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Virtual Machine Importer 2.0 Beta

Thursday, 09 March 2006 by Michel Roth

VMware is proud to announce the Beta availability of Virtual Machine Importer 2.0, the latest desktop utility for IT professionals and software developers/testers working with virtual machines. VMware Virtual Machine Importer (VMI) is a freely available, stand-alone utility to import virtual machines from different source formats into several VMware product destinations, and can be used to:

• Move virtual machines across different test/dev and production environments
• Convert virtual machines for use across different VMware product formats
• Create VMware virtual machines from 3rd party formats like Symantec Livestate & Microsoft Virtual Server/PC
• Reduce the time needed to populate new virtual machine environments
• Transform physical images restored into virtual disks to be compatible with virtual hardware (P2V of Symantec Livestate & Ghost 9 images)
• Overcome legacy operating system migration barriers

The newest version under development features the following functionality:

• Updated support for the latest VMware product sources & destinations
Including beta versions of VMware Server 1.0, ESX Server 3.0, and VirtualCenter 2.0

• Expanded ability to import pre-existing VMware virtual machines or system images stored in various 3rd party formats:
Including Symantec LiveState, and Microsoft Virtual PC/Server images

• Added capabilities for transforming physical images restored into virtual disks to be compatible with virtual hardware
P2V of Symantec Livestate & Ghost 9 images
Simple to use graphical wizard interface

Sign up for the Beta here.