A company plans to decommission a legacy application in one year. The company wants to decommission the current environment. Which of the following is the best migration method?

The correct answer is B. Performing a physical-to-virtual conversion and host on IaaS. Converting the legacy application’s physical server to a virtual machine (P2V) and hosting it on an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform preserves functionality while reducing hardware maintenance. This approach is cost-effective for short-term use before full…

Submitted by asante_acc· Mar 30, 2026Virtualization and Cloud Computing

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Options

ARelocating the physical server to a colocated data center
BPerforming a physical-to-virtual conversion and host on IaaS
CDeploying all components using PaaS
DTaking a backup and shutting down the server

How the community answered

(41 responses)

A
15% (6)
B
73% (30)
C
7% (3)
D
5% (2)

Explanation

Converting the legacy application’s physical server to a virtual machine (P2V) and hosting it on an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform preserves functionality while reducing hardware maintenance. This approach is cost-effective for short-term use before full decommissioning.

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#Migration methods#P2V conversion#Cloud migration#IaaS

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