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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
third-party VM 46
vCenter Server VM 44
Windows powered-on machine 43
server 10
services
on destination 68
on source 69
setting up destination
computer information 63
DNS 65
domain details 66
guest operating system 63
network adapters 65
SID 63
time zone 65
Windows license 64
WINS 65
workgroup 66
setting up SID 80
Simple File Sharing, turning off 29
skip a volume 53
snapshots, limitations 30
source machine
power off 71
uninstall Converter Standalone agent 72
source services, stop 69
specify a disk controller 60
starting
conversion 42
conversion wizard 42
starting the reconfiguration wizard 76
stop source services 69
StorageCraft ShadowProtect, source 23
support 7
supported destination types
ESX host 25
vCenter Server 25
virtual appliances 25
VirtualCenter 25
VMware Fusion 25
VMware Player 25
VMware Server 25
Workstation 25
supported operating systems 21
supported source types
Acronis True Image 23
ESX support 23
Hyper-V 23
Microsoft Virtual PC support 23
Microsoft Virtual Server support 23
Parallels Desktop 23
powered-on machines 23
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 23
Symantec LiveState Recovery 23
vCenter Server 23
Virtual Iron 23
VirtualCenter support 23
VMware Fusion support 23
VMware Server support 23
VMware virtual machines 23
Workstation support 23
Xen 23
Symantec LiveState Recovery, source 23
synchronizing source with destination 70
sysprep 29
system images, converting existing 18
system reconfiguration 11
system requirements
installation space requirements 22
supported operating systems 21
TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 27
Windows operating systems 28
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task manager
adding tasks 86
canceling tasks 86, 87
checking tasks progress 88
combined filtering 90
deleting tasks 87
editing tasks 87
filtering by multiple criteria 90
filtering tasks by history 89
filtering tasks by status 90
number of concurrent tasks 86
viewing task progress 88
tasks, adding to list 86
tasks, editing 86
tasks, filtering 89
tasks, managing 85
tasks, submitting configuration 83
TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 27
thin-provisioned destination disks 10
thin-provisioned disk 56
third-party VM, source 46
throttling conversion tasks 72
time zone configuration 81
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uninstall Converter Standalone agent 72
uninstalling 33
uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone, in Windows 38
updated information 5
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