Introduction; Migration With Converter Standalone - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER EN-000158-02 User Manual

Introduction

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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.1 provides a scalable solution to migrate physical-to-virtual and
virtual-to-virtual machines.
Converter Standalone eases interoperability among the following products.
VMware hosted products can be both conversion sources and conversion destinations.
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VMware Workstation
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VMware ACE
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VMware Fusion™
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VMware Server
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VMware Player
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Virtual machines running on ESX that vCenter Server manages can be both conversion sources and
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conversion destinations.
Unmanaged VMware ESX
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VMware ESXi Installable
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VMware ESXi Embedded
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You can also restore VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) images into VMware virtual machines.
This chapter includes the following topics:

"Migration with Converter Standalone,"

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"Converter Standalone Components,"
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"Converter Standalone Features,"
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Migration with Converter Standalone
You can convert virtual machines from different source formats to one of several VMware product destinations.
Use Converter Standalone to accomplish the following tasks:
Convert physical and virtual machines to use across different VMware product formats.
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Move virtual machines to use across different VMware product platforms.
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Import and export virtual appliances from a local file system or from a URL.
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Create VMware virtual machines from VCB images.
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Create VMware virtual machines from third-party formats.
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