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Contents About This Book 5 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 7 Migration with Converter Standalone 7 Converter Standalone Components 8 Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines 8 Types of Data Cloning Operations 13 Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images 16 System Settings Affected by Conversion 16 Changes to Virtual Hardware 17 2 System Requirements 19 Supported Operating Systems 19 Installation Space Requirements 20 Screen Resolution R
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 5 Configure Virtual Machines 73 Save Sysprep Files 73 Start the Configuration Wizard 74 Select a Source Machine to Configure 74 Select the Options to Configure 77 Review and Submit the Configuration Job 81 6 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 83 Manage Jobs in the Job List 83 Manage Tasks in the Task List 87 Verify Jobs and Tasks Progress and the Log Files 89 Index 91 4 VMware, Inc.
About This Book The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide provides information about installing and using ® VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0.
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Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 1 ® VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a scalable solution to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server environment. Converter Standalone eases the exchange of virtual machines among the following products. n VMware hosted products can be both conversion sources and conversion destinations.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Import virtual machines hosted by VMware Workstation or Microsoft Hyper-V Server to ESX/ESXi hosts that vCenter Server manages. n Import third-party backup or disk images to ESX/ESXi hosts that vCenter Server manages. n Export virtual machines managed by vCenter Server hosts to other VMware virtual machine formats. n Create VMware virtual machines from VCB images.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone If you plan to run an imported virtual machine on the same network as the source physical machine, you must modify the network name and IP address on one of the machines, so that the physical and virtual machines can coexist. Besides, you must make sure that the Windows source machine and the destination virtual machine have different computer names. NOTE You cannot move original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licenses between physical machines.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 1-1. Hot and Cold Cloning Comparison Hot Cloning with Converter Standalone 4.3 and 5.x Cold Cloning with Converter Enterprise 4.1.x Licensing No license required with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3 and 5.x. License file required for Enterprise features of VMware Converter Enterprise. Required installation Full Converter Standalone installation is required.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone vCenter Converter Standalone running on Windows machine source destination powered-on physical machine ESX/ESXi network agent source volumes snapshot 2 Converter Standalone prepares the virtual machine on the destination machine. Converter Standalone creates a virtual machine on the destination machine and the agent copies volumes from the source machine to the destination machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Remote Hot Cloning of Physical Machine Sources That Are Running Linux The conversion process of physical machines that are running Linux operating systems differs from that of Windows machines. In Windows conversions, the Converter Standalone agent is installed on the source machine and the source information is pushed to the destination. In Linux conversions, no agent is deployed on the source machine.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4 Converter Standalone shuts down the helper virtual machine. The conversion process is complete. You can configure Converter Standalone to power on the newly created virtual machine after the conversion is complete. Prepare for Cold Cloning Because Converter Standalone 4.3 and later do not support cold cloning, you must use the Boot CD of an earlier vCenter Converter edition.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Volume-Based Cloning During volume-based cloning, volumes from the source machine are copied to the destination machine. Converter Standalone supports volume-based cloning for hot and cold cloning, and during the import of existing virtual machines. During volume-based cloning, all volumes in the destination virtual machine are converted to basic volumes, regardless of their type in the corresponding source volume.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone A linked clone is a copy of a virtual machine that shares virtual disks with the parent virtual machine in an ongoing manner. A linked clone is a fast way to convert and run a new virtual machine. You can create a linked clone from the current state, or snapshot, of a powered-off virtual machine. This practice conserves disk space and allows multiple virtual machines to use the same software installation.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images With Converter Standalone, you can convert virtual machines and system images, and configure VMware virtual machines. Converting virtual machines You can convert VMware virtual machines from and to Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, ESX, ESXi Embedded, ESXi Installable, and VMware Server.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Changes to Virtual Hardware After conversion, most applications function correctly on the VMware virtual machine because their configuration and data files have the same location as on the source virtual machine. However, applications might not work if they depend on specific characteristics of the underlying hardware, such as the serial number or the device manufacturer.
