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VMware vCenter Converter (VMware Converter) comes in both Enterprise ($, bundling and entitlement with vCenter Server) and Standalone (free) versions and is designed primarily for the following tasks:
- Convert a physical machine into a virtual machine; referred to as Physical-to-Virtual or P2V.
- Convert a virtual machine of one type into another (V2V)
- Run automated configuration tasks on VMware ESX/ESXi servers.
Converted VMs are compatible with VMware ESX/ESXi, VMware Server and VMware Workstation. A P2V conversion can be done from any physical machine running Microsoft Windows (XP or later) or Linux based (Linux only works on Standalone version). Conversions can be managed from a centralized console allowing for multiple conversions at the same time (using the Enterprise version). VMware vCenter Converter replaces the older VMware products "P2V Assistant" and "Importer". P2V Assistant allowed users to convert physical machines into virtual machines; and Importer allowed the import of virtual machines from other products into VMware Workstation.
VMware Capacity Planner, an information technology (IT) capacity planning tool, collects utilization-data in heterogeneous computing environments and compares it to industry-standard reference-data to provide analysis and decision-support modeling.
VMware ACE provides a means of distributing secured virtual desktops to networked client PCs.
VMware ThinApp, formerly Thinstall, is a virtualization suite capable of creating portable software ("portable apps"). This software enables applications to execute without being previously installed.
VMware Infrastructure is a collection of VMware products used to manage a VMware ESX/ESXi server environment.
VMware vSphere is a "cloud OS". VMware vSphere 4 was originally named VMware Virtual Infrastructure (VI) 4 and is capable of managing large pools of infrastructure, including software and hardware both from internal and external networks.
The VMware Tools package adds drivers and utilities to improve the graphical performance, including mouse tracking, for different guest operating systems. The package also enables some integration between the guest and host systems, including shared folders, plug-and-play devices, clock synchronisation, and cutting-and-pasting across environments. VMware Inc makes VMware Tools available for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris, FreeBSD, and Novell NetWare guest systems.
On September 11 at VMworld 2007, VMware announced that large portions of VMware Tools for Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD guests were released under GPL and GPL-compatible licenses. They also announced the creation of the Open Virtual Machine Tools ("open-vm-tools") project on Sourceforge.net.
On June 12 at Hadoop Summit 2012, VMware announced the release of Project Serengeti, open-source code that optimizes Hadoop for use in VMware virtualized environments. Serengeti will allow administrators to deploy Hadoop nodes in virtual containers, which then can be managed through VMware’s vCenter.
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