Converting a virtual machine to a physical computer is more widely used than ever. The universal restore function in AOMEI Backupper supports to do it with simple operations.
With the development of networking environment, virtual machine is widely used by people, especially enterprise users. It allows users to do many dangerous things (which may cause big damage to computer) without worrying about the safety of physical computer. It is useful in many situations. For example, developers can test apps in VMs to see whether their applications will work on a new OS.
Virtual machine has a lot of software like VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, etc. You need to install the software first to build a VM. Sometimes you may want to convert virtual machine to physical computer. How to do it?
Specialized backup and restore software - AOMEI Backupper Professional can not only help you convert virtual machine to physical (V2P) but also convert physical machine to virtual (P2V), even virtual machine to virtual machine (V2V). Following are some highlighted features of this software:
It has different editions for different users. For PC users, you can use the Professional edition to perform V2P migration. For Server users, you can use the Server edition to work between your virtual machine and physical computer.
Here I'll take AOMEI Backupper Professional as an example to show you how to convert virtual machine to physical machine in Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11. Free download AOMEI Backupper right now!
Speaking of converting virtual machine to physical computer, it is as same as doing a universal restore. Take converting VMware image to physical machine as an example. Here are the specific steps for you.
1. Connect a USB drive to your computer. Then, set in the VM console to make the USB flash drive detected by the VM.
2. Install and run AOMEI Backupper on your virtual machine. Click Tools > Create Bootable Media to make a bootable USB drive.
3. Click Backup > System Backup to create a system backup image of your virtual machine. You can store the system image on the bootable USB (as long as the USB drive has enough capacity) or network location.
Let's say you have saved the system image on the bootable USB drive. Follow the steps below to perform V2P migration.
Step 1. Shutdown the physical computer and boot it from the bootable USB.
Step 2. AOMEI Backupper will run automatically once your computer boots up. Select Restore and Select Image File. Then, choose the system backup image on your USB drive.
Step 3. Select Restore this system backup and tick Restore system to other location. Then, click Next.
Step 4. Select the destination partition to receive the restored data and click Next.
Step 5. You'll move to the page to confirm the information of your restore. Tick Universal Restore to ensure the system is bootable after restoration. If there is no problem, click Start Restore to execute the operations.
â Tips: * If the destination partition is on an SSD, we highly recommend you check SSD Alignment, because it will optimize SSD so that it will give a better performance after restoring. * The steps also apply to converting VirtualBox machine to physical machine.
Backing up virtual and physical machines is to create copies of data and files on them against data loss. Physical and virtual machines store lots of important files and data. But data disasters occur at any time. With a data backup, you can easily retrieve your data when your devices have a hardware or software failure, or get attacked.
To back up all virtual and physical environments quickly and easily, you can choose AOMEI Cyber Backup, which is a robust data backup solution. With a user-friendly interface that integrates various backup features, you can centrally backup all VMware, Hyper-V virtual machines, and Windows computers.
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Step 1. Click Source Device > VMware > Add VMware Device to add the vCenter or Standalone ESXi host. You need to enter the IP address, username and password of it.
Step 2. Create a new backup task.
AOMEI Backupper Professional is really a good backup and restore software for Windows PC users. Besides converting virtual machine to physical machine, it enables you to convert physical machine to virtual machine like VirtualBox and VMware without effort. Download it now to have a try!
If you want to migrate virtual machine to multiple physical computers, you may choose AOMEI Backupper Technician or Technician Plus edition and use the AOMEI Image Deploy tool to deploy system image.