Supported Source Types

With Converter Standalone, you can convert local or remote powered-on machines, VMware virtual machines, third-party virtual machines and system images, and OVF or OVA virtual appliances.

Table 1 shows the sources that Converter Standalone supports.

Table 1. Supported Sources

Source Type	Sources
Powered-on machines	■ Windows physical machines (local or remote) ■ Linux physical machines (local and remote) ■ Windows virtual machines running on Hyper-V Server (local and remote) ■ Windows virtual machines running on Citrix XenServer 4 Enterprise Edition (local and remote) ■ Windows virtual machines running on Virtual Iron version 4.2 (local and remote)
VMware Infrastructure virtual machines	■ ESX Server 3.x and 4.0 ■ ESXi Server versions 3.5 and 4.0 Installable and versions 3.5 and 4.0 Embedded ■ ESX Server 2.5.x (if VirtualCenter 2.x manages ESX) ■ vCenter Server 2.0, 2.5, and 4.0
VMware virtual machines	■ VMware Workstation 4.x, 5.x, 6.0.x, and 6.5.x ■ VMware Fusion 1.x and 2.x ■ VMware Player 1.x, 2.x, and 2.5 ■ VMware ACE 1.x, 2.x, and 2.5.x ■ VMware Server 1.x, 2.x
Third-party virtual machines or system images	■ VMware Consolidated Backup (.vmx) ■ Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5, and Acronis True Image 10 (Home product) (.tib). Supported only in Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows. ■ Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState Recovery) 6.5, 7.0, 8.0, and 8.0, LiveState Recovery 3.0 and 6.0 (.sv2i, .v2i or .iv2i). Supported only in Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows. ■ Norton Ghost version 10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0, and 14.0 (.sv2i). Supported only in Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows. ■ Parallels Desktop for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 (.pvs and .hdd) ■ Parallels Workstation 2.0 (.pvs) ■ StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop, Server, SBS, IT, and so on, all versions (.spf). Supported only in Converter Standalone server and agent for Windows. ■ Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 (for Windows only), Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (for Windows only) (.vmc) ■ Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 (.vmc)
OVF or OVA virtual appliances	■ OVF spec version 0.9 and 1.0 ■ Local .ovf or .ova file ■ URL to an .ovf or .ova file

You must power off source virtual machines before you convert them. The only way to convert running virtual machines is if you treat them as powered-on machines.

You can convert local Linux machines by treating them as remote powered-on machines. You must specify the local IP address and root credentials to proceed.