Vmware Vcenter Converter Boot Cd 4.1.1 22 Aldypip

How to Use Vmware Vcenter Converter Boot Cd 4.1.1 22 aldypip to Convert Physical Machines to Virtual Machines

Vmware Vcenter Converter Boot Cd 4.1.1 22 aldypip is a tool that allows you to perform cold migration of physical machines to virtual machines without any downtime or reboot. Cold migration means that the source machine is powered off and booted from the CD, which contains the Vmware Converter software. This way, you can avoid any potential issues with the operating system or applications running on the source machine.

In this article, we will show you how to use Vmware Vcenter Converter Boot Cd 4.1.1 22 aldypip to convert a physical Linux server to a virtual machine on a VMware ESX host.

Prerequisites

A physical Linux server that you want to convert to a virtual machine.

A VMware ESX host that will host the virtual machine.

A network connection between the source machine and the destination host.

A Vmware Vcenter Converter Boot Cd 4.1.1 22 aldypip ISO image, which you can download from Vmware website if you have an enterprise license of VMware.

A CD burner and a blank CD to create the bootable CD from the ISO image.

Steps

Burn the Vmware Vcenter Converter Boot Cd 4.1.1 22 aldypip ISO image to a blank CD using your preferred CD burning software.

Insert the bootable CD into the CD/DVD-ROM drive of the source machine and power it off.

Power on the source machine and access the BIOS or CMOS settings program by pressing the appropriate key during startup (usually F2, Delete, F10, etc.).

Change the boot order setting to make the CD/DVD-ROM drive the first boot device and save the changes.

Exit the BIOS or CMOS settings program and let the source machine boot from the CD.

The Vmware Converter software will load and display a welcome screen. Click Next to continue.

Select Convert Machine from the main menu and click Next.

Select Powered-off Machine as the source type and Physical Computer as the source computer type. Click Next.

Select Local Device as the device type and select your hard disk from the drop-down list. Click Next.

Select VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine as the destination type and enter the IP address, username, and password of your VMware ESX host. Click Next.

Select a datacenter, a cluster, a resource pool, and a folder where you want to place your virtual machine on the destination host. Click Next.

Enter a name for your virtual machine and select a datastore where you want to store your virtual disk files. Click Next.

Select a virtual machine version (VMware ESX Server 3.x or VMware ESX Server 4.x) and a guest operating system (Linux) that match your source machine. Click Next.

Select a number of CPUs, a memory size, and a network adapter for your virtual machine. Click Next.

Select a disk controller type (IDE or SCSI) and a disk size for your virtual disk. You can also resize or split your disk if needed. Click Next.

Review the summary of your conversion settings and click Finish to start the conversion process.

The Vmware Converter software will copy the data from your source machine's hard disk to your destination host's datastore and create a virtual machine configuration file.

When the conversion is complete, click Close and eject the bootable CD from your source machine.

You can now power on your virtual machine from your VMware ESX host and verify that it works as expected. aa16f39245