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Vmware Conversion

We have a Window 2003 server that has been installed with VMware Server Console 1.0.10. Within the VMware server, another window server 2003 has been installed running a legacy application.

We want to move the VM guest of the legacy application to ESXi 5. We try to use Veeam Backup but it can't read the VMware server. Is there any tools to convert the existing VMDK copy and load it on ESXi 5.

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John Tsioumpris

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Does it install on a desktop to carry out the conversion ?

Do I need Vcenter or VMware to save the destination ?

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John Tsioumpris

Personally i have used it for various P2V migrations but it has support for many other "sources"...Its a rather ordinary application for Windows...
Just install it on your desktop...

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Can the image be saved on my desktop, or I need to have a VMware setup to save the converted image ?

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Anand Pandya

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I can only download Converter 6.0 but I was told to try those old version (eg. 4.1) to convert those old image. Where can I download it ? When I click those old version, it always direct me to the latest version...

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Anand Pandya

As per the below article from vmware it supports our need so can install and try to perform P2V using Convertor 6.0
You can go through below vmware article as it suffice our needs

https://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/conv_sa_60_rel_notes.html

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