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
Procedure
1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.
2 Check the number of the build, which should be in the local directory to which you downloaded the
installer.
3 Navigate to the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded and double-click the VMware-
converter-4.x.x-<xxxxx>.exe file, where <xxxxx> is the number of the build.
4 Click Next.
5 Select I accept the terms in the License agreement and click Next.
6 Select the location folder for Converter Standalone on the Destination Folder page and click Next.
The default location is C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
7 (Optional) To install to another location, click Change and browse for the new location.
8 On the Setup Type page, select Local installation or Client-Server installation (advanced) and click
Next.
9 (Optional) On the Custom Setup page, make a selection and click Next.
Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone agent, Converter Standalone client, and Remote
access are selected by default.
10 (Optional) If you select Client-Server Installation (advanced) from the Setup Type page, do the following:
a Enter the HTTPS port service number.
b Enter the HTTP port service number.
c Enter the Agent port service number.
11 On the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install.
12 (Optional) If you install the Converter Standalone client, you can run Converter Standalone now.
The Run Converter Standalone Client now check box is selected by default. To finish installation without
starting the application at this time, deselect the check box before you click Finish.
13 Click Finish.
A prompt might ask you to restart your system before you use Converter Standalone.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is installed and ready to use.
Uninstall, Modify, or Repair Converter Standalone in Windows
You can use either the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs utility from the Control Panel to uninstall
Converter Standalone or the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone installer wizard. The installer wizard also
allows you to modify or repair Converter Standalone.
Prerequisites
For Windows Vista systems, you must stop VMware Converter Service before you run Converter 4.0 installer
to upgrade Converter 3.0.x to Converter Standalone 4.0.
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