You can convert any VM running on a VMware ESXi host or stored in the VMM library, but VMM does not support virtual-to-virtual (V2V) conversion of a VMware VM that has an IDE bus.
The following versions of VMware ESXi are supported for V2V conversions by VMM 2016:
- ESXi 5.1
- ESXi 5.5
- ESXi 6.0
Note
Before you convert a VMware VM to a Hyper-V VM, you must uninstall VMware Tools on the source VM.
This recipe will guide you through the process of converting a VMware VM to a Hyper-V VM through the V2V conversion process.
Carry out the following steps to convert VMs:
- On the
VMs and Services
workspace in the VMM console, on theHome
tab in the ribbon, click onCreate Virtual Machine
and then onConvert Virtual Machine,
as shown in the following screenshot:
- On the
Select Source
page inConvert Virtual Machine Wizard
, click onBrowse
and select the VMware VM that is to be converted (for example,RL-VM01
), as shown in the following screenshot: