ClusterFunk

I have just completed the Certified PlateSpin Analyst (CPSA) exam.

This is a cracking product for migration, DR, consolidation or technical refresh projects. It comes into its own where you need to maintain service with minimal interruption – hence the name

PowerConvert

http://www.platespin.com/products/powerconvert/

Basically you can take an image of a target source which can be an image, physical or virtual server and provision a destination source which can be a physical, virtual or image. Supports live file, block and VSS based imaging + offline PE based imaging of a variety of Windows and Linux OS inc (Windows NT4)

PowerRecon

They have a sister product that is used to analyse/benchmark you environment and then either provided details for consolidation or specification for migration/planning. Its very similar to VMware Capacity Planner

http://www.platespin.com/products/powerrecon/

My colleague has put together some excellent posts on practical examples:

http://vinf.net/2008/11/25/platespin-powerconvert-part-1-overview/
http://vinf.net/2008/11/26/platespin-powerconvert-part-2-p2v/
http://vinf.net/2008/12/01/platespin-powerconvert-part-3-v2p/

Interested but need assistance?

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