VMware Converter

VMware Converter and IgniteVM for Virtual Machine Performance

The future of moving database servers to virtual environments is here now. VMware Converter enables DBAs to convert local and remote physical servers to virtual environments with no downtime.

With VMware Converter you can:

  • Convert Microsoft Windows and Linux-based physical machines to VMware
  • Convert other virtual machine formats such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server or backup images of physical machines such as Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery or Norton Ghost to VMware virtual machines
  • Execute multiple conversions simultaneously

Pairing IgniteVM™ and VMware Converter

If you are using VMware Converter to create virtual server environments on the VMware platform, you should consider utilizing IgniteVM to monitor the performance of those virtual machines.

Once migrated to a virtual environment, IgniteVM, the only virtualization-aware database monitoring solution, enables database and VMware visibility across environments. IgniteVM is a monitoring and analysis tool that removes risk and improves performance when converting databases to VMware with VMware Converter.

Use IgniteVM to:

  • Give DBAs visibility to the host servers, without requiring access to vCenter or VMware
  • Keep DBAs aware of how dynamic VMware changes are affecting database availability
  • Build cooperation and information sharing between DBA and VMware administration groups
  • Accelerate the process of moving critical databases to VMware and achieving the benefits of virtualization

Moving Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, and DB2 databases to virtual servers with VMware Converter is a big step for your IT group. Increase the success of that transition by monitoring the performance of your virtual servers with IgniteVM.

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