VMware Releases VMware vCenter Converter 4.0
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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Backup and Recovery IT Automation Memory Microsoft Windows Server Server Virtualization VMware ESX VMware Related VMware vCenter VMware vCenter Converter
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