This should cover all of the steps required to do a P2V migration of NT4 and hopefully will help you do yours. Understandably VMware dropped NT4 support with VMware Converter 4.x, which is as of writing this guide the earliest build supported by VMware. This however doesn’t mean that you can’t use any of the old tools. It’s just going to be a bit more challenging to find them. I’ve made a collection of required files (that I needed) in the end of this article so you won’t have to look them up. Prepare NT4 for VMware converter To be able to do a conversion of NT4, it needs to have at least Internet Explorer 5 installed. Unfortunately I never found a network installation file of IE5, the earliest i got my hands on was IE6. ![]() If you try to download IE6 SP1 from the official microsoft site, your setup will fail once the ~600kb installer starts to download the required installation files with the following error “ The download location information is damaged. Please clear your Internet Explorer browser cache and retry.”. Oct 26, 2013 - HOW TO: P2V, V2V for FREE - VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5 If you. To Virtual (V2V) conversion to a VMware product (VMware Workstation. Download 'VMware vCenter Converter Standalone version 3.0.3. VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. Automate and simplify physical to virtual machine conversions as well as conversions between virtual machine formats with VMware vCenter Converter. Use the intuitive wizard-driven interface of VMware vCenter Converter to convert your physical machines to virtual machines. At the end of this post you can find IE6 network installation files so that shouldn’t be a problem anymore. If you need to upgrade your NT4 installation, the Service Packs can be found. To install VMware Converter 3.0.3 you need Internet Explorer, the agent installs just fine without it. At least in my case I was unable to make a working connection between my laptop and the NT4 VMware Converter Agent, so I had to install the manager as well. VMware Converter 3.0.3 can be found at the end of this post. Once installing the converter, a reboot is required at the end to finalize the agent. Convert the NT4 physical machine Once you’ve installed VMware Converter on the machine that needs to be converted, start VMware Converter GUI and select the option to Convert Machine. VMware Converter 3-0-3 and WIN NT4 • Source type: Physical Computer • Physical Machine: This local machine • Authentication: Your NT4 username/password • Destination: VMware Workstation or other VMware Virtual Machine • VMware product: VMware Workstation 6.x • Name: NT4-xxxxxx (your physical machine name for example) • Select a location for the virtual machine: you can use a UNC path to your laptop, in example nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn c$ (You need to provide your credentials here) The converter will now do it’s magic and takes some time to finish. While you are waiting, go have a cup of coffee and watch the progress bar finish. Importing to vCenter 5.x Once you have a copy of your physical NT4 machine, you can use VMware Workstation to prepare it for it’s final resting place. Add your new VM to VMware Workstation by double clicking on the.vmx file or add it your preferred way. Once you have it in VMware workstation it’s time to check that everything works. Boot the VM up, check that it’s all fine before proceeding (just in case).
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