Vmware.converter

VMware vCenter Converter 6. It is also compatible with VMware vSphere 6. Is there any Linux version of VMware converter installer available? No VMware Converter installer is only available to install on windows but you can convert both windows and Linux physical machines and the virtual machine using VMware Converter Standalone.

You can install VMware Converter Standalone on a physical or a virtual machine. The local setup installs the Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone agent, and Converter Standalone client for local use. If you install Converter Standalone in local mode, you can create and manage conversion tasks only from the machine on which you installed the application.

Select the type of the installation. Click on Next. Once the installation is completed. Click on Finish. Once the installation is completed, You need to reboot the server for the configuration changes to takes place. Below is the Console of Converter Standalone Client. You need to use the converter client to start your P2V or V2V conversions and also Configuring the virtual machines. Let me explain the step by step procedure to convert the Powered-on Remote windows virtual machine.

It can be either a physical server or even virtual machine. To convert, follow the above procedure , select Generation 2 in step 4. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful? Please rate your experience Yes No. Now that a Windows machine is converted, power on the destination VM if you have not selected to power on the VM automatically during conversion job creation. As you recall, in our example we have selected to install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine automatically.

This means that VMware Tools are in the process of being installed. VMware Tools have been installed successfully. It is recommended that you remove all vendor-specific software and drivers used on the physical machine before. Hence, you can convert a VM, even if a remote physical machine running the hypervisor has Linux or macOS installed as a host operating system.

Run VMware Converter as administrator and click Convert machine. The Conversion Wizard will open. Then, browse the virtual machine configuration file the VMX file.

You can view source details if needed. On each step, click Next to continue configuring the conversion job. After that, enter the user name and password of the administrative account used to manage that server. Select the destination VM name and folder. In this example, the necessary Datacenter on vCenter is selected. Select the required ESXi host that belongs to the Datacenter selected in the previous step.

Next, select the datastore to store VM files and choose the virtual machine version. Set up the necessary parameters for the conversion task.

In the Advanced section, you can see the yellow warning icon that is displayed because the Reconfigure destination virtual machine option is inactive. This is no cause for concern; proceed forward. Check the settings of your V2V conversion job and hit Finish to run the job. Check the status of VMware Tools and verify whether all necessary services inside the VM are working correctly.

Click Convert machine to open the conversion wizard and create a conversion job. Enter the appropriate ESXi host credentials with administrative privileges. Hit Next on each step of the wizard to continue. Step 2: Source machine. Select the source virtual machine residing on the ESXi host. The virtual machine must be powered off. Step 3: Destination System. Then, select the version of VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion, set the VM name to be used after conversion is complete, and select a location for the virtual machine.

Step 4: Options. You can set up the necessary parameters of the conversion task. If you would like a VM to use a dynamically expanding virtual disk similar to a thin provisioned disk, select Not pre-allocated. Step 5: Summary.