Specifications

Basic System Administration
136 VMware, Inc.
To initiate the conversion process
1IntheAnalysistab,selectthesystemsyouwanttoconsolidateandclickPlan
Consolidation.
Adialogboxisdisplayed.
2 Selectasystem.
3OptionallychangethenamedisplayedinthePhysicalComputercolumnby
double‐clickingitandenteringanewname.Yourentrywillbeusedasthename
for
theresultantvirtualmachine.
4Optionallychangedestinations,ifalternativedestinationsareavailable,by
clickingintheDestinationscolumnandselectingfromthedrop‐downmenu.
ThenumberofstarsdisplayedintheDestinationRatingcolumnindicatethe
degreetowhichthehostsystemcancomfortablyaccommodatetheestimated
resourceneedsof
theresultantvirtualmachine.
5ClickConsolidate.
Aconversiontaskisinstantiated.YoucanviewtaskprogressintheRecentTasks
pane.YouviewadditionalinformationaboutthetaskintheTaskstab.See
“ViewingConsolidationTasks”onpage 136.
About Disk Resizing
Duringtheconversionprocess,physicaldisksaretypicallyresizedtoconservespaceon
thedatastorewhileprovidingroomforgrowthontheresultantvirtualdisk.The
followingformulaisusedtoresizeconverteddisks:
amount of space used on physical disk * 1.25 = resultant virtual disk size
Virtualdiskscannotbesmallerthan4GB.
Viewing Consolidation Tasks
Ataskiscreatedforeachsystembeingconverted.Recenttasksaredisplayedinthe
RecentTaskspane.TheTaskstablistsallconsolidationtasks.Youcanviewdetailed
informationaboutataskbyselectingit.Informationabouteventsrelatedtotheselected
taskaredisplayedintheTaskDetailspane.

Youcanfilterthelistoftasksbyenteringcriteriainthesearchfieldandselectingany
combinationofthefollowing:
 Name
 Target