Vmware Standalone Converter Unable To Query The Live Linux Source Machine Full |link| Access

Some environments see better reliability with key-based auth.

VMware Converter often fails to negotiate encryption with modern SSH defaults. Scroll to the bottom of the file or find the Ciphers and MACs sections. You may need to add or uncomment these lines to allow older, less secure algorithms that Converter supports: Some environments see better reliability with key-based auth

By default, many modern Linux distributions (like Ubuntu or newer RHEL) disable direct root login via SSH. Some environments see better reliability with key-based auth