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Table Of Contents
- User's Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- 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
- Distribute Disks over Several Datastores
- Distribute Volumes over Several Datastores
- Create or Delete a Target Disk
- Move a Source Volume to a Target Virtual Disk
- Modify the Settings in the Source Volumes List
- Change the Target Datastore for a Destination Virtual Disk
- Create a Thin Provisioned Disk
- Create a Linked Clone
- 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 the Helper Virtual Machine
- Customize a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine
- Customize a Standalone or Workstation Virtual Machine
- Customize a Virtual Appliance
- Configure the Product Properties of an Exported Virtual Appliance
- View the Summary of a Conversion Task
- Convert a Machine
- Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
- Configure a Virtual Machine
- Save Sysprep Files
- Select a Source to Configure
- Select the Options to Configure
- Customize a Virtual Machine’s Guest Operating System
- Edit the Computer Information of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Enter the Windows License Information of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Set the Time Zone of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Set Up the Network Adapters of a Configured Virtual Machine
- Assign a Workgroup or Domain Details of a Configured Virtual Machine
- View the Summary of a Configuration Task
- Configure a Virtual Machine
- Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks
- Glossary
- Index
Table 2-7. Changes to Hardware Information Because of Conversion (Continued)
Affected Area Behavior
Serial port Defaults to the physical serial port on destination host machine.
Parallel port Defaults to the physical parallel port on destination host machine.
When you restore images, the Converter Standalone GUI does not preserve certain other virtual machine
properties from the original image, but substitutes default settings. Table 2-8 shows the affected areas.
Table 2-8. Changes to Properties Because of Conversion
Affected Area Behavior
UUID The virtual machine’s BIOS and location, identified by uuid.bios and uuid.location, are not
preserved. The destination host machine regenerates the BIOS and location.
Disk resource allocation Defaults to the values available on the host when the virtual machine is created.
Information Not Preserved for Hosted Product Destinations
When you import a VCB image to a hosted product destination (Workstation, for example), Converter
Standalone cannot guarantee that virtual machine properties can be preserved. This behavior is because
Converter Standalone handles this importation as a normal migration, not a restore.
For more information about VCB images, see the Virtual Machine Backup Guide.
How Conversion Affects the Source Settings When They Are Applied to
the Destination
The VMware virtual machine that Converter Standalone creates contains an exact copy of the disk state from
the source physical machine, virtual machine, or system image. Some hardware-dependent drivers and
sometimes the mapped drive letters are not included in the copy.
The following settings from the source computer remain identical:
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Operating system configuration (computer name, security ID, user accounts, profiles, preferences, and so
on)
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Applications and data files
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Each disk partition volume serial number
Because the target and the source virtual machines or system images have the same identities (name, SID, and
so on), running both machines on the same network can result in conflicts. To redeploy the source virtual
machine or system image, ensure that you do not run the source and target images or virtual machines on the
same network at the same time.
For example, if you use Converter Standalone to test the viability of running a Virtual PC virtual machine as
a VMware virtual machine without first decommissioning the original Virtual PC machine, you must resolve
the duplicate ID problem. To resolve this problem, use the optional View/Edit step in the Conversion wizard.
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