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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 4-2. Destination Disk Types
Destination Available Disk Types
VMware Infrastructure virtual machine
Flat
Copies the entire source disk size to the
destination, regardless of its used and
free space.
Thin
For managed destinations that support
thin provisioning, creates an expanding
disk on the destination. For example, if
the source disk size is 10GB, but only 3GB
are used space, the created destination
disk is 3GB but potentially expands to
10GB.
VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine
Pre-
allocated
Copies the entire source disk size to the
destination, regardless of its used and
free space.
Not pre-
allocated
Creates an expanding disk on the
destination. For example, if the source
disk size is 20GB, but only 5GB are used
space, the created destination disk is 5GB
but potentially expands to 20GB. Take
this measurement into account when you
calculate the free disk space on the
destination datastore.
2GB Split
pre-
allocated
Splits the source disk into 2GB sections
on the destination.
2GB Split not
pre-
allocated
Creates 2GB sections on the destination
that include only the real used space on
the source disk. As the destination disk
grows, new 2GB sections are created to
accommodate the new data until the
original source disk size is reached.
Distribute Disks over Several Datastores
For managed destinations, disk-based cloning allows you to copy virtual disks to different datastores within
your virtual environment.
Prerequisites
The destination for the virtual machine must have more than one datastore. The target datastores must be
online and connected when the target virtual machine starts up.
Disk-based cloning is not supported for physical machine sources.
For Linux hosts, you can perform only disk-based cloning.
Procedure
1 On the View/Edit Options page, click Data to copy in the left pane.
2 From the Data to copy drop-down menu, select Copy all disks and maintain layout.
A list of all virtual disks in the source machine appears.
3 In the Disk column, select a source virtual disk.
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