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VMWare Cold Clone Converter CD - how to get it?

Points of My Scenario:
1. I administer a VMWare ESX 3.5 cluster environment
2. I need to virtualize our only Windows 2000 server
3. The installed VMWare Converter application repeatedly fails
4. I need to perform/attempt a cold conversion booting from the 'cold converter' CD.
5. The cold converter CD left by the consultant is lost.
How can I find an ISO or re-generate this VMWare Cold Clone Converter CD?
P.S. I'm uncertain that I have the name right.

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Danny McDaniel

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

The name is correct, and the iso is called coldclone.iso.

I don't believe the VMWare Cold Clone Converter CD is a freebie, and only if your are correctly licensed to download vCenter Server will you be able to download it.

Maybe a polite email to your Consultant, and he may drop one off for you!?

Paul Solovyovsky

Have you tried the older vmware converter standalone version 3? Works like a charm in most cases

Marinertek

To my knowledge the converter cold-clone CD is only available to enterprise licensed customers.

http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=CONVERTER3

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Luciano Patrão

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Walt Forbes

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