User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- Migration with Converter Standalone
- Converter Standalone Components
- Converter Standalone Features
- System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems
- Installation Space Requirements
- Supported Source Types
- Supported Destination Types
- Restoring VCB Images in Converter Standalone
- How Conversion Affects the Source Settings When They Are Applied to the Destination
- Changes That Conversion Causes to Virtual Hardware
- TCP/IP Port Requirements for Conversion
- Common Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems
- Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- Install Converter Standalone in Windows
- Uninstall, Modify, or Repair Converter Standalone in Windows
- Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows
- Command-Line Options for Windows Installation
- Perform a Local Installation in Linux
- Perform a Client-Server Installation in Linux
- Uninstall Converter Standalone in Linux
- Modify or Repair Converter Standalone in Linux
- Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server
- Converting Machines
- Convert a Machine
- Start the Wizard for a Conversion
- Select a Source to Convert
- Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine
- View Setup Options for a New Virtual Machine
- Select the Destination Folder
- Organizing the Data to Copy to the Destination Machine
- Change Device Settings on the New Virtual Machine
- Change Network Connections on the Destination
- Control the Status of Windows Services During Conversion
- Advanced Customization Options
- Synchronize the Source with the Destination Machine
- Adjust the Post-Conversion Power State
- Install VMware Tools
- Customize the Guest Operating System
- Edit the Destination Computer Information
- Enter the Windows License Information
- Set the Time Zone
- Set Up the Network Adapters
- Assign a Workgroup or Domain Details
- Remove System Restore Checkpoints
- Set Up the Network for Helper Virtual Machine
- Customize a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine
- Customize a Standalone or Workstation Virtual Machine
- Customize a Virtual Appliance
- View the Summary of a Conversion Task
- Convert a Machine
- Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
- Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks
- Glossary
- Index
you can use Converter Standalone to reconfigure it. You can also reconfigure
any operating system installed on a multiboot machine if you imported the
virtual machine to an ESX host. Before you reconfigure a multiboot machine,
you must change the boot.ini file.
Converting and
exporting virtual
appliances
You can convert and export virtual appliances stored in Open Virtual Machine
Format (OVF and OVA). You can import a virtual appliance to run in an
existing ESX host or Workstation virtual machine, or you can export an existing
VMware virtual machine to an OVF virtual appliance to share over the
network.
Managing Tasks
Converter Standalone provides a task manager to manage conversion tasks and configuration tasks.
After you create a task to import or configure a machine, use the Task View of the manager to perform the
following tasks:
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Control the number of concurrent conversion or configuration tasks.
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Create a copy of a task and edit it.
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Cancel a task.
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Delete a task.
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View a task’s progress.
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Export and view the log files for a task or for all tasks.
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Filter tasks that are displayed in the task list.
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