Reference Guide
vConverter v4.1 Table of Contents i
1BTable of Contents
0H1INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................192H1
1HVirtualizationandVMwareOverview....................................................................................................193H2
2HvConverterOverview.............................................................................................................................194H3
3HRemoteColdCloning.................................................................................................................................195H4
4HContinuousProtection...............................................................................................................................196H4
5HSynchronizedCutover................................................................................................................................197H4
6HDifferentDestinationsCutover..................................................................................................................198H5
7HRawDeviceMapping.................................................................................................................................199H5
8HVirtualApplianceforVMwareESXi3.5andXenEmbedded.....................................................................200H5
9HUserProfiles...............................................................................................................................................201H5
10HTaskProfiles...............................................................................................................................................202H5
11HFiltering......................................................................................................................................................203H5
12HQuickConvert............................................................................................................................................204H5
13HRight‐sizedVirtualDisks.............................................................................................................................205H6
14HWindowsDiskResizing..............................................................................................................................206H6
15HIPMigration...............................................................................................................................................207H6
16HVMInstallation..........................................................................................................................................208H6
17HEmailNotification......................................................................................................................................209H6
18HWindowsTargetServerAgent...................................................................................................................210H6
19HImport/ExportSettings..............................................................................................................................211H6
20HConversionProcessOverview................................................................................................................212H7
21HHotandColdCloning.................................................................................................................................213H9
22HFile‐basedandBlock‐basedCloning........................................................................................................214H10
23HConversionTypes.....................................................................................................................................215H11
24HUsingthisManual................................................................................................................................216H13
25HTermsandAcronyms...............................................................................................................................217H13
26HvConverterLicensing...........................................................................................................................218H18
27HContactingDell............................................................................................................................... .....219H19
28H2INSTALLATION....................................................................................................................220H32
29HSystemRequirements..........................................................................................................................221H33
30HLocationRequirements............................................................................................................................222H33
31HVirtualizationPlatformCompatibility......................................................................................................223H36
32HHostCompatibility...................................................................................................................................224H36
33HUsewithWindowsFirewall.....................................................................................................................225H37
34HInstallingvConverter...........................................................................................................................226H39
35HUpgradetoNewVersionofvConverter..................................................................................................227H39
36HInstallvConverterandPXE................................................................................................................... 228H39
37HPXEService..........................................................................................................................................229H44