Vmware converter doc

This method has a number of limitations:. Read more about up-voting this solution. 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. Any additional feedback? This method has a number of limitations: See system requirements for supported versions of vSphere ESXi.

Data to copy. Select which disks and volumes you want to copy. You can select thick or thin provisioning type for destination virtual disks you should select advanced view and resize volumes if needed.

In this example, a physical disk that contains two volumes is converted to a thin provisioned virtual disk. It is recommended that you tick the checkboxes:. You can select the number of virtual processors, processor cores, virtual disk controllers, and memory size. Select networks to which virtual network adapters of the VM must be connected.

On the Source Services tab, you can select which running services on the source Windows machine to stop before starting P2V conversion with VMware Converter. On the Destination Services tab, you can select the startup mode for services on the destination VM. Advanced options. There are two tabs — Synchronize and Post-conversion. In the Post-conversion tab, you can set the power state for a source machine and destination machine after P2V conversion is finished.

The Post-conversion processing options are:. Throttling allows you to perform your usual tasks during the conversion process. Step 6: Summary. Check your settings for the new machine conversion job you created and if everything is correct, click Finish to start conversion in VMware Converter.

After machine conversion is started, wait until the conversion process is fully completed. The time needed for conversion depends on the amount of data stored on the source machine disks and network speed. 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.