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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
Limit the Amount of Resources Used by the Conversion Task
A conversion task competes for computing resources with other processes. To limit the impact of the conversion
task on other workloads, you can throttle the task. If you do not throttle conversion tasks, they are carried out
with normal priority and depending on the available computing resources during conversion.
A powered-on source machine runs its own conversion task. You can limit the impact of the conversion task
on other workloads running on the powered-on machine.
For source machines that are not powered-on, you can limit the resources used on the machine where Converter
Standalone server is installed.
Throttling controls the CPU and network resources that the conversion process uses. You cannot throttle disk
I/O from the Converter Standalone interface, but can throttle it indirectly by throttling the network bandwidth.
NOTE You cannot throttle conversion tasks for powered-on source machines that run Linux.
Procedure
1 On the Options page, select Throttling from the options list.
2 From the CPU throttling drop-down menu, select the priority of the conversion task.
Option Description
None
The priority of the current conversion task is set to normal.
Light
The priority of the current conversion task is reduced slightly below normal.
Medium
The priority of the current conversion task is set to lowest.
NOTE Converter Standalone reduces the thread priorities of conversion tasks to control the CPU resources
they consume.
3 (Optional) Select Network bandwidth throttling and specify the maximum network bandwidth at which
Converter Standalone performs the conversion task.
4 Save your settings.
Option Description
Select another option from the
options list
Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
Click Next
Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard.
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The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest
preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
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The Summary page is displayed if you do not select Customize guest
preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Uninstall Converter Standalone Agent from the Source Machine
When setting up a conversion task for a powered-on Windows source or a Hyper-V Server virtual machine,
you can choose how you want to remove the Converter Standalone agent from the source after the conversion.
By default, the Converter Standalone agent is uninstalled automatically, but you can choose to uninstall it
manually.
Use Add or Remove Programs on the source machine to uninstall the Converter Standalone agent.
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