Clean-up any temporary and unnecessary files on the source server.
Note: You will have to login with your VMware account credentials (register for free if you do not have one).
Migrate a physical server to a virtual one When the installation is finished, you can run the Converter Standalone Client. Next, choose if you want to join the VMware CEIP or not, and click Next. I choose local installation because I don’t want to convert the server where I deploy VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. Then choose a setup-type: local installation to deploy only VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, or Client-Server installation if you want to install agent and client additionally. Next, choose a destination folder for VMware vCenter Converter Standalone and click Next.
Then accept the license agreement and click Next. Next, accept the End-User Patent agreement and click Next. Then, I run the executable to process the product installation. Usually, when I run this tool, I use a virtual machine. To host VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, you need a physical or virtual machine based on Windows Server. Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
To make this conversion, I used VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
In this topic, we will see how to convert a physical Linux server to a VMware VM. When you implement a virtual infrastructure, you may want to convert your physical servers to virtual ones to improve your datacenter consolidation.