Gem in the VMware vCenter Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server Release Notes

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It’s been a while since I’ve had time to post, but I couldn’t keep this to myself:

From the VMware vCenter Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server 4.1 Release Notes:

What’s New
The VMware vCenter Converter 4.2 is a substantial upgrade from vCenter Converter 4.1 and includes the following new functionality (previously found only in vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.x):
Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Linux sources including:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, and 11.0
Ubuntu 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x

This sounds too good to be true. I upgraded my lab environment and confirmed:  you can now do scheduled Linux P2V.

The lab setup was ESX 4.1, vCenter 4.1, and vCenter Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server with a RHEL4.7 AS server imported.

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I'm Andy Hill. I work as a Virtual Infrastructure Administrator for Murray State University in Murray, KY. My job title is Assistant DBA, but in smaller shops job title doesn’t mean as much. =)

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2 thoughts on “Gem in the VMware vCenter Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server Release Notes”

  1. It’s funny, considering Converter Standalone could do this since years and Converter Enterprise that came with vCenter always lacked Linux P2V support.

    I’ve converted a few RHEL Systems from 2.1 to 5.4 without much issues with standalone during the last year or so.

  2. It still can’t import VHD files but can import directly from a Hyper-V server!

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