User guide

vConverter Functional Overview 16
vConverter Overview
Target Components
Remote Launch Tool
A tool intended for executing processes on a remote
Windows system. It requires having the administrative
credentials for a remote system to run.
Target Server Agent
for ESX
Used for creating and writing to VMDKs on VMware
ESX Server 3.x and 4.x. The Target Server Agent has to
be run in the Service Console of the target VMware ESX
server.
vConverter Virtual
Appliance
Specifically designed components to leverage VMware
vMA to be able to communicate and perform commands
on behalf of vConverter. vMA with installed components
is required for conversions to ESXi servers and for all
Linux OS conversions. It may also be used on ESX
servers to avoid running the Target Server Agent in their
service consoles.
Note P2V Conversions to an RDM are disabled when using the
vConverter Virtual Appliance with VMware VMA. See
Support for RDM for more information.
Migration Tool
Package
This package collects source system configuration
information and displays this information in the
vConverter console. For more information see Linux
Conversion Overview.