vmware converter standard

[goku]

Guys I just started using vmware converter standard. I know that with standard you can only convert one physical at a time. My problem revolves around the destination target I can do a p2v to vmware server and workstation. However Ihave 2 ESX servers and I was not able to do a direct p2v to them I thought that standard would allow you to go to ESX. The ESX servers are ESX 3.0 and 3.0.1.

[Jasemccarty]

You'll have to run Standard on the machine you wish to import to ESX.

You can't run it remotely.

[admin]

Using the starter version, you can import and send the new destination VM directly into ESX Server if you run Converter from the source physical machien, aka. a local hot clone.

You cannot initiate the hot clone remotely and send that to ESX Server. You can, however, send the results to a standalone VM, and then once that VM is created you can import the VM to ESX Server using a second step. With the enterprise version, you don't need these 2 steps.

[goku]

Thanks guys I did not know that I was laready doing the second step p2v to workstation than vmware importer.