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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems
- Installation Space Requirements
- Supported Source Types
- Supported Destination Types
- Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users
- Support for IPv6 in Converter Standalone
- TCP/IP and UDP Port Requirements for Conversion
- Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems
- Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone
- Perform a Local Installation on Windows
- Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows
- Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows
- Command-Line Options for Windows Installation
- Modify Converter Standalone in Windows
- Repair Converter Standalone in Windows
- Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows
- Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server
- Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine
- Start the Wizard for a Conversion
- Select a Source Machine to Convert
- Select a Powered-On Windows Machine to Convert
- Select a Powered-On Linux Machine to Convert
- Select an ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a Backup Image or a Third-Party Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a Hyper-V Server Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine
- Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine
- Organize the Data to Copy on the Destination Machine
- Resize a Volume
- Exclude a Source Volume from the Conversion Process
- Move a Volume to a Different Virtual Disk
- Select the Destination Datastore for a Source Volume
- Add a Virtual Disk
- Move a Disk to a Different Datastore
- Create an Expandable Disk on a Managed Destination
- Create an Expandable Disk on a Hosted Destination
- Exclude a Source Disk from the Conversion Task
- Copy All Disks to the Destination
- Create a Linked Clone
- Edit the Number of Processors
- Allocate Memory for the Destination Virtual Machine
- Specify a Disk Controller for the Destination Virtual Machine
- Configure the Network Settings of the Destination Virtual Machine
- Configure the Network for the Helper Virtual Machine
- Organize the Data to Copy on the Destination Machine
- Configure the Software on the Destination Virtual Machine
- Configure the Conversion Task
- Set the Startup Mode for Destination Services
- Stop Services Running on the Source Machine
- Synchronize the Destination Machine with Changes Made to the Source Machine
- Power Off the Source Machine After Conversion
- Power On the Destination Virtual Machine After Conversion
- Limit the Amount of Resources Used by the Conversion Task
- Uninstall Converter Standalone Agent from the Source Machine
- Review the Summary and Submit the Conversion Task
- Configure Virtual Machines
- Save Sysprep Files
- Start the Configuration Wizard
- Select a Source Machine to Configure
- Select the Options to Configure
- Review and Submit the Configuration Task
- Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks
- Index
If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x manually
before you install Converter Standalone 4.3.
If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone
agent.
Procedure
1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.
2 In the local directory to which you downloaded the installer, check the number of the build, which is a
part of the installer filename.
3 At the command line, install Converter Standalone silently with the log file written to the temp directory.
VMware-converter-<build>.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=ALL /l*v %TEMP%\vmconvservermsi.log"
For more command-line options, see “Command-Line Options for Windows Installation,” on page 36.
What to do next
You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine
destinations.
Command-Line Options for Windows Installation
You can use the command-line installation options when you install Converter Standalone from the MS-DOS
command prompt in Windows or by writing a Windows batch file (.bat).
For a list of options to perform command-line installation, see Table 3-1.
Table 3-1. Command-Line Options
Option Action
/s
Does not display the Windows Installer version check.
/v"
<params>
"
Passes parameters to the msiexec.exe file.
/qn
Runs the msi command in silent mode.
/qb
Runs the msi command in basic mode.
/qf
Runs the msi command in full mode.
/l*v
<Logfile>
Records login information in the file provided in <Logfile>.
/x
Uninstalls VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
ADDLOCAL="ALL"
Installs full package. The parameter is case-sensitive.
PROPERTY=
<property value>
Sets the value of a property to <property value>.
VMCE_HTTP_PORT
Sets the HTTP port. The default is 80. Remote machines
connect to the server through this port to download the
Converter Standalone client.
VMCE_HTTPS_PORT
Set the HTTPS port. The default is 443. Remote Converter
Standalone clients connect to this port on the server and
submit conversion tasks.
VMCE_AGENT_PORT
Sets an Agent port. The default is 9089. Remote Converter
Standalone servers connect to this port to convert this
machine.
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