two more tips for speeding up the conversion. Converter uses NFC (a proprietary VMware protocol) for transfering data during P2V to ESX. The implentation comes in two falvors depending on whether you connect to vCenter Server or directly to ESX (or ESXi). The first one is significantly faster. So if you are targetting directly the ESX, try going through vC.
The second point is valid if you use Converter 5.0. Security has been enhanced by encrypting the data transfer, which of course is at the detriment of speed. If this is not a concern, you may disable encryption; search for "Switch off the NFC SSL" in the release notes (https://www.vmware.com/support/converte ... notes.html) for how to do it.
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