VMware Releases VMware vCenter Converter 4.0

February 16, 2009

VMware just released the 4.0 version of their virtualization virtual machine p2v, v2v solution. VMware vCenter Converter 4.0 ships with a slew of bug fixes and the following new features:

Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Linux (RHEL, SUSE and Ubuntu) as source
Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Windows Server 2008 as source
Hot cloning improvements to clone any incremental changes to physical machine during the P2V conversion process
Support for converting new third-party image formats including Parallels Desktop virtual machines, newer versions of Symantec, Acronis, and StorageCraft
Workflow automation enhancements to include automatic source shutdown, automatic start-up of the destination virtual machine 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 are laid out in the new destination virtual machine
Destination virtual machine configuration, including CPU, memory, and disk controller type

The following features are no longer supported:

NT4 hot cloning
ESX 2.5 destination

To learn more and to download the VMware Converter please visit VMware vCenter Converter Download Page

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