VMware Converter

Performing a P2V

1. Install the application on the machine to be virtualised
   • Select Typical
   • May require a restart
2. Start-up VMware Converter application
   • Licensing: use "Continue in Starter Mode"
3. Click on the large Convert Machine icon with the large green arrow in the bottom half of the screen, to start the Wizard
   • Source Login: Select "This local machine"
   • Source Data: Un-tick any disks you don’t want (like tiny hardware utils partitions), click the drop down if you want to change the size of a disk during migration
   • Destination Login: Enter the name of the Virtual Center Server and your login credentials
   • Virtual Machine Name and Location: Enter the name of the virtual machine and select the datacenter
   • Host or Cluster: Select the destination host
   • Click on Finish to start
4. Wait until Progress shows as 100%, then shutdown the physical/source machine
5. Using the VI Client, connect to the Virtual Center Server, right click on the new virtual machine and choose edit setting
   • For all Serial Ports and any unwanted Network Adapters, select the item and click on Remove, finally click on OK
   • Right click on the virtual servers and choose Power On.
   • Wait for a little while as the server may reboot itself once or twice, then right click on the virtual server and choose Open Console. Logon to the server and setup the network card settings as appropriate.