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pedrovsky
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Contributor

Hello, what are other options for converting baremetal OS ?

Hello, I'm quite new to vmware.

and I'm wondering what are other options for coverting baremetal OS besides vmware converter?

Is there any better option?

Thanks

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amohammadimir
Hot Shot
Hot Shot

I have used Veeam Agent in order to backup physical machine and restore that as a virtual machine on vSphere.

Restoring Veeam Agent Backup to VMware vSphere VM - Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows Guide

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scott28tt
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

StarWind have a converter too: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter


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ZibiM
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Platespin Migrate

Double Take Move

any backup software that is able to restore from bare metal to VM (like Acronis)

Still Vmware Converter is not that bad and we had plenty of success with it.

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scott28tt
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I didn‘t realise the Platespin brand still existed, I used to deliver the official PowerConvert training course when they were still an independent company before the Novell acquisition.


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ZibiM
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You can still get it through Microfocus

This software is not really cheap, but when you migrate really expensive workload with minimum downtime req, then it really pays the price

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scott28tt
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VMware Employee

That was always the case!


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