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2 System Requirements You must consider the compatibilities and the interoperabilities among the systems on which and with which the Converter Standalone components work.
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2-2. Installation Space Requirements Installation Component Disk Space Required Disk Space Requirement for Decompressed Files Installation file 100MB 100MB vCenter Converter client 25MB 25MB vCenter Converter server 120MB 300MB vCenter Converter agent 25MB 100MB Screen Resolution Requirements To display wizards properly, Converter Standalone requires a screen resolution of at least 1024x768 pixels.
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Certain limitations are applicable when you convert Linux virtual machine sources. n Only disk-based cloning is supported for Linux guest operating systems. n Configuration or customization is not supported for Linux guest operating systems. n Installing VMware Tools is not supported on Linux guest operating systems.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2-5. Supported Destinations Destination Type Supported Versions VMware vCenter virtual machines Managed destinations n n n VMware hosted virtual machines ESX Server 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 ESXi 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0 vCenter Server 2.5, 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0 Hosted destinations n VMware Workstation 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, and 8.x n VMware Fusion 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x n VMware Player 2.x, and 3.0 n VMware Server 2.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2-7. 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.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n All destinations supported in Converter Standalone Along with the higher security level and much larger address space, IPv6 brings about some compatibility tasks that have not been resolved yet. For example, IPv4-only nodes cannot communicate directly with IPv6 nodes and need additional routing. This makes the end-to-end support of mixed IPv4 and IPv6 environments precarious.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2-9. Ports Required During Linux P2V (Continued) Communication Paths TCP Ports Notes Converter Standalone server to vCenter Server 443 Required only if the conversion destination is a vCenter Server. Converter Standalone server to ESX/ESXi 443, 902, 903 If the conversion destination is a vCenter Server, only ports 902 and 903 are required.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Ensure that Windows Firewall Does Not Block File and Printer Sharing If Converter Standalone fails to connect to a remote Windows XP machine and issues a bad username/password error message, ensure that file and printer sharing is not blocked by Windows Firewall. Procedure 1 Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. 2 In the Security Settings list on the left, select Local Policies > Security Options.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Procedure u Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system to the specified location on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. Option Description Windows Server 2003 (32bit) The Sysprep files Location for Windows: %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\svr2003 Windows Server 2003 (64bit) The Sysprep files Location for Windows: %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Conv
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2-11. VSS Snapshotting Limitations (Continued) 30 VSS Limitations Error Messages Workarounds If the space in the VSS snapshot storage area is not enough for VSS to create a snapshot, the conversion fails. Failed to create VSS snapshot of source volume. Error code: 2147754783(0x8004231F) Clean up the source volumes, especially the system volume and all NTFS volumes, and try to convert the source again.
Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 3 You can install Converter Standalone on a physical or a virtual machine. You can also modify or repair a Converter Standalone installation. The Local setup installs the Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone agent, and Converter Standalone client for local use.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites Make sure your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Make sure that you have Administrator privileges. 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 5.0. If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone agent.
Chapter 3 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone Procedure 1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site. 2 Navigate to the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded and double-click the VMwareconverter-5.x.x-.exe file, where is the number of the build. 3 In the Choose Setup Language dialog box, select the language for the install process and click OK.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows You can install Converter Standalone from the MS-DOS command prompt or by writing a Windows batch file (.bat) to automate the installation process. Prerequisites Make sure your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Make sure that you have Administrator privileges. If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.
Chapter 3 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone Table 3-1. Command-Line Options (Continued) Option Action 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.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 5 (Optional) If you decided to install Remote access or Converter Standalone agent, modify the Web service ports on the Port Settings page. n Type the HTTPS port service number. n Type the HTTP port service number. n Type the Agent port service number. 6 On the Ready to Modify page, click Install.
Chapter 3 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows You can uninstall Converter Standalone by using the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs utility from the Control Panel or by using the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone installer wizard. Prerequisites Make sure that you have Administrator privileges. Close the Converter Standalone application before you start the installer wizard.
