THis request made me dysphoric, we have one VM with physical disk attached, this vm can write to this physical drive directy, now we must upload this vm to our esxi server to save places(this is pc), but I could not neither upload nor convert to virtual disk, so cannot migrate anymore. client vm: centos host: windows server 2012 vmware workstation version: 12.0 enter image description here
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There's a couple ways this can be performed.
Since you're on a version of Workstation higher than 8.0, you might be able to connect directly to the ESXi host (or vCenter Server) and upload the VM. Here's the process to accomplish it: http://pubs.vmware.com/workstation-10/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.ws.using.doc%2FGUID-8C854257-8595-4877-B985-1DC801E98E88.html
If that doesn't work, you should try the vCenter Converter. It's a free "trial" through the following: https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html
Here's a good walkthrough on how to use the converter: http://thesolving.com/virtualization/how-to-convert-a-vmware-workstation-vm-into-an-esxi-one-with-vcenter-converter/
