P2V migration, does it matter which tool?

VM image converter (VMDK, VHD, VHDX, IMG, RAW, QCOW and QCOW2), P2V migrator

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leviallister
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Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:54 am

I have been looking into migrating a physical device to become a VM in ESXi. I see there is a native tool if you will, vCenter Converter as well as Starwind P2V Migrator comes up a lot.

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Does it matter which tool is used? Are they both the same or is one better than the other?

A sidenote question, are server licenses affected in doing a P2V migration? I have a Dell server running Windows Server OS.
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yaroslav (staff)
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Thu Dec 12, 2024 9:28 am

Welcome to StarWind Forum.
Both work :)
StarWind V2V converter just moves the data from the physical layer to the virtual. It does not alter anything.
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