Select a Powered-On Machine Source

You can select a local or remote running machine as a source for your conversion.

Prerequisites

Before you select a machine source for conversion, complete the following items:

■	For remote Windows sources, turn off the firewall. For remote Linux sources, enable ssh.

■	Make sure that another conversion task is not using the source you select.

■	If the source machine is local, the Converter Standalone server and the Converter Standalone agent must be installed on it.

■	If the source machine is remote, make sure that any previous VMware Converter 3.x installations are manually removed from it.

■	To convert a remote powered-on machine, you must have Administrator credentials.

■	To convert a remote Windows powered-on machine, the machine must have file sharing disabled.

■	To convert a local Linux powered-on machine, you must treat it as a remote machine. Provide its IP address and root credentials to connect.

Procedure

1	On the Specify Source page, select Powered-on machine from the Select source type drop-down menu.

2	Select an option that corresponds to your machine type.

Option	Action
Local	Click This local machine. For local machines, the authorization is set to the current user and cannot be changed. If remote access is enabled during Converter Standalone installation, this local machine is treated as a remote physical machine.
Remote	a Click A remote machine. b Provide the IP address or name of the machine and administrator credentials. c Select the operating system type from the OS Family drop-down menu.

3	(Optional) Click View source details to view information about the machine you are converting.

4	Click Next.

The Specify Destination page appears.

What to do next

You can now select the destination for your new virtual machine.

Related tasks

Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine