How to transform a physical machine to a virtual machine for use in Virtualization Station 3 by using VMware® vCenter™ Converter™?
What is VMware® vCenter™ Converter™?
VMware® vCenter™ Converter™ allows you to convert Windows- and Linux-based physical machines and third-party image formats to VMware virtual machines. (VMware 2018) By using the VMware vCenter Converter, PCs and servers can be transformed into virtual machines and imported to Virtualization Station 3. This is generally referred to as physical to virtual (P2V).
Steps:
- Download VMware® vCenter™ Converter™ from http://www.vmware.com/products/converter (you must have a VMware account to download this software).
- Install the vCenter™ Converter™ on the device you want to convert to a virtual machine (for OS compatibility, refer to page 21-22 of http://www.vmware.com/pdf/convsa_50_guide.pdf).
- Launch vCenter™ Converter™ and click "Convert machine".
- In "Select source type", choose "Powered on" and select "This local machine" from the drop-down list. Click "Next".
- In "Select destination type", choose "VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine". In "Select VMware product", choose "VMware Workstation 10.x". Under "Virtual machine details" you can enter a name for the virtual machine and select the location to save the virtual machine. Click "Browse" and select a storage path that is on the QNAP NAS you want to import the virtual machine to. Click "Next".
- If you want to edit any settings, click "Edit" next to the setting to modify. Click "Next".
- Click "Finish" to start the conversion process.
- The task will display the progress and provide the estimated timeframe.
- When the conversion task has finished, you will see a *.vmx and *.vmdk file in the destination folder. Open Virtualization Station and click "Import VM".
- If needed, you can modify the parameters of a virtual machine (if you import the file from a PC, you will need to upload the *.vmdk file after the *.vmx file).
References
For more information regarding importing a virtual machine visit
How to import virtual machine?
To read the VMware® vCenter™ Converter™ user guide visit
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/convsa_50_guide.pdf
VMware (2018) What vCenter Converter Does.
Available: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter. Last accessed 28th Jun 2018.
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