Supported Source Types - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER EN-000158-02 User Manual

Table 2-2. Installation Space Requirements (Continued)
Operating System

Supported Source Types

With Converter Standalone, you can convert local or remote powered-on machines, VMware virtual machines,
third-party virtual machines, system images, and OVF or OVA virtual appliances.
Table 2-3 lists the sources that Converter Standalone supports.
Table 2-3. Supported Sources
Source Type
Powered-on machines
VMware Infrastructure virtual
machines
VMware virtual machines
Third-party virtual machines or
system images
OVF or OVA virtual appliances
VMware, Inc.
Installation Component
Decompressed installation file
Client
Server and agent
Sources
Windows physical machines (local or remote)
n
Linux physical machines (local and remote)
n
Windows virtual machines running on Hyper-V Server (local and remote)
n
Windows virtual machines running on Citrix XenServer 4 Enterprise Edition (local
n
and remote)
Windows virtual machines running on Virtual Iron version 4.2 (local and remote)
n
ESX 3.x and 4.0
n
ESXi versions 3.5 and 4.0 Installable and ESXi versions 3.5 and 4.0 Embedded
n
ESX Server 2.5.x (if VirtualCenter 2.x manages ESX)
n
vCenter Server 2.0, 2.5, and 4.0
n
VMware Workstation 4.x, 5.x, 6.0.x, and 6.5.x
n
VMware Fusion 1.x and 2.x
n
VMware Player 1.x, 2.x, and 2.5
n
VMware ACE 1.x, 2.x, and 2.5.x
n
VMware Server 1.x, 2.x
n
VMware Consolidated Backup (.vmx)
n
Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5, and Acronis True Image 10 Home (.tib).
n
Supported only in Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows.
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState Recovery) 6.5, 7.0, 8.0,
n
and 8.5, LiveState Recovery 3.0 and 6.0 (.sv2i, .v2i or .iv2i). Supported only in
Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows.
Norton Ghost version 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, and 14.0 (.sv2i). Supported only in
n
Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows.
Parallels Desktop for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 (.pvs
n
and .hdd). Parallels Virtuozzo containers are not supported.
Parallels Workstation 2.0 (.pvs)
n
All versions of StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop, Server, SBS, IT, and so on
n
(.spf). Supported only in Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows.
Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 for Windows and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 for Windows
n
(.vmc)
Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 (.vmc)
n
OVF specification version 0.9 and 1.0
n
Local .ovf or .ova file
n
URL to an .ovf or .ova file
n
Chapter 2 System Requirements
Disk Space Required
500MB
130MB
450MB
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