Converter Vmware New! Guide

We’ve all been there. A legacy ESXi host is breathing its last breath. The licensing renewal for vSphere just landed in finance, and it stings. Or maybe you’ve finally gotten the green light to move that stubborn Windows Server 2008 R2 workload to the cloud.

If only.

# Convert VMDK to VHD fixed using StarWind StarWindConverter.exe convert source.vmdk -o target.vhd --fixed Pro tip: Upload to a managed disk directly. Do not use Storage Accounts for production VMs; the latency will haunt you. Here is the controversial take: Sometimes, you shouldn't convert. converter vmware

You need to convert a VM. It sounds simple. Export OVF, import OVF. Done, right? We’ve all been there