VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a free product to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware virtual machines.At the time of writing this article, the latest version of VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) is 6.0.(You will need to register for a free VMware account first)
I have a VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 6.0) installed on a machine. It's free of cost. I have a physical (bare-metal) Windows Server 2003 that I want to virtualize. A physical machine that you want to convert to virtual (P2V conversion). Also, reduced power consumption, less datacentre space, less hardware to maintain and repair – all reduce costs. In case of any hardware failure, you can quickly get the VM up and running on a different piece of hardware with zero or negligible downtime. They make backups & disaster recovery easier & more reliable. Virtual machines are hardware agnostic and make a sysadmin’s life easier. Virtualization allows you to dramatically reduce your server room requirements by phasing out legacy hardware. This conversion copies over the operating system, applications and data from an existing physical server a new virtual server. I’ll also show you some errors that I ran into during this process and how I fixed them. We will be doing a remote hot cloning, i.e., virtualizing a powered on physical machine. In this guide, I will walk you through a step-by-step procedure to convert my physical, bare-metal Windows Server 2003 to a virtual machine. 
Convert a physical machine to a virtual machine (P2V) using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone – A Step-by-Step Guide
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