What is Helper Virtual Machine?

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Hi all,

I've got a P2V to perform in a few days on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, and i was told to use the Helper Virtual Machine but i really don't understand what it is.

Could someone gave me more informations, because VMware didin't provide me a clear answer with the documentation.

Thanks.

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you are right - this is not at all documented - see
http://communities.vmware.com/thread/262493

The Helper VM uses the iso-file "converter-helper-vm.iso" - or the 64bit version of the same iso - to start a VM that does the system reconfiguration.,

P2V of Linux machines only works if the target is ESX , ESXi or Virtual Center.