A system administrator is migrating a bare-metal server to the cloud.
Which of the following types of migration should the systems administrator perform to accomplish this task?
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When migrating a bare-metal server to the cloud, the most appropriate type of migration would be a P2V (Physical-to-Virtual) migration. This type of migration involves taking an existing physical server and creating a virtual machine image of it. This image can then be uploaded to a cloud provider's virtual machine environment, allowing the server to be hosted in the cloud.
Let's briefly explain the other migration types as well:
V2V (Virtual-to-Virtual): This type of migration involves moving a virtual machine from one virtualization environment to another. For example, moving a virtual machine from VMware to Hyper-V.
V2P (Virtual-to-Physical): This type of migration involves taking a virtual machine and converting it back to a physical machine. This is less common than the other types of migration and is typically only used in specific situations.
P2P (Physical-to-Physical): This type of migration involves moving an existing physical server to another physical server. This is useful when upgrading hardware or replacing a server that has failed.
In summary, for migrating a bare-metal server to the cloud, the most appropriate migration type would be P2V.