Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of NAMEWITHELD12
NAMEWITHELD12Flag for United States of America

asked on

VMWare Converter to a File?

I am trying to perform a P2V conversion of a Windows 2008 R2 server using the VMware Converter utility.  Unfortunately, the intended target VMware ESXi is unreachable from this server, so I need to be able to use a file path instead.

I can only seem to do this if I use VMware Workstation 9.0.x as the option, and this resulting vm guest will not boot on the intended ESXi target due to incompatibility issues.  Is there any way to do this?
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
Flag of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Hi,
You can make a BESR or Acronis (e.g.) full backup and then import this file in VMware Converter.
See here :
https://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/conv_sa_60_rel_notes.html
(See "Third-party backup images and virtual machines" section on the URL)
Avatar of NAMEWITHELD12

ASKER

Thanks!
@Mrtortur - that does not work anymore, not worked for a few years now, format was changed by Vendors, and VMware keep stating it's supported....

Waste of time, UNLESS you have the older versions of the Vendor products...
Ok Andrew, thanks for the feedback.
Though I still have old versions ;-)
But you're right, not quite a good advice to give to other people now then.
Yes, we have the old versions of everything....
Yeah, I just ran through it with the VMware Converter 5.1.2 and ESXi 5.5 -- worked like a charm.  Sometimes it's best to keep that old software around :-)