Acronis customers can get new virtual machines up and running in minutes
January 24, 2007, Burlington, MA
Acronis, Inc. (www.acronis.com/en-us/), a
technological leader in storage management software and a VMware
Technology Alliance Partner, today announced that it has enabled
customers to perform direct physical-to-virtual (P2V) conversion of
physical servers into VMware virtual machines as well as
virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversions.
Acronis True Image backup and restore software
directly converts and imports backed up servers stored in an
Acronis image file to the VMware Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK)
format, allowing physical servers to be seamlessly migrated into
virtual machines.
Furthermore, Acronis technology enables more
comprehensive disaster recovery planning with the
virtual-to-physical (V2P) conversion solution that is available
with both Acronis True Image and the new Acronis FullCircle
product, which allows IT organizations to move an entire server's
data seamlessly to and from physical and virtual servers. This
technology makes it possible for customers of Acronis and VMware to
rapidly migrate an image of a failed server into VMDK format and
convert this virtual machine back onto a physical server once the
physical machine has been repaired.
"The ability to simply convert physical systems
to virtual machines is a boon to enterprises," said Walter Scott,
CEO of Acronis. "In the enterprise environment, Acronis True Image
already reduces the TCO for disaster recovery planning. With this
functionality, the newly announced Acronis FullCircle now makes P2V
conversion simpler, reducing costs and complexities of migrating
physical servers into VMware virtual machines."
"Acronis continues to support VMware and its
customers and offers advanced technology for migrating physical
servers to VMware virtual machines," said Zorian Rotenberg, Acronis
director of business development. "By having a fully integrated
solution, enterprises can quickly achieve the ROI and benefits of
large-scale server consolidation and rapid provisioning of their IT
infrastructure on VMware Infrastructure."
"The ability of Acronis True Image to move
physical server images into the open VMDK format provides our
customers another great option for managing the boundaries between
physical and virtual environments," said Brian Byun, vice president
of global partners and solutions at VMware. "Whether using virtual
machines as a hardware-independent backup format or migrating
physical machines into a virtualized infrastructure, customers will
like the speed with which they will be able to bring up their
virtual machines using this new functionality."
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.