Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone 6.2 Release Notes Jun 2026

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a trusted, free utility designed to automate the process of creating VMware virtual machines (VMs) from physical machines (P2V), virtual machines running on other virtualization platforms (V2V), and third-party image formats.

Enhanced compatibility with Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 source environments.

Initial support for converting Hyper-V Generation 1 virtual machines from Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 and 5 has been added. Generation 2 VMs remain unsupported in this release. vmware vcenter converter standalone 6.2 release notes

No release notes would be complete without acknowledging limitations. In Converter 6.2, known limitations included the inability to convert Linux sources with LVM thin-provisioned volumes directly to vSphere 6.5 without manual post-conversion adjustments. Another limitation was that conversions of encrypted source VMs (e.g., BitLocker-protected Windows drives) would fail unless the drive was decrypted beforehand — a restriction clearly noted to prevent wasted effort.

VMware released two primary builds under the 6.2 version: VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a trusted, free

For more information about VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2, please refer to the following resources:

For more information on VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2, refer to the following resources: Generation 2 VMs remain unsupported in this release

VMware-converter-6.2.0-2116140.exe /s /v "/qn INSTALLDIR="C:\Converter62" /L*v "%temp%\converter-install.log""

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="VMware Converter Agent" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=9089

VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, and other hypervisors.

Hot cloning allows for live migration of operating systems and applications.