
Click Next.Ĭhoose the VM required for conversion. Click Next.Ĭonnect to the appropriate ESXi host. Start StarWind V2V Converter from a desktop shortcut and choose Remote VMware ESXi Server option.

Let me walk you through the conversion from ESXi to Hyper-V.ĭo not forget to power off the VM before you start. ESXi to Hyper-V VM migrationĪnother great use case is VM migration from one hypervisor to another. Click Next.Īfter the successful migration, create new VM and assign the output VMDK to it as a boot device.īoot and enjoy physical host inside of a Virtual Machine. Click Next.Ĭhoose datastore for the VMDK. In this case, only pre-allocated disk can be created. In this example it is going to be Remote VMware ESXi Server.

In addition, specific volumes can be specified. Start StarWind V2V Converter from a desktop shortcut and choose P2V option. Let’s P2V my Physical Windows Server 2016 to VM on ESXi host. Supported Operating Systems are: desktop versions starting from Windows Vista to Windows 10 and all server versions starting from Windows Server 2008R2 to Windows Server 2016 With P2V entire host or specific physical drive (or volume) can be migrated. For example, you have a server with Windows Server 2012R2 installed running some critical application.

The following blog post is intended to show the most recent update of StarWind V2V Converter.

