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@jmcg<br />
Like I mentioned, I have maintained two VMWare hosts. I have used vCenter converter to move physical machines to VMWare host before multiple times and never seen this warning.<br />
When I googled the error, they seem to indicate that when the VMWare host name has been changed, this kind of warning pops up.<br />
I will take your advice, ignore the warning and proceed with conversion.<br />
I will report back.
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@jmcg
Like I mentioned, I have maintained two VMWare hosts. I have used vCenter converter to move physical machines to VMWare host before multiple times and never seen this warning.
When I googled the error, they seem to indicate that when the VMWare host name has been changed, this kind of warning pops up.
I will take your advice, ignore the warning and proceed with conversion.
I will report back.

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Hi,<br />
&nbsp; I have a stand-alone Windows 2008 server where I installed VMWare VCenter v5.5. In this vCenter, I manage two existing VMWare hosts with v.5.5 on the network.<br />
&nbsp; I recently created a new VMWare Host with ESXi v6.0 (192.168.1.146) and I wanted to move this Windows 2008 stand-alone box to the new VMware Host/ESXi v6.0.<br />
&nbsp; So I installed VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone v6.0 on this W2008, selected 192.168.1.146 as destination and entered Username &amp;&nbsp;Password. When I clicked Next, I got this warning.<br />
&nbsp; What should I do? <br />
Thanks.<br />
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Converter-Security-Warning.png

Hi,
  I have a stand-alone Windows 2008 server where I installed VMWare VCenter v5.5. In this vCenter, I manage two existing VMWare hosts with v.5.5 on the network.
  I recently created a new VMWare Host with ESXi v6.0 (192.168.1.146) and I wanted to move this Windows 2008 stand-alone box to the new VMware Host/ESXi v6.0.
  So I installed VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone v6.0 on this W2008, selected 192.168.1.146 as destination and entered Username & Password. When I clicked Next, I got this warning.
  What should I do? 
Thanks.


vCenter Converter Security Warning

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.