Adjust the Post-Conversion Power State

Depending on the selected source machine and destination type, you can control the power state after the conversion.

Prerequisites

For all sources except virtual appliance sources, you can power off the source machine as soon as the conversion is complete, immediately after synchronization.

For virtual infrastructure destinations, you can power on the target machine immediately after the conversion. Doing so allows quicker introduction of the new virtual machine into your virtual environment.

Procedure

1	On the View/Edit Options page, click Advanced options.

The list of advanced settings appears to the right.

2	In the Post-conversion power state panel, select one or both of the power state control options:

Option	Description
Power on target machine	Appears for VMware Virtual Infrastructure destinations. Starts the newly created machine as soon as the conversion is finished.
Power off source machine	Appears for physical machines and virtual machine sources that are powered on during conversion setup. VMware recommends that you power off the source machine or stop the source services after you select Synchronize changes that occur to the source during cloning.

3	Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task.

After the conversion, Converter Standalone powers off the source machine and/or powers on the destination machine based on your settings.