End-user support

NVIT

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make sure you stop all apps/processes first before converting
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make sure you stop all apps/processes first before converting

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The page says: With Converter Standalone, you can convert remote <b>powered on machines, powered off VMware virtual machines</b> and Hyper-V Server virtual machines. <br />
<a href="https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/com.vmware.convsa.guide/GUID-377C42CF-B7EE-4D32-9BC5-D0648050B9AE.html" rel="ugc nofollow">https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/com.vmware.convsa.guide/GUID-377C42CF-B7EE-4D32-9BC5-D0648050B9AE.html</a><br />
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It also says: &nbsp;For information about the interoperability between vCenter Converter Standalone and <b>powered off hosted VMware Workstation</b> and VMware Fusion virtual machines, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices. <br />
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I tried the &quot;VMware Product Interoperability Matrices&quot; at <a href="https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php#interop&216=&28=&455=" rel="ugc nofollow">https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php#interop&216=&28=&455=</a>&nbsp;but it seems to only support Workstation 14 and up.<br />
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Does this mean I can convert via the <b>'remote powered on machine'</b> method?
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The page says: With Converter Standalone, you can convert remote powered on machines, powered off VMware virtual machines and Hyper-V Server virtual machines. 
https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/com.vmware.convsa.guide/GUID-377C42CF-B7EE-4D32-9BC5-D0648050B9AE.html

It also says:  For information about the interoperability between vCenter Converter Standalone and powered off hosted VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion virtual machines, see VMware Product Interoperability Matrices. 

I tried the "VMware Product Interoperability Matrices" at https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/sim/interop_matrix.php#interop&216=&28=&455= but it seems to only support Workstation 14 and up.

Does this mean I can convert via the 'remote powered on machine' method?

vCenter Converter Standalone to convert VMWare Workstation 6 vm to ESXi?

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

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.