# Convert Hyper-V VM into VMware VM

In this blog I will go through the steps followed to convert a Hyper-V virtual machine into VMware virtual machine in my lab. I am using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone to perform this.

Using converter we can migrate a Hyper-V VM directly into vCenter. Since, I don't have connectivity from a single place to both Hyper-V and vCenter server, I am doing it in a two step process.

### Create and Convert a Hyper-V VM

I installed Hyper-V in a Windows server 2022 VMWare virtual machine.

Enabled Hyper-V and related roles from the server manager but the validation check failed with error:

> Hyper-V cannot be installed: The processor does not have required virtualization capabilities

Fixed this by enabling "Expose hardware virtualization to the guest OS" in the CPU setting of the VM

* Created a VM from Hyper-V manager
    
* Installed ubuntu (minimal) guest OS. I didn't configure the network interface as this is only for testing.
    
* Powered off the VM
    
* Installed VMware Converter Standalone in another VM (Converter VM)
    
* Opened VMWare converter -> Convert machine
    
* Source:
    
    Powered off, Hyper-V Server -> enter Hyper-V server details
    

Now, VMWare converter will try to install agent on the Hyper-V server. This step failed with error:

> VMWare VCenter Converter Standalone "insufficient permissions to connect to ""xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\\$ADMIN$ "

I copied the Converter standalone agent installer from "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VMware\\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone" in the converter VM into Hyper-V server and installed.

* Selected VM
    
    VM selection failed with error:
    

> Permission to perform this operation was denied

I was using the domain user credential, to overcome this error I used local administrator credentials of the Hyper-V server.

* Destination:
    
    Type: VMware workstation
    
    Select the location to store the VM files
    
    Provide the target path credentials
    
* Verify the details and submit the job
    
* Once the job finished I checked the target path. There were vmdk and vmx files.
    

### Restore the converted VM into vCenter

* Copied VM files into a machine from where I have the connectivity into vCenter
    
* Used Converter to deploy the VM into vCenter
    
    VMware Converter -> Convert machine
    
    Source: Powered off VMware workstation or other virtual machines
    
    Browse and select the copied vmx file
    
    Destination: VMware Infrastructure Virtual machine
    
    Provide vCenter details
    
* Provide the VM name and inventory location
    
* Select the cluster and datastore
    
* Verify the details and submit the job