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Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 4 You can create a conversion job to convert a physical or virtual machine to a variety of destinations. You can convert physical machines, VMware virtual machines, third-party backup images and virtual machines, and Hyper-V Server virtual machines into VMware standalone virtual machines or virtual machines that vCenter Server manages. The approach you take for creating the conversion job is determined by the type of source and the type of destination that you select.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 6 Configure the Conversion Job on page 66 You can configure the conversion process and select the behavior of the source and destination machine during and after conversion. You can change the status of the source and destination services only when the source machine is running a Windows operating system.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Select a Powered-On Windows Machine to Convert You can select a running (powered-on) Windows machine to convert. The source machine can be physical or virtual. Prerequisites Before you continue, you must prepare the source Windows machine for conversion. n Make sure that the Windows version installed on the powered-on machine is supported. For a list of supported operating systems, see “Supported Operating Systems,” on page 19.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Select a Powered-On Linux Machine to Convert You can select a powered-on Linux machine to convert. The source machine can be a physical or virtual machine. You can convert powered-on machines that run Linux only if GRUB is installed as the boot loader on the source. LILO boot loader is not supported. Prerequisites Before you continue, you must prepare the source machine for conversion. n Enable SSH on the source Linux machine.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Provide the IP address or host name and credentials for authentication with the ESX host or the vCenter Server, and click Next. The Source Machine page appears, displaying the host name or IP address and the inventory of the ESX host or the vCenter Server. What to do next On the Source Machine page of the Conversion wizard, you can browse the virtual infrastructure inventory and select the virtual machine to convert.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert You can convert a virtual machine created or used in a VMware hosted product, such as VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Fusion, and VMware Server. Prerequisites Verify that your source machine is a supported VMware Desktop products virtual machine “Supported Source Types,” on page 21.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 3 Locate the source backup image or virtual machine file. n If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, provide a valid network path to the source backup image or virtual machine file in the Virtual machine file text box. For example, \\server\backup_images\backup_image.pvs. n If you are connected to a local Converter Standalone server, provide a network path or a local path to the source backup image or virtual machine file.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 On the Source Machine page, select the virtual machine you want to convert. You can search for virtual machines in the inventory by typing one or more letters of their names in the Search for name with text box. You can clear your search by clicking Clear. NOTE You can select only powered-off virtual machines. To convert a running machine, select a poweredon machine.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Prerequisites On the Destination System page of the Conversion wizard, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine as the destination type. Procedure 1 On the Destination Virtual Machine page, select the datacenter to accommodate the destination virtual machine. If you use folders in your virtual environment to manage groups of virtual machines, you can select a folder to accommodate the destination virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 4 (Optional) From the Virtual machine version drop-down menu, select the virtual hardware version for the destination virtual machine. Option Description Version 4 Select if the destination host is running ESX 3.x. Version 7 Select if the destination host is running ESX 4.x or later. Version 8 Select if the destination host is running ESX 5.x or later. Click Next to proceed to the Options page.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine You can configure the virtual hardware resources that the destination virtual machine uses. n Organize the Data to Copy on the Destination Machine on page 49 Depending on the selected source and destination, you can either created linked clones, or select between disk-based and volume-based cloning modes.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u In the Data to copy pane, select a copy mode from the Data copy type drop-down menu. Option Description Copy all disks and maintain layout Results in disk-based cloning. You can preserve the source disk layout in the destination virtual machine. This option is not available for physical machine sources. Select volumes to copy Results in volume-based cloning. Volume-based cloning is performed at file or block level.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Change a Volume Cluster Size To enhance performance and storage space, you can change the volume cluster size before the conversion. Modifying the cluster size changes the cloning mode from block level to file level. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Ensure that the source is a Windows machine. Procedure 1 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 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. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 3 Select a volume from the list and click Add disk. A new virtual disk appears in the Destination layout column. 4 Select a source volume and use the Move up and Move down buttons to accommodate the volume in the new virtual disk. If you leave the new virtual disk empty, Converter Standalone does not create the new virtual disk on the destination virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 5 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. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 3 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. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure n n Use disk-based cloning to create an expandable disk. a From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Copy all disks and maintain layout. b From the Type drop-down menu, select Not pre-allocated. c To apply your settings, select another option from the options list or click Next. Use volume-based cloning to create an expandable disk. a From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy and click Advanced.