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
V
VCB, See VMware Consolidated Backup
vCenter, destination 22, 40
vCenter support 19
version support 19
viewing a task's progress 68
viewing conversion task summary 58
viewing the log files 68
virtual appliances
browsing for 39
conversion limitations 21
converting 15
destination 22, 41
downloading from URL 39
source 39
virtual hardware
CPU issues 24
disk device issues 24
Ethernet adapter issues 24
graphics card issues 24
Virtual Iron, source 19
virtual machines
configuring 15
conversion limitations 20
converting 15
destination on same network as source 8
VirtualCenter
destination 22, 40
source 19
support 19
VMware ACE, destination 22, 41
VMware Consolidated Backup 22
VMware Fusion
destination 22, 41
source 19
support 19
VMware hosted products
information not preserved when using
Converter Standalone 23
support 19
VMware managed products
information not preserved when using
Converter Standalone 23
support 19
VMware Player
destination 22, 41
source 19
support 19
VMware Server
destination 22, 41
source 19
support 19
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
command-line installation in Windows 29
features 8
installing client in Linux 30
installing client in Windows 27
installing in Linux 30, 31
installing in Windows 27
installing remote access in Linux 30, 31
installing remote access in Windows 27
installing server and agent in Linux 30
installing server and agent in Windows 27
installing the client in Linux 31
installing the server and agent in Linux 31
modifying installation in Linux 32
modifying installation in Windows 28
repairing in Linux 32
repairing in Windows 28
uninstalling in Linux 32
uninstalling in Windows 28
uses 7
VMware Workstation
destination 41
source 38
volume-based cloning 44
volume-based cloning, defined 14
volume, supported types 14
W
Windows services, shut down 49
Windows XP, checking Windows Firewall
blocks 25
Windows, Simple File Sharing 25
Workstation
destination 22, 41
source 19
support 19
X
Xen, source 19
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