User guide

vConverter Functional Overview 27
Features and Functions
Support for RDMs requires two specific settings in the Advanced Task Properties.
Conversions to RDMs need to be configured to create a flat (non-growable) disk, and all
source volumes should be converted to a single device. For more information, please
see “Task Profiles - Properties” on page 60.
Note P2V Conversions to an RDM are disabled when using the Virtual Appliance for VMware.
Task Folders
Tasks Folders are a way to control of several conversion tasks in a centralized way.
In vConverter, each task has to be placed into corresponding container, or folder. The
Run and Stop commands are applied globally to the folder.
Task Profiles
The fields on the Task Profiles tab help you increase multi-conversion process
efficiency by allowing you to configure a conversion once and save the settings for
future use. These profiles are not associated with specific sources or targets; rather, they
define only general settings.
User Profiles
Through the fields on vConverter's User Profiles tab you can create one set of
credentials to use with multiple source servers. You can create distinct profiles for each
system and save them for later use.
Live Log
Live Log is a GUI feature that allows users to monitor running conversion tasks and see
status of conversion, rest steps, and available warnings and errors.
Each conversion task consists of several steps, depending of task type. Live Log
displays all these steps in an expandable tree view form, with nice graphics. If inner step
fails, it lifts fail state to the top level, so users can easily locate failed task runs.
Available information about error reason is displayed below the failed entry, to make
troubleshooting easier.