Unable to connect to the network "\\localmachine\sharedname" share

I use VMware vCenter Converter Standalone client, v5.0.0 build-470252, running on a 64-bit Windows 7 computer, try to import a Windows 2008 computer virtual (hosted by VMWare infrastructure) on my local machine.

At the start of the converter, I have "connecting to a local server.

Specification of the source system is OK, even if I don't know the certificate error.  The conversion wizard installs his agent and it connects OK.

To the Destination System, I said:


Type of destination: VMware Workstation or other virtual machines to VMware
Product VMware: VMware Workstation 8.0.x
Information on the virtual machine:
Name: same as the source system, such as detected by the converter
Location for the virtual machine: \\localmachine\sharedfoldername
Username and password: my Windows 7 credentials, with full control over \\localmachine\sharedfoldername, the action and the underlying folder.

"When the converter checks the destination settings, it is reported: unable to connect to the network"\\localmachine\sharedfoldername"share

So far the measures of investigation:
-Connection to the share through Windows Explorer works fine; It is possible to write to the share

-J' tried specifying the share as '\\localhost\sharedfoldername', but get "the share specified network 'localhost\sharedfoldername' does not exist."  It was a bit of a long shot, I guess, but the form does not work in Windows Explorer.

-Have you tried with the file and print sharing both power - on and off seemed worth a try after looking at other posts on this forum

The help says 'If you are connected to a local Converter Standalone Server, providing a network path or a local path to the destination directory'.  I tried the local path "C:\Virtual Machines\sharedfoldername", but got the message "error: specified as a (local) drive Destination.»  "Please specify a UNC path such as: \\machine\sharename.

Aid also States "You have not to provide user credentials if the location is on the local storage of the machine where Converter Standalone server running."  However, the next button is always disabled until credentials are provided.

Can anyone help please?

You must be able to access the \\localmachine\sharedname of the * SOURCE * machine. The job of conversions P2V of Windows is to install an agent on the source, then the agent connects to the target (this is why it must be on a network share) and transfers the data. You can browse \\localmachine\sharedname of the source (but not where the converter is installed)?

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