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Seifer1
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VMWare Converter Standalone P2V Windows

Hi, 

I have a physical machine from a network other than the vCenter to which I want to move it, virtualizing it.

If I have the VMWare Converter, on a Windows server with flows to all networks, can the origin server virtualize to the Vcenter through this server?

Or do I need to open some ports from the physical server to the vCenter or ESXI, despite using an intermediate server with the converter installed?

Thank you!

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ivivanov
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It depends on the source server, if it is a Windows machine - then you can use the so called "proxy mode" and it redirects the traffic through the Converter server, i. e. exactly the use case you are describing. However, keep in mind that proxy mode is... well, sllowww, and especially on faster networks the difference can be in orders of magnitude.

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