Reference Guide

vConverter v4.1 Chapter 1 Introduction 14
Term or
Acronym
Definition
HAL Hardware Abstraction Layer
Host A physical ESX Server that runs VMs.
iSCSI Small Computer System Interface
I/O Input/Output
IRLT Interactive Remote Launch Tool—Use to run an executable on a
remote Windows system.
IP address Internet Protocol (address)
LAN Local Area Network
Licensing
Service
A vConverter unit that maintains license and time restriction
information as well as a list of systems to convert. Must be run on a
physical machine.
LUN Logical Unit Number
MAC address Media Access Control (address)
MAPI Messaging Application Programming Interface
MB Megabyte
Mb Megabit
Migration Tool Runs on the client machine. Updates the Windows registry on the
mounted file system to ensure that the system is bootable and
functioning after moving to the target virtual platform. In post-
conversion, installs VMware Tools for the target; runs scripts in the
migrated system at first boot; and uninstalls software from the
migrated system.
MS VSS Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service makes remote API call
communication possible. Works to freeze and thaw application writes
during conversions.
NIC Network Interface Card
NTFS New Technology File System
OS Operating System
P2V Physical to Virtual
PXE Preboot Execution Environment—Delivers boot image files to
remote systems via TFTP.
PXE Service Uses the network to transfer the Vista PE image to targets.
RAM Random Access Memory