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vConverter Functional Overview 14
vConverter Overview
Source Server Components
Drive Capture Tool
This tool reads disk data and transfers it to the target
server. The Drive Capture tool includes the Image
Consistency Driver.
The Drive Capture Tool can operate in both block and
file modes. Block mode is faster and gives exact binary
copy of source volumes, but file is required for volume
resizing operations.
Image Consistency
Driver
This driver monitors source volumes during the capture
process to buffer write requests during the conversion.
Changes are committed after the volume is captured. By
using the Image Consistency Driver, vConverter
produces a VM in a crash-consistent state. For source
systems compatible with Microsoft’s VSS, vConverter
can leverage VSS for data consistency.
Source VSS
This is a component of compatible source systems.
Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS) pauses
compatible applications to provide a higher level of data
consistency.
Virtual Disk Driver
A component of the Drive Image Mount Tool, the Virtual
Disk Driver is used to mount remote disk images for
modification during the conversion process.
Vista PE Image
A boot image based on Windows Vista. This is used in
conjunction with the vConverter PXE service to boot
remote source or target servers (V2P). The Vista PE may
also be burned to a Boot CD to manually boot source
machines into the vConverter environment.
Note The VistaPE will assign the volume letter “X” to it’s own
RAM drive volume. Please ensure that source systems
do not use the volume letter “X” when converting with the
VistaPE environment.
Source Info Tool
This runs on the source server, recording source disk
configuration, OS information, network settings and
(optionally) installed software.