You can create a virtual machine from a Windows physical machine in Workstation Pro. When you virtualize a physical machine, you capture all of the applications, documents, and settings on the physical machine in a new virtual machine. Workstation Pro must be running on a Windows host system to use this feature.
Prerequisites
Verify that the physical machine that you want to virtualize is running Windows. You cannot create a virtual machine from a non-Windows physical machine in Workstation Pro.
Note:You can create a virtual machine from a Linux physical machine using vCenter Converter Standalone. For more information, see the vCenter Converter Standalone documentation.
Verify that you have administrative access on the physical machine that you want to virtualize and on the Workstation Pro host system.
Verify that the Workstation Pro host system has network access to the physical machine that you want to virtualize.
Verify that on the Workstation Pro host system you have disabled User Account Control (UAC). For instructions, see Prepare a Windows Physical Machine for Virtualization.
Turn off firewall applications running on the physical machine that you want to virtualize.
Prepare the physical machine for virtualization. See Prepare a Windows Physical Machine for Virtualization.
Procedure
Results
VMware Tools installation begins the first time you power on the new virtual machine.