P2V to ESXI on same box

[mrjoli021]

I have a Windows server box that I need to P2V.  I need to save that image to a disk cause that same box is where I will be putting ESXI 5.  I am have tried the P2V converter and it works great to a live ESX box, but I have not been able to get it to save to a disk sucessfully.  What options do I need to choose to save it to a disk as a vmdk and then import it once I install ESXI?

Thanks

[vmroyale]

Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware ESXi 5 to VMware Converter Standalone

You can select the destination to be a VMware Workstation image. This will allow you to save the converted server as a set of files. You could then run Converter again, and import these flat files to the ESXi host.

Make sure you have a good backup of the physical server also, in case something goes bad....

[patanassov]

And don't forget to deselect the destination partition from the source volumes in 'disks and volumes' page.

[Amanda63]

Hi

Welcome to the communities.

Could you please share the log .

and error .

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