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Copy All Disks to the Destination To preserve the source disks on the destination virtual machine, you can copy all disks to the destination. Disk-based cloning is not available for powered-on machine sources. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure 1 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Copy all disks and maintain layout.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Create a Linked Clone A linked clone is a VMware virtual machine that shares the virtual disk of the source virtual machine or system image. Linked clones are useful for checking the compatibility of non-VMware images, such as .sv2i and .vmc files. You can create linked clones only when you convert a virtual machine or other image source to a hosted destination. You cannot create linked clones from Parallels source images.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 From the Number of virtual sockets drop-down menu on the CPU Settings panel, select the number of virtual sockets for the destination virtual machine. 3 From theNumber of cores per socket drop-down menu on the CPU Settings panel, select the number of cores per socket for the destination virtual machine. 4 Save your settings.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 Click the Other tab. 2 From the Disk controller drop-down menu, select a disk controller for the destination virtual disk. 3 Option Description SCSI Bus Logic Use SCSI virtual disks in the destination virtual machine. IDE Use IDE virtual disks in the destination virtual machine. LSI Logic Use LSI Logic SCSI virtual disks in the destination virtual machine.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 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. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Install VMware Tools on the Destination Virtual Machine on page 65 When converting Windows source machines, you can install VMware Tools to improve graphics performance of the guest operating system. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of the mouse pointer, copy and paste operations between guest and host, and improved mouse performance.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Customize the guest operating system identity. a In the Computer Name text box, specify a computer name to identify the virtual machine on the network. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and the hyphen (-). The underscore (_) is nonstandard, but Converter Standalone permits it. The recommended length for most languages is 15 characters or less. Computer names cannot consist only of numerals.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Set the Time Zone for the Destination Virtual Machine You can set the time zone if you are converting a virtual machine to use in a different time zone. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options, click the Post-conversion tab, and select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine. Click Next to view and adjust the available customization options.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Assign a Workgroup or Domain Details You can set up the workgroup and the domain in which the destination virtual machine belongs. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options, click the Post-conversion tab, and select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine. Click Next to view and adjust the available customization options.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Remove System Restore Checkpoints When you convert source machines running Windows XP or later, you can remove System Restore checkpoints so that the conversion process is faster. System Restore is enabled on Windows Vista and Windows XP systems by default.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine n Synchronize the Destination Machine with Changes Made to the Source Machine on page 68 When you convert a powered-on Windows machine, Converter Standalone copies data from the source machine to the destination machine while the source machine is still running and generating changes. This process is the first transfer of data. You can transfer data for the second time by copying only the changes made during the first transfer of data.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 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. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Prerequisites Stop various source services to make sure they do not generate additional changes during the synchronization, as that might lead to data loss. On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options in the options list. Procedure 1 Click the Synchronize tab. 2 Select Synchronize changes. 3 Specify when you want to perform the synchronization.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 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. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 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.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 Review the summary of the job. 2 Click Finish to submit the job. Converter Standalone validates the job parameters. This might take several minutes. If the validation succeeds, the conversion job appears in the Job View list in the main application window. You can find information about the tasks of the job in the Task View. If the validation fails, you must click Back and correct the invalid parameters as prompted. 72 VMware, Inc.
Configure Virtual Machines 5 You might need to configure a virtual machine after you convert it so that it is ready to start in the destination virtual environment. You might also need to configure virtual machines if their virtual environment changes or if you need to improve their performance. NOTE You can configure only virtual machines that run Windows XP or later. You cannot configure virtual machines that run operating systems other than Windows.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system to the specified location on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. Option Description Windows Server 2003 (32bit) The Sysprep files Location for Windows: %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\svr2003 Windows Server 2003 (64bit) The Sysprep files Location for Windows: %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\
Chapter 5 Configure Virtual Machines Select a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine to Configure If the system you want to configure is a virtual machine that runs on an ESX host or on an ESX host managed by vCenter Server, you must select a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine as the source type. Prerequisites Power off the source machine before the configuration. In the main application window of Converter Standalone, click Configure Machine to open the Configuration wizard.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 From the virtual machines list, select the virtual machine you want to configure. You can search for virtual machines in the VM list by typing one or more letters of their names in the Search for name with text box. You can clear your search by clicking Clear.
