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VMware vCenter Converter Discontinued – what’s your options?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

VMware Converter Setup

VMware has made unavailable vCenter Converter. Rest in peace, my friend. We spent a lot of time together, P2V ing some great physical servers…… Luckily, you can still download it left and right through file hosting and download services. What are the options of replacement for VMware Converter? So the options you have when willing […]

| Filed Under: Backup, Featured, Free Stuff Tagged With: VmWare Converter

Best practices for using VMware Converter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 6, 2013

Some best practices using VMware Converter. New video from VMware KB website. This time it’s about using VMware converter. To master VMware converter permits you sometimes to save your day too …..   ( had an Error unable to access a file since it is locked” ). This video provides an overview of the best practices for converting […]

| Filed Under: Videos Tagged With: Vide VMware converter, VmWare Converter

“Error unable to access a file since it is locked” – how did I do to save my day

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 27, 2009

I had this error in my lab when I was trying to power on a virtual machine with Exchange 2007 installed in it. It’s a testing VM. Since It’s testing VM I did not keep any backup for this VM. I might should….. -:( But then… what to do? I had two options: 01. Google […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Data Recovery VM, unable to access a file since it is locked, V2V, Vmdk, VmWare Converter

How to P2V linux into VMware ESX Server

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 16, 2013

There is quite a few resources around when it comes to converting Windows boxes to Virtual machines. Using VMware Converter for your conversion as a tool is pretty straightforward. It’s a free tool from VMware you can Download here. But what to do if you want to convert a Linux machine which does not have […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: P2V Linux, vCenter Converter Standalone, VmWare Converter

Little trick on converting your physical machines with VMware Converter

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 8, 2013

How to convert physical machines with VMware Converter Starter edition. Converting your virtual machines with VMware converter could be quite lenthy process. So if you want to to consolidate physical servers to virtual servers, the easiest way to do this is to perform a physical to virtual (P2V) conversion. With a P2V conversion, you can use either […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Acronis, Advices, BESR, consolidation servers, Conversion Application, Conversions, Domain Names, Free Version, Guest Os, Hard Drive, P2V, P2V conversion, Physical Servers, Server Workstation, Starter Edition, Symantec, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machines, Virtual Servers, virtualization, VmWare Converter

How to convert a physical server using VMware converter.

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 8, 2017

V2V Migration with VMware converter

This is my first video. As you can see this website’s title, the main subject will be the virtualization. I’m gonna show you how to convert a physical server, or computer, which does not has to be a server, into a VMWare ESX server. The tool I’m gonna be using in this video is called […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: P2V, V2P, VmWare Converter

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