Comments on: Virtualization Short Take #10

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:12:07 +0000

It depends on the step in the migration process if a license is used or not.. When the migration failes in a very early step the license will not be burned… When the migration stops at a later step and the license is burned but the migration failes afterall you should work with our support team to see if the failed migration can be fixed and else a new license will be provided.

Patrick

By: slowe

slowe — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:25:48 +0000

Patrick,

Again, thanks for being up-front with your affiliation. I appreciate you letting my readers and me know about this functionality within PowerConvert.

One question for you: IIRC, PlateSpin charges on a per-conversion basis for PowerConvert. How do you handle “failed” conversions? Is the customer charged for even those?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:01:32 +0000

Scott,

PlateSpin PowerConvert also handles all Hal and Kernel changes when going from multi to single, Single to Multi, etc….

Disclaimer: I work for PlateSpin..

Patrick

By: slowe

slowe — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:18:27 +0000

James K,

I appreciate you letting us know and being up-front about your affiliation. I was not aware that vConverter took care of the HAL issue during the conversion. Thanks for reading and commenting!

By: James K

James K — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:01:52 +0000

Scott,

There is a P2V tool that will change the HAL on conversion (among other things) – Vizioncore vConverter. It is pay per use, but you get three free conversions with a download.

Disclaimer: I work for Vizioncore.

By: Travis Campbel

Travis Campbel — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:50:34 +0000

Oooh, thanks for the pointer to the X4500 entry. Hadn’t seen that one before.

By: slowe

slowe — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:29:56 +0000

Thanks, Rich. I suspected that was the case, but I wanted to see if you’d gathered information from some of the VAC resources and, if so, which ones. There’s so much information out there that it’s hard to keep track of all of it.

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience with everyone.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:26:56 +0000

Scott,

The VMFS sizing post is the cumulation of my work and experience over the last few years collaborating with other VCPs and storage admins. It is based on all of the recommendations for sizing and performance from VMware and the VMware community (or at least my understanding of – correct me where I am off!) It’s a planning formula, and as I mention in my post designed to be as general as possible.

Like you, I will be thrilled if/when a P2V tool can finally handle the HAL conversion correctly!