Perform A Client-Server Installation In Windows - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 User Manual

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x manually
before you install Converter Standalone 4.3.
If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone
agent.
Procedure
1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.
2 Navigate to the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded and double-click the
converter-4.x.x-<xxxxx>.exe
3 In the Choose Setup Language dialog box, select the language for the install process and click OK.
4 Follow the prompts till the End-User License Agreement page appears.
5 Select I accept the terms in the License agreement and click Next.
6 On the Destination Folder page, select the location to install Converter Standalone and click Next.
The default location is
another location, you can click Change and browse for the new location.
7 On the Setup Type page, select Local installation and click Next.
8 On the Ready to Install page, click Install.
9 (Optional) On the Installation Completed page, deselect Run Converter Standalone Client now to
complete the installation without starting the application at this time.
10 On the Installation Completed page, click Finish.
A prompt might ask you to restart your system.
Converter Standalone is installed on the local machine and is ready for use.
What to do next
You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine
destinations.

Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows

Perform a client-server installation so that you can create and manage conversion tasks remotely.
During the client-server installation, you can select the Converter Standalone components that you want to
install on your system.
Prerequisites
Make sure your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements.
Make sure that you have Administrator privileges.
If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x manually
before you install Converter Standalone 4.3.
If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone
agent.
Procedure
1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.
2 Navigate to the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded and double-click the
converter-4.x.x-<xxxxx>.exe
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file, where
<xxxxx>
C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
file, where
<xxxxx>
is the number of the build.
is the number of the build.
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