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VMware Converter 4.0 Available

February 17, 2009 Leave a Comment

VMware recently released the GA version of vCenter Converter 4.0 (see release notes).  Converter allows you to convert your physical machines into virtual machines (P2V).   While Converter 4.0 is a plug-in for vCenter, the best news of all is that it also runs  standalone and is now available as a free download.

A quick summary of what’s new in Converter 4.0:

New Physical Source Support including P2V of Linux Servers and Desktops

  • New physical to virtual machine conversion support for Linux (RHEL, SUSE, and Ubuntu) as source
  • New physical to virtual machine conversion support for Windows Server 2008 as source
  • Support for converting new third-party image formats, including Parallels Desktop virtual machines, newer versions of Symantec, Acronis, and StorageCraft

Minimal Downtime during P2V Conversion

  • Hot cloning improvements to clone any incremental changes in the physical source system during the P2V conversion process

End to End P2V Automation & Centralized Management

  • Work flow automation enhancements to include automatic source shutdown, destination start-up as well as shutting down one or more services at the source and starting up selected services at the destination
  • Target disk selection and the ability to specify how the volumes will be laid out in the new destination virtual machine
  • Destination virtual machine configuration, including CPU, memory, and disk controller type

Filed Under: Virtualization, VMware Tagged With: Converter, vCenter Converter, VMware

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