It's free. But to get the Boot disk to do 'Cold' migrations, you need to Enterprise version. The ent version also allows you to perform simultaneous conversions at a time, with the free version, you can only do one at a time.
Not sure if the Ent convertor comes with ESX, but I know it comes with Virtual Center. Also, don't wait for ESXi to be free. It's only $67 when ordered on a Dell server. About the same for an HP server. Sam From: Liu, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server Colidation via VMWare http://www.vmware.com/download/p2v/ is this it? Not free , is it? From: David Lum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server Colidation via VMWare Yes there is a P2V tool that VMWare has - it lets you make a P2V image w/out taking the target system offline - it loads a liitle app then takes a snapshot, it's very slick! IIRC it comes with ESX, but I might be mistaken. Dave Lum - Systems Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (971)-222-1025 "..remember that, in the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside" - JFK From: Roger Wright [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 8:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server Colidation via VMWare We want to take a closer look at server consolidation using VMWare's ESX products, especially in light of the recent announcement making the product available free. We have several servers on old hardware that would be nearly impossible to rebuild so we're thinking they're ideal candidates for VM's if there's an automated process to migrate P2V. Is such a tool available, and at low-cost? Roger Wright Network Administrator 727.572.7076 x388 _____ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
