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Thischapterdescribeshowtoconvertaphysicalmachine,virtualmachine,orsystem
imagetoaVMwarevirtualmachine.OnWindowshosts,youcanconvertavirtual
machinethatwascreatedbyusingathird‐partyproduct.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ConversionProcessforImportingfromOtherFormats”onpage 133
“VMwareConverterComparedtotheConversionWizard”onpage 135
“SupportedSourceMachines”onpage 135
“SupportedDestinations”onpage 140
“ConversionImpactonSettings”onpage 142
“OpenaThird‐PartyVirtualMachineorSystemImage”onpage 143
“ImportaVirtualMachine,VirtualAppliance,orSystemImage”onpage 144
Conversion Process for Importing from Other Formats
OnWindowshosts,Workstation7.0incorporatestheConversionwizardfromthe
VMwareConverterproduct.UsingtheConversionwizardtoperformaconversionto
VMwarevirtualmachinesenablesyoutodothefollowing:
Avoidreinstallingoperatingsystemsandapplicationsforsystemconfigurations
youuseoften.
Overcomelegacymigrationbarriers.Certainlegacysystemsmightbeimpossible
torecreatethroughreinstallation.
Convertaphysicalmachineintoavirtualmachine.
Creating a Virtual Machine
from a System Image or
Another Virtual Machine
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