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Locally the box doesn't have the libraries on it necessary to run the GUI. &nbsp;I set up a VM with converter next to it, but that machine wants to convert it not locally but to a ESXi infrastructure. &nbsp;Problem is, from that network segment, there isn't a ESXi host I can connect to. &nbsp;<br />
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The VMware converter will only convert onto a ESX/ESXi host, I also have vmware workstation, however that will only convert windows boxes not linux!
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Locally the box doesn't have the libraries on it necessary to run the GUI.  I set up a VM with converter next to it, but that machine wants to convert it not locally but to a ESXi infrastructure.  Problem is, from that network segment, there isn't a ESXi host I can connect to.  

The VMware converter will only convert onto a ESX/ESXi host, I also have vmware workstation, however that will only convert windows boxes not linux!

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Hi,<br />
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I'm trying to convert a physical box onto a ESXi 4.1 infrastructure, problem is to get to the Linux machine, I'm going through a VPN. &nbsp;Apparently the conversion sets up a converter-helper machine that needs to contact the Linux machine as well, and since the VMware ESXi isnt on the VPN, it cannot reach.<br />
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Is there a way to avoid this or do it in another way? &nbsp;<br />
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TIA!
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Hi,

I'm trying to convert a physical box onto a ESXi 4.1 infrastructure, problem is to get to the Linux machine, I'm going through a VPN.  Apparently the conversion sets up a converter-helper machine that needs to contact the Linux machine as well, and since the VMware ESXi isnt on the VPN, it cannot reach.

Is there a way to avoid this or do it in another way?  

TIA!

Converting a Linux Machine through a VPN onto ESXi

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.