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hitlervmware
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‎03-18-2016 03:54 AM

Problem with Esxi 5.5

I use the VMWARE converter to convert a physical PC to a virtual PC with the destination being  to the local PC to a folder. But how  can I get it to work on as a virtual machine on an esxi 5.5 server. I have uploaded  it to the esxi server datastore but cannot find a way to make it work as a virtual machine. I even make it a .ISO file and yet still cannot work.

Can someone pls help me ?.

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Nick_Andreev
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‎06-17-2016 03:55 PM

Once you upload the VM folder to a datastore, you need to browse to the datastore, click on VM's .vmx file and select Add to Inventory.

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rcporto
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‎06-17-2016 04:01 PM

Can you share a list of files that was generated after the P2V ?

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a_p_
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‎06-18-2016 02:52 AM

What exactly doesn't work? Any error messages?

You mentioned that you converted the VM to a folder on a local PC, which implies that you selected "VMware Workstation" as the destination format!? Since the virtual disk format (.vmdk files) is different from the one required for ESXi, you may need to use the Converter to "upload" the VM to the ESXi host. Simply uploading the files to a datastore won't necessarily work.

André

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