Is this right?
The first options is "To copy a Physical drive to a virtual HD file". Do I understand this option correctly in that it would allow me to copy the C drive of the machine's internal disk to a virtual HD file on an external disk attached to the same machine's USB port?
The second option is "To restore a TBI image file to a Virtual HD file". I am not sure, but it sounds as if this might allow me to take one of the whole-disk image files made using IFW or IFL, which I have stored on an external disk right now, and from it create a virtual HD file such that it would then become accessible to use with a virtual machine in, for example, VirtualBox. Is that correct?
The third option is "To make a Virtual HD file bootable". As far as I understand this, it sounds like I can convert a virtual HD file, such as one that I might have created with the procedure of the first option above, for example, into one that is bootable, and then have it stored on a flash drive or on an external disk of a USB device. Is this right?