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  • 1.  Bootable Converter ISO?

    Posted Jun 11, 2010 01:45 PM

    I swear I remember hearing about a bootable converter iso, but for the life of me, I can't find it. Any hints?



  • 2.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 11, 2010 02:19 PM

    Hello.

    If you are licensed for vCenter, then this link should be what you are looking for.

    Good Luck!



  • 3.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?

    Posted Jun 11, 2010 02:29 PM

    Wow, they didn't really make it easy to find, huh? I searched all over this site, too. Thanks for the correct answer!



  • 4.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?

    Posted Jun 11, 2010 03:40 PM

    I spent some time looking for this and never could find it. My vCenter server is for v4 and the ISO is for v3.x. Is this what you all are seeing as well?



  • 5.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?

    Posted Jun 11, 2010 07:20 PM

    There is a v4 version of the Converter bootable iso. If you log in with your account and go to the section you would as if you were downloading vCenter. Under the vCenter download are three other options and one of them will be the v4 bootable iso. Hope that makes sense.



  • 6.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?

    Posted Jun 05, 2012 04:34 PM

    See this article:

    http://communities.vmware.com/message/1226049

    For vSphere 5.0, VMware Converter Standalone must be downloaded and installed.  Once installed, locate the "converter-helper-vm.iso" file (or converter-helper-vm-x64.iso) to get the cold clone ISO.

    Hope this helps.



  • 7.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jun 05, 2012 04:38 PM

    These are no no cold-clone ISO images. They are only used internally for Linux P2V conversions.



  • 8.  RE: Bootable Converter ISO?

    Posted Jun 19, 2012 02:16 AM

    Looks like they retired the old ColdClone 3.03 bootable iso.  Good thing I kept a copy in my Dropbox!