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VMware converter 4.0 has entered public beta.

Some of the new features from the release notes:

The VMware Converter 4.0 Beta 1 release has several new features, including:

• Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Linux (RHEL, SUSE, and Ubuntu) as source
• Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Windows Server 2008 as source
• Support for converting new third-party image formats, including Parallels Desktop virtual machines, newer versions of Symantec, Acronis, and StorageCraft
• Workflow automation enhancements to include automatic source shutdown, destination start-up as well as shut down one or more services at source and start up services at Windows destination
• Power off source machine when conversion is finished
• Hot cloning improvements for cloning any changes to the source system during the P2V conversion process
• Target disk selection, and ability to specify how the volumes will be laid out in the new destination virtual machine
• Destination virtual machine configuration, including CPU, memory, and disk controller type
• Bug fixes described in Resolved Issues and known issues described in the Known Issues section

The following features are no longer supported:

• NT4 hot cloning
• ESX Server 2.5 destinations

If you already have a VMware Store account, you can find the beta here .

If you do not have a VMware store Account, you can sign up and find the beta here.