Mate this is only available for the entreprise edition, check down here
VMware Converter Enterprise is available at no additional cost to
existing and new VirtualCenter Management Server customers and P2V
Assistant customers, with valid support and subscription contracts.
and click on the Manage VMware Product Licenses link. If you are
entitled to Converter licenses you will see Vmware Converter 3.0
Enterprise listed once you log in. Once you activate the license and
download the license file you can go to
and click on the Enterprise Edition link to download the ISO file for
cold-cloning. The installation program for hot-cloning is the same for
Starter and Enterprise editions. Once you select a license file in
Converter it will unlock the Enterprise features. One thing to note is
that the license file you download for Converter does not work with the
License Manager server. Even though it is in the same format as the ESX
licenses the License Server will not recognize it. To use your
Converter license file simply copy it to the server that Converter is
installed on and launch the Converter application and select
Administration, Licensing Information and click Add License and browser
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Converter 4 does not contain a boot cd and does not support cold cloning. You will need to stick with v3:
Kind regards,
Gerrit Lehr
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Hi,
I already have v3 of the converter, but can't seem to find the iso image anywhere. Can it be downloaded from anywhere?
Thanks.
Mate this is only available for the entreprise edition, check down here
VMware Converter Enterprise is available at no additional cost to
existing and new VirtualCenter Management Server customers and P2V
Assistant customers, with valid support and subscription contracts.
and click on the Manage VMware Product Licenses link. If you are
entitled to Converter licenses you will see Vmware Converter 3.0
Enterprise listed once you log in. Once you activate the license and
download the license file you can go to
and click on the Enterprise Edition link to download the ISO file for
cold-cloning. The installation program for hot-cloning is the same for
Starter and Enterprise editions. Once you select a license file in
Converter it will unlock the Enterprise features. One thing to note is
that the license file you download for Converter does not work with the
License Manager server. Even though it is in the same format as the ESX
licenses the License Server will not recognize it. To use your
Converter license file simply copy it to the server that Converter is
installed on and launch the Converter application and select
Administration, Licensing Information and click Add License and browser
and select your Converter license file.<!-- BEGIN attachments -->
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This information applies fo the older version 3.0. The current release 4.0 does as mentioned not provide such functionality since it is capable of hot migrating running Windows and Linux systems.
Kind regards,
Gerrit Lehr
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Thanks to everyone with help with this.
Mike.