This is a product manual published by VMware company. It introduces how to use VMware Converter to migrate virtual machines and clone physical machines.
VMware Converter 3 is a scalable solution designed to migrate physical to virtual and virtual to virtual machines. It is optimized for mass migrations but is also effective for single-machine conversions. The tool imports virtual machines faster with fewer manual steps and source hardware limitations compared to other methods. It supports hot cloning to ensure no downtime on the source physical machine during conversion.
VMware Converter provides a scalable solution to migrate physical to virtual and virtual to virtual machines.
Yes, with its ability to hot clone, Converter can convert a virtual machine with no downtime on its source physical machine.
VMware Converter comes in two editions, Starter and Enterprise.