Filed an SR for the converter proble. VMware confirmed the problem, but no solution in sight so far.

Found a workaround for the converter problem:

- uninstall converter5.0

- install converter4.3

- when converting a machine, make sur to select hardware version 7 or 8. Choosing the default 9 will make the converter crash as well.

Hope that helps !

But here clearly, VMware messed up with QA/QC !