Moving Physical SQL Cluster into Virtual SQL Cluster based on Hyper-V Failover

Hello All............I have a SQL Cluster based on Physical Hardware that has Three-3 instances as well. I have setup a Hyper-V Failover Cluster (2012 R2) and have built Virtual/Guest SQL Cluster (2012 R2) upon it. Now, I intend to move
the instances/databases from Physical SQL Cluster to Virtual SQL Cluster.
1. Is this supported? If so, I would appreciate any guidance on it?
2. Is P2V of SQL Cluster supported in Hyper-V Failover Cluster based on Windows Server 2012 R2?

Hi Sir,
Please refer to the following blog regarding moving SCCVM SQL database to another SQL server:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2013/04/02/how-to-move-the-configmgr-2012-site-database-to-a-new-sql-server.aspx
It is quoted from the similar thread :
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a1558842-cdf5-4e5f-8f10-d660e96eae1b/migration-sql-for-sccm-2012?forum=configmanagermigration
But it seems that is a migration of system center production , I would suggest you to post the question to system center forum ：
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=configmanagermigration%2Coperationsmanagergeneral&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc
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