Select a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine Destination To create a virtual machine to run on an ESX host that vCenter Server manages or on a standalone ESX host, select a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine destination. You can convert your source machines to ESX 3.x; Embedded ESX 3i; vCenter Server 2.0, 2.5; and vSphere 4.0. Prerequisites To convert virtual machines to vCenter Server destinations with Converter Standalone, you must have the following vCenter Server permissions set at the datacenter level: ■ Datastore .Browse Datastore ■ Datastore .AllocateSpace, full permissions. ■ Virtual Machine .Inventory ■ Virtual Machine .Configuration, full permissions. ■ Virtual Machine .Interaction .Power On. Needed only if you power on the target virtual machine after conversion. ■ Virtual Machine .Provisioning .Allow Disk Access ■ Resource .Assign Virtual Machine To Resource Pool ■ Network .AssignToVM Procedure 1 On the Destination Type page, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the drop-down menu. 2 Enter the required information. a From the drop-down menu, select the destination server or enter its IP address or host name if it is not listed. b Type your credentials for the destination server. 3 Click Next. 4 On the Host & Cluster page, specify the resources for the converted virtual machine. a Assign a name to the virtual machine you are creating. The vCenter Server Inventory pane might contain multiple hosts, clusters, and datacenters. b Select the host or resource pool within a host from which to run the virtual machine. c Select a datastore from the drop-down menu. The datastore capacity appears under the drop-down menu. VMware recommends that you choose a datastore that can accommodate all files of the source virtual machine. You can check the source size above the selected datastore. d For vSphere 4.0 destinations, select the virtual machine version from the drop-down menu. Option Description Version 4 Select when sharing storage or virtual machines with ESX Server versions 3.x. Version 7 Select for the latest virtual machine features. This hardware version is not supported for ESX 3.x destinations. Note Settings on the View/Edit Options page might vary, depending on the virtual hardware version you select. e Click Next. You selected to create a virtual machine to run on an ESX host that vCenter Server or a standalone ESX host manages. What to do next On the View/Edit Options page, you can make more precise settings to the conversion task. Related tasks View Setup Options for a New Virtual Machine