User guide

Windows P2V Conversions 95
Creating Conversions
Advanced Properties
You may access the Advanced Task Properties by clicking Advanced on the Task
Properties pane. The Advanced Task Properties dialog contains many of the same
options as the Task Properties tab.
The table below summarizes the options. For more information, see “Task Profiles -
Properties” on page 60.
Transfer mode
There are two available transfer modes: block and
file. Use this menu to select the desired transfer
mode.
• Block: Block cloning uses an Application
Programming Interface (API) from the source
OS that allows you to skip unused sectors. This
is the default transfer mode, yielding an exact
binary copy of a source volume.
• File: File cloning of a source occurs on the file
system level. The target is mounted to the source
and a full file synchronization occurs-directory
structure from the source and all file content are
updated to the target. File cloning is ideal for
capturing large source volumes to a target with
limited storage capacity. To ensure consistency
during hot cloning, use the file method with MS
VSS.