
Converter Standalone agent: It installs the agent on Windows source machines to import them as virtual machines.Converter Standalone server: It enables and performs the import and export of virtual machines.

The Converter Standalone application consists of mainly three components: Readjust volume sizes and place volumes on separate virtual disks.Perform migrations across heterogeneous hardware.Customize guest operating systems of virtual machines in the vCenter Server.Export virtual machines managed by vCenter Server hosts to other VMware virtual machine formats.Import virtual machines hosted by VMware Workstation or Microsoft Hyper-V Server to ESXi hosts.

Import running source physical and virtual machines as virtual machines to standalone ESXi hosts or to ESXi hosts that vCenter Server manages.You can use Converter Standalone to perform various types of conversion tasks. Free: This software comes free of cost and can be downloaded from VMware’s official site.It also supports the conversion of third-party virtual machines like Hyper-V and KVM. Interoperability: vCenter Converter supports many source physical machines, including Windows and Linux desktop and server editions.Management: It provides a centralized management console that allows you to queue up and monitor many simultaneous conversions, both local and remote, such as in head and branch offices.Simultaneous conversions enable large-scale virtualization implementations.

