Select a VMware Workstation or Other VMware Virtual Machine Destination You can create a standalone virtual machine or Workstation virtual machine to run outside an ESX host or an ESX host that vCenter Server manages. You can convert to a standalone or a Workstation virtual machine to run in VMware Workstation 5.0, 6.0 or 6.5; VMware Fusion 1.0 or 2.0; VMware Player 1.0, 2.0 or 2.5; VMware ACE 2.0 or 2.5; or VMware Server 1.0 or 2.0. Hosted destinations are not supported for live Linux sources. Procedure 1 On the Specify Destination page, select VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine from the drop-down menu. 2 Select the VMware product to work with the new virtual machine. 3 In the Virtual machine details pane, type a name for the converted virtual machine and browse to select its destination location. The name can be 80 characters long, is case-sensitive, and must be unique within the virtual machine folder. The name can contain alphanumeric characters, underscores (_), and hyphens (-). 4 (Optional) If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, click Connect As and do one of the following: ■ If the source is a remote physical machine, enter the address and user credentials for a location that is accessible from that source machine. ■ If the source is another virtual machine, enter the address and user credentials for a location that is accessible to the machine that runs the remote Converter Standalone server. 5 Click Next. You selected to create a standalone virtual machine to run on one of the supported VMware products. 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