This server is part of a linked-mode vCenter and as the second vCenter was virtualized it caught me by surprise that this one wasn’t. As I was reviewing the environment I noticed that one of the vCenter servers was a physical server running on an IBM HS22 blade. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.193 is available to all software users as a free download for Windows.I was recently tasked with upgrading a legacy vCenter environment to cater for an upgrade to Trend Deep Security Manager. This download is licensed as freeware for the Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system on a laptop or desktop PC from computer utilities without restrictions. VCenter Converter Standalone 6.193 on 32-bit and 64-bit PCs Support for both local and remote cloning enables conversions in remote locations such as branch offices.Easy to use wizards to minimize the number of steps to conversion.Centralized management console allows users to queue up and monitor multiple simultaneous remote as well as local conversions.Support for cold cloning (conversion that requires server downtime and reboot) in addition to hot cloning.Sector-based copying enhances cloning and conversion speed.Hot cloning makes conversions non-disruptive and with no source server downtime or reboot.

Quiescing and snapshotting of the guest OS on the source machine before migrating the data ensures conversion reliability.

Multiple simultaneous conversions enable large-scale virtualization implementations.

The centralized management console allows you to queue up and monitor many simultaneous conversions, both local and remote, such as in headquarters and branch offices. Simultaneous conversions enable large-scale virtualization implementations. VMware vCenter Converter quickly converts local and remote physical machines into virtual machines without any downtime.

VMware vCenter Converter transforms your Windows- and Linux-based physical machines and third-party image formats to VMware virtual machines.

Converts installed operating systems in to VMware images

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