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Comparison: SCVMM P2V and Sysinternals Disk2VHD

Sysinterals recently released a free P2V. The comparison table below is for your reference to help highlight the difference in features and functionality between the two. The table is not meant to pin one tool against the other (i.e. who is better). The free tool is not meant to compete against VMM P2V. The free tool does however address the following gaps:

1. Support technician that needs to capture a VM from a physical machine for troubleshooting purposes (VMM is not deployed)

2. Customers that do not want deploy VMM just for P2V or pay for another product

3. End-user converting their own desktop to VMs without requiring a server admin

  *Table updated to reflect features in v1.62 of Disk2VHD

Features

VMM P2V

Sysinternals Disk2vhd

Disable services offline after conversion

Yes

No

Disable drivers offline after conversion

Yes

No

Offline P2V support (uses WINPE)

Yes

No

Operating system re-configuration (install IDE driver, fix up HAL, fixup boot)

Yes

Yes

Automation through scripting

Yes (POSH)

Yes(Command shell)

Job progress and job audit

Yes

No (can code something in POSH for job progress)

Supports remote execution

Yes

No

Supports no user interaction on source

Yes

No

Enhanced placement technology to know which host to place the VM workload on

Yes

No

Carry over network configuration from source NICs (static IP)

Yes

No

Skip copy of empty space on source to improve transfer time

Yes

Yes

Uses VSS for online P2V

Yes

Yes

Supports BITS for transferring files (both online and offline) - secure, re-start

Yes

No

Support streaming of data between the source and destination

Yes

No

Support disk size expansion

Yes

No

Automatically install Integration Services

Yes

No

Support W2KSP4

Yes

No

Support client and server OS - XP, W2K3, Vista, W2K8, Win7, W2K8 R2

Yes

Yes

Automatic creation of VM as part of conversion

Yes

No

Free

No

Yes

Requires Management Tool (additional infrastructure)

No

Yes

End-user standalone interface

No

Yes