Is it possible to convert physical environments to virtual machines
Solution 1:
VMware vCenter Converter
This is the system I use when I go from physical to virtual systems.
Automate and simplify physical to virtual machine conversions as well as conversions between virtual machine formats with VMware vCenter Converter. Use the intuitive wizard-driven interface of VMware vCenter Converter to transform your physical machines to virtual machines.
- Convert Microsoft Windows and Linux-based physical machines and third-party image formats to VMware virtual machines.
- Complete multiple conversions simultaneously with a centralized management console.
- Minimize the number of steps to conversion with easy-to-use wizards.
Solution 2:
disk2vhd from System Internals may be what you are looking for.
Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs).