Is it virtually impossible to convert a physical machine to a virtual machine in a few clicks ??
The resounding answer is NO its not, in fact its far from impossible with VMWare's latest and more importantly considering the current financial climate, free tool, aptly named VMWare vCenter Convertor.
http://www.vmware.com/download/converter/
With this little piece of software you can take your physical server and convert it to a virtual server/machine, import to VMWare, press play and viola.
