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I then reconnected vCenter 5.5 to it's ESXi 5.5 host again. So what did I do? Simply disconnected vCenter from ESXi (temporarily), then the conversion ran fine, finishing up about 30GB of data transfer in only 20 minutes (over Gigabit wired connection). It had complained about vCenter managing it. Not a great idea, or best practices, I know, but the only reason I was trying to convert through vCenter was because I couldn't convert directly to the ESXi host either. Well, until I got stuck with strange errors when trying to use the converter pointed to the vCenter. Once I had it installed just fine on the Lenovo T61p laptop, and ran Converter as Administrator, and things began to go smoother.

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Why? Because any attempts to convert other 8.1 machines on the same network from my own Windows 8.1 laptop failed, even after I got past some firewall issues.

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To get converter to work converting an 8.1 laptop, I quickly found I had to install VMware Converter 5.5 on the Windows 8.1 Pro ењ†4 laptop itself. Then again, I was kind of asking for trouble, trying this on Windows 8.1 after all, which technically isn't on the list of supported OSs. I already had a chance to kick the tires, and I did have some issues, but ultimately prevailed. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5 UserвЂ™s Guide Firsthand experience, so far. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5 Release Notes

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Documentation Want to go deeper? Here's documentation and more!

Support for additional guest operating systems.

A new option for selecting the network adapter for the target virtual machine.

Support for RedHat KVM virtual machines as a (powered on) source.

Support for virtual machine hardware version 10 (62TB disks, virtual SATA controllers, etc.).

The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5 includes the following new features: Support for virtual machine hardware version 10 (62TB disks, virtual SATA controllers, etc.) Here's the official announcement of this 5.5 release of Converter, on the VMware forums:

You cannot shrink or expand ReFS-formatted volumes.

You cannot use ReFS-formatted volumes in incremental updates.

You can perform only volume-based cloning on the block level.

You can perform only volume-based cloning on the block level for ReFS-formatted volumesConverter Standalone lets you perform cloning of ReFS-formatted volumes with the following limitations:

The items that caught my eye in particular?Д¬onverter Standalone 5.5 supports the following guest operating systems:

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Now that the download is underway, you now have time to read up on all that's new about this 5.5 version of Converter. Where you'll be prompted for your VMware credentials, or offered a chance to register if you haven't already, also for free. The use of VMware Converter is free.В Get started by kicking off the With >2TB drives becoming commonplace, it sure is good that VMware has kept developing this valuable bit of software. Install it somewhere on your home network, and as long as that system you install converter on can reach the physical machine on your same network, the process of converting it into an ESXi 5.5 based VM is pretty straight forward.

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Want to take an ancient laptop, and wish to breath new life into for occasional use as a VM instead? Wishing you could resurrecting that slow 'spinny' drive in a much faster virtual machine? Then VMware Converter is likely a piece of Windows software that you'll want to check out. If you have a home lab, it's likely you already discovered how handy it can be to have VMware Converter in your virtual tool bag.