Consolidate Physical Workloads using VMware Converter

Introduction

The Consolidate Physical Workloads using VMware Converter module provides you with the instruction and server hardware to develop your hands on skills in the defined topics. This module includes the following exercises:

• Installing VMware Converter
• Convert Physical Workloads using VMware Converter
• Modify Server Resources During Conversion
• Create a Copy of Converted Virtual Machine
• Importing the Virtual Machine into the vCenter Server
• Interpret and Correct Errors during Conversion

Exercise 1 - Using VMware Converter

Using VMware Converter, you can convert a physical machine to a virtual machine. There are a number of tasks that you can perform with VMware Converter.

• Convert physical servers to virtual machines (P2V) - Either VMware Infrastructure or VMware Workstation systems
• Convert virtual machines to virtual machines (V2V)
• Configure virtual machines
• Import various types of image formats and convert them into virtual machines