VMware Converter allows to synchronize changes between the source computer and the target virtual machine located on the ESXi host. VMware Converter: Synchronize changes when performing P2V or V2V Conversion Then you will need to select the disks of the target system to be copied, RAM and vCPU settings, etc.Select the datacenter, cluster, ESXi host, and VMFS datastore name where you want to place the new virtual machine.Then you will be prompted to specify the name of the ESXi server (or vCenter server), on which the virtual machine will be created, and the credentials to connect.VMware Converter connects to the specified server and installs VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent ( vmware-converter-agent) on it.

Get-Package -Name 'VMware vCenter Converter*' | Uninstall-PackageĪnd then manually install the agent from the vCenter Converter distribution (Custom Setup -> Converter agent). Error code: 1,603.įirst, I had to use PowerShell to uninstall the program on the Windows host: Unable to complete Converter agent installation on '192.168.13.20'.

vCenter Converter will connect to the remote computer and try to install the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent service ( vmware-converter-agent) In my case when installing the converter agent remotely an error appeared:Įrror 1603: A fatal error occurred during installation.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'VMConverterAgent' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 9089 -Action Allow | Enable-NetFirewallRule You can open ports in Windows Defender Firewall via GPO or with these PowerShell commands On Windows, you need to open the followingimbound TCP ports: 139,445,9089 and UDP:137,138.

If you are converting a remote computer that has a firewall enabled, you need to open a number of ports.

VMware Converter also allows you to convert a virtual machine that is located on Hyper-V Server, VMware Workstation/Player, or VMware vSphere (including the free VMware vSphere Hypervisor).

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