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: Notably includes the Shellshock BASH fix , addressing a critical vulnerability found in earlier versions.

Therefore, while this article documents its features and usage, unless you have a specific, isolated reason, such as supporting a legacy Windows XP machine that cannot run newer converter agents.

Compared to its predecessors, 5.5.3 allows dynamic resizing of source volumes—shrinking or expanding destination disks—as long as the target datastore has sufficient space.

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Assign a unique name to the new virtual instance. Select the target data center, inventory folder, specific compute cluster, and the underlying storage datastore that holds the capacity for the virtual disks. 4. Configure Virtual Hardware and Volumes Review the hardware configuration panels:

Examine the configuration summary table. Click to initiate the job queue. Monitor progress, transfer rates, and remaining time estimates from the main task console. Troubleshooting Common Conversion Failures

Version 5.5.3 upgraded the internal OpenSSL framework to version 0.9.8zb . This addressed critical flaws (CVE-2014-3505, CVE-2014-3506, etc.) that could otherwise result in denial-of-service or memory corruption during secure payload transfers. : Notably includes the Shellshock BASH fix ,

Highlights that this is the last version to support Windows XP Professional SP3 (both 32-bit and 64-bit).

With each new major release, VMware deprecated support for outdated systems. In version 5.5, two notable items were removed:

It was the first to support virtual hardware version 10, enabling VMs with up to 62TB disks and virtual SATA controllers. If you need help with a more recent

For Windows 2000/NT, always choose the BusLogic SCSI controller in the destination virtual hardware settings before first boot.

: The centralized engine. It manages the queue of conversion tasks, communicates with destination targets, and logs system telemetry.