VMware vCenter Converter can run on a wide variety of hardware and supports most commonly used versions of the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. With this robust, enterprise class migration tool you can:
• Quickly and reliably convert local and remote physical machines into virtual machines without any disruption or downtime.
• Complete multiple conversions simultaneously with a centralized management console and an intuitive conversion wizard.
• Convert other virtual machine formats such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Virtual Server or backup images of physical machines such as Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery or Norton Ghost to VMware virtual machines.

What's New:
* The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone release adds several new features including:
* Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Linux (RHEL, SUSE and Ubuntu) as source
* Physical to virtual machine conversion support for Windows Server 2008 as source
* Hot cloning improvements to clone any incremental changes to physical machine during the P2V conversion process
* Support for converting new third-party image formats including Parallels Desktop virtual machines, newer versions of Symantec, Acronis, and StorageCraft
* Workflow automation enhancements to include automatic source shutdown, automatic start-up of the destination virtual machine as well as shutting down one or more services at the source and starting up selected services at the destination
* Target disk selection and the ability to specify how the volumes are laid out in the new destination virtual machine
* Destination virtual machine configuration, including CPU, memory, and disk controller type

Homepage: https://www.vmware.com/products/converter/overview.html