Supported Destination Types

Converter Standalone can create virtual machines compatible with VMware hosted and managed products. Converter Standalone can also create virtual appliances for Internet distribution.

Table 2 shows the destinations that Converter Standalone supports.

Table 2. Supported Destinations

Destination Type	Supported Versions
VMware Infrastructure virtual machine	Managed destinations ■ ESX 3.x and 4.0 ■ ESXi 3.x and 4.0 Installable and ESXi 3.x and 4.0  Embedded ■ vCenter Server 2.x and 4.0
VMware virtual machines	Hosted destinations ■ VMware Workstation 5.x, 6.0.x, and 6.5.x ■ VMware Fusion 1.x and 2.x ■ VMware ACE 2.0.x and VMware ACE 2.5.x ■ VMware Player 1.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x ■ VMware Server 1.x and 2.x
OVF and OVA virtual appliances	■ OVF spec version 1.0 ■ Local .ovf or .ova file

Note

For hosted destinations that reside on SMB or NFS shares, you must use volume-based cloning and create 2GB not pre-allocated target disks.