Select a Disk Controller for the Destination Virtual Machine

You can select the disk controller type for the destination virtual disks.

Prerequisites

On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Devices in the options list.

Procedure

1. Click the Other tab.
2. From the Disk controller drop-down menu, select a disk controller for the destination virtual disk or retain the selected recommended type.

   Option	Description
   SCSI Bus Logic	Use SCSI virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   IDE	Use IDE virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   SCSI LSI Logic	Use LSI Logic SCSI virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   SCSI LSI Logic SAS	Use LSI Logic SCSI (SAS) virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   Paravirtual SCSI	Use Paravirtual SCSI virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   SATA	Use SATA virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   NVMe	Use NVMe virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
   Preserve source	Use the same types of disk controllers as those installed on the source machine. If they are not supported on the destination virtual machine, replace them with supported ones. This option is not available for powered on Linux sources.

3. Save your settings.

   Option	Description
   Select another option from the options list	Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
   Click Next	Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane. The Summary page is displayed if you do not select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.