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#Vmware vcenter converter standalone 5.0 1 install#
Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 on the computer to be synchronized. Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 In the example below I'll be using a virtual machine, creating a V2V and then synchronizing additional changes made to the source virtual machine to the destination VM (our DR copy).ġ. In this article, I'll show you HOW TO: Synchronize changes when completing a P2V or V2V with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1. HOW TO: Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) See my other Expert Exchange articles here The ESXi host could be using the FREE VMware vSphere Hypervisor.

#Vmware vcenter converter standalone 5.0 1 software#
Some of our clients use this software and function, as a free alternative to replication to a second DR site and ESXi host. The same function can be used, to help unattended "cut over times" when completing a P2V (V2V) in Production, you could create the original P2V (V2V) at 9.00am, and then using synchronize, finally sync all changes made during the day, and "cut over" to the virtual machine out of hours, at 23.00pm. This function can be used to Synchronize changes between a physical or virtual computer, which has already been P2Ved (V2Ved) to another virtual machine on another VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) host.

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is an excellent FREE software tool for creating P2Vs or V2Vs, but there is another often "hidden function" which is rarely used by VMware Administrators. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone can also be used on computers that have already been converted to virtual computers, or virtual computers that already exist in a "Cloud Space", so we can create copies or conversions of an existing virtual computer, we often abbreviate this to V2V VMware vCenter Converter Standalone primary function is to create physical to virtual copies or conversions of physical computers, we often abbreviate this to P2V. HOW TO: Improve the transfer rate of a Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual to Virtual Conversion (V2V) using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0
#Vmware vcenter converter standalone 5.0 1 for free#
HOW TO: P2V, V2V for FREE - VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 HOW TO: P2V, V2V for FREE - VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 If you have missed these articles, they are listed here for your convenience. I have already written three Experts Exchange articles on the use of VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.x. "Poor Man's Replication of a Physical or Virtual machine to a VMware vSphere Hypervisor Host (ESXi) for FREE" HOW TO: Synchronize changes when completing a P2V or V2V with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1
