Before you start converting VMware Virtual Machines to XenServer Virtual Machines you have to make sure you have:

- Administrator access to VMware VM to be converted

- Administrator access to XenServer or XenCenter

- XenConvert: You can download it here.

Install XenConvert.

Open your VMware Infrastructure Client

- Go to the VMware Virtual machine you want to export and uninstall te VMware Tools

- Make sure there are no snapshots located with the Virtual Machine. If there are, delete them

- If the VM is using a Windows operating System, enable automount

- Go to File -> Virtual Appliance -> Export (or in vSphere File -> Export ->Export OVF Template)

- Select the Directory to store the OVF files (in vSphere ensure that Optimized for: Web (OVF) is selected)

- Wait untill the export is complete and Open Citrix XenConvert

- Select From: VMware Virtual Hard Disk (VMDK) and To: XenServer and press Next

- Press Browse and Select the exported file

- Enter the name of the XenServer, username, password and Workspace you wish to use for the conversion

- Optionally edit the properties of your Xenserver VM

- Press Convert to proceed

- Press Finish when the conversion is successful

The machine should now be in you XenServer. Change the name to whatever you want it to be and fire it up.