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 On the Specify Source page, select Powered-on machine from the Select source type drop-down menu.
2 Select an option that corresponds to your machine type.
Option Action
Local
Click This local machine.
For local machines, the authorization is set to the current user and cannot be
changed. If remote access is enabled during Converter Standalone
installation, this local machine is treated as a remote physical machine.
Remote
a Click A remote physical machine.
b Provide the IP address of the machine and administrator credentials.
c Select the operating system type from the OS Family drop-down menu.
3 (Optional) To view information about the machine you are converting, click View source details.
4 Click Next.
The Specify Destination page appears.
What to do next
You can now select the destination for your new virtual machine.
Select a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine Source
You can convert a virtual machine that resides on an ESX host or ESX host that vCenter manages.
You cannot convert a running or suspended virtual machine by using this procedure.
Prerequisites
You can convert multiboot virtual machines only if GRUB is installed as the boot loader. LILO is not supported.
Procedure
1 On the Specify Source page, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the Select source type
drop-down menu.
2 Provide the IP address and credentials to authenticate with the ESX host or the VMware vCenter Server.
3 Click Next.
The Machine Name page appears, displaying the IP address and the inventory of the ESX host or the
VMware vCenter Server.
4 From the inventory list, select the virtual machine to convert.
5 (Optional) If you are connected to a VMware vCenter Server, select one of the following from the Specify
machine with drop-down menu.
Option Description
Hosts and Clusters View
Provides a view of the set of virtual machines that run on a particular host,
cluster, or resource pool. This view does not provide a complete list of
available virtual machines and templates in the vCenter Server.
VM and Templates View
Displays all virtual machines and templates.
VM List
Provides an alphabetical list of all virtual machines and allows you to search
them by name.
NOTE This search is not case-sensitive.
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