New VMware P2V v4 client allows physical to virtual convert for various Linux distributives.
P2V allows transferring of Linux machines to Virtual VMware ESX compatible.

Currently supported versions are:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
• Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8, 9, 10
• Ubuntu Linux 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x

Other Linux versions can be converted by imaging tools to the following format:

• (*.vmc *.pvs *.vmx *.sv2i *.spf *.tib)
• Microsoft Virtual Pc format  (*.vmc)
• Parallels Virtualization ( *.pvs)
• VMware Consolidated Backup (*.vmx)
• Symantec LiveState Recovery Image (*.sv2i *.sv2)
• StorageCraft Shadow Stor Image (*.spf)
• Acronis True Image Backup (*.tib)

note:Linux sources should allow root login through SSH.

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