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VMWare vCenter Converter StandAlone 5.0 is slow
Just an FYI:
I've seen that a number of you folks have used the VMWare vCenter Converter 5.0 Standalone Converter product to convert your physical machine into a virtual machine.
I was using this product the other day in production at work and noticed that 5.0 was much slower than the 4.x versions of the product.
I found that VMWare enabled SSL encryption during the conversion and this slows down the process by 2-3x. A box I used to be able to convert in 4 hours and 50 minutes, took 11 hours and 50 minutes.
Anyway, you can easily change the behavior. Navigate to C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone and edit the converter-worker.xml file.
Near the bottom, you will find this section:
Change <useSsl>true</useSsl>, to <useSsl>false</useSsl>Code:<nfc> <readTimeoutMs>120000</readTimeoutMs> <useSsl>true</useSsl> <!-- Delay is specified in milliseconds, -1 denotes the default. <acceptTimeoutMs>-1</acceptTimeoutMs> <requestTimeoutMs>-1</requestTimeoutMs> <readTimeoutMs>-1</readTimeoutMs> <writeTimeoutMs>-1</writeTimeoutMs> <fssrvrReqTimeoutMs>-1</fssrvrReqTimeoutMs> <fssrvrWriteTimeoutMs>-1</fssrvrWriteTimeoutMs> --> </nfc>
Then simply restart the VMware vCenter Converter StandAlone worker service.