User`s guide

Prerequisites
To change datastores, the virtual machine destination must have more than one datastore.
Procedure
1 On the View/Edit Options page, click Data to copy in the left pane.
2 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy.
A list of all source volumes appears.
3 (Optional) To change the datastore to accommodate the destination configuration file (*.vmx), click Back
and select the datastore from the drop-down menu.
This menu appears only for virtual machine destinations in a VMware infrastructure.
4 Modify the settings in the source volumes list.
5 (Optional) To save disk space on the destination, select Ignore page file and hibernation file.
This optimization depends on the source operating system. This optimization saves disk space on the
destination virtual machine by not copying the page file and hibernation file to it.
6 (Optional) To create new destination virtual disks, move volumes across destination virtual disks, or delete
destination disks, click Advanced.
On the Source Layout tab, you can choose which volumes to copy to the destination and choose the target
datastores to accommodate them.
On the Target Layout tab, you can configure the destination virtual disks, create disks or remove existing
disks, or move source volumes across disks. For detailed instructions, see “Move a Source Volume to a
Target Virtual Disk,” on page 46 and “Create or Delete a Target Disk,” on page 45
7 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task.
The volumes you selected are saved to the relevant destination virtual disks.
Create or Delete a Target Disk
Converter Standalone copies all source volumes to one target virtual disk. You can create and delete target
disks to rearrange the source volumes.
This option is not supported if the Converter Standalone server is running on a Linux machine. It is available
only for sources and destinations that allow volume-based cloning.
Prerequisites
Select a valid source and valid destination and go to the View/Edit Options page.
Procedure
1 On the View/Edit Options page, click Data to copy in the left pane.
2 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy and click Advanced.
3 On the Target Layout tab, click Add disk.
A new destination virtual disk is created.
4 (Optional) To delete a target disk, select it and click Remove Disk.
NOTE Only empty volumes can be removed.
You modified the number of target virtual disks.
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