5.5

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Prerequisites

Verify that your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements.

Verify that you have Administrator privileges.

If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x

manually before you install Converter Standalone 5.5.

If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone

agent.

Procedure

1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.

2 In the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded, double-click the VMware-converter-5.x.x-

<xxxxx>.exe file, where <xxxxx> is the number of the build.

3 Follow the prompts till the End-User License Agreement page appears.

4 Select I accept the terms in the License agreement and click Next.

5 On the Destination Folder page, select the location to install Converter Standalone and click Next.

The default location is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.

6 On the Setup Type page, select Local installation and click Next.

7 On the Ready to Install page, click Install.

8 (Optional) On the Installation Completed page, deselect Run VMware vCenter Converter Standalone

Client now if you want to start the application later.

9 On the Installation Completed page, click Finish.

A prompt might ask you to restart your system.

Converter Standalone is installed on the local machine and is ready for use.

What to do next

You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine

destinations.

Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows

Perform a client-server installation so that you can create and manage conversion tasks remotely.

During the client-server installation, you can select the Converter Standalone components that you want to

install on your system.