Chapter 5 Configure Virtual Machines Select the Options to Configure When you create a configuration job, you can select the steps of the configuration process that you want to run. Procedure u On the Options page, select one or more configuration steps to perform and click Next. Option Description Install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine Installs VMware Tools to enhance the performance of the destination virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Customize the Identity of a Virtual Machine on page 78 To configure the identity of a virtual machine on a virtual network, personalize the virtual machine by editing its name, owner, and organization name, and by generating a new security ID. n Specify the Windows License Information on page 79 Ensure that you enter licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary.
Chapter 5 Configure Virtual Machines Specify the Windows License Information Ensure that you enter licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine and click Next to view and adjust the available customization options. Procedure 1 On the Customizations page, select Windows license from the options list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine and click Next to view and adjust the available customization options. Procedure 1 On the Customizations page, select Network interface settings from the options list. 2 Select a network adapter and click Customize to configure its properties. a On the General tab, type the IPv4 address and DNS server address.
Chapter 5 Configure Virtual Machines Remove System Restore Checkpoints Remove the System Restore checkpoints of newly imported source machines to prevent them from reverting to a preconversion state. For other configuration source machines, removing System Restore checkpoints helps you save disk space by deleting unnecesary data. Procedure u On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Remove System Restore checkpoints on the destination and click Next.
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Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 6 Converter Standalone provides a manager for managing conversion and configuration jobs and tasks. After you create a conversion or configuration job by using the Converter Standalone wizards, you can use the Task View and the Job View of the Converter Standalone manager to monitor and manage the existing jobs and their tasks. Scheduled synchronized conversion jobs can contain multiple tasks.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Filter the Jobs in the Jobs List on page 85 You can select the jobs that you want the job list to display by filtering them. n Add a Synchronization Task to a Conversion Job on page 86 You can add a synchronization task to an active conversion job and modify the synchronization settings in the Conversion wizard. Add a Job to the Job List Converter Standalone allows you to create and run conversion and configuration jobs.
Chapter 6 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Delete a Job You can delete a job and all its tasks. Prerequisites You can delete only deactivated jobs. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 From the job list, select the job you want to delete. 3 From the main menu, select Job > Delete. The job is removed from the job list, and all the tasks of the job are removed from the task list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 On the main menu, click View > History Filter and select a level of filtering. Only jobs that correspond to selected filtering level remain in the job list. Filter Jobs by Status You can filter the job list to display jobs based on their status: Active, Inactive, and All. By default, the job list displays only active jobs. Active jobs include all running, scheduled, and not scheduled jobs.
Chapter 6 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Manage Tasks in the Task List The Task View of the Converter Standalone manager provides a list of all tasks that are submitted. You can use the main application menus to control the way tasks appear in the task list and to edit them. Prerequisites You must submit a conversion or configuration job to view its tasks in the task list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide View the Job to Which a Task Belongs You can switch from Task View to Job View to view and edit the job to which a selected task belongs. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks. 2 From the task list, select a task. 3 On the main menu, select Task > Go to job. The Converter Standalone manager switches to Job View.
Chapter 6 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 2 On the main menu, click View > History Filter and select a level of filtering. Only tasks that correspond to the selected filtering level remain in the task list. Filter Tasks by Status You can change which tasks appear in the task list based on their running status. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks. 2 On the main menu, select View > Filter by. 3 Select a level of display from the drop-down menu.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks. 2 Select the row in the task list for the task to view. The information for that task appears in the Details pane below the tasks list. 3 Click the Task progress tab to view the task status and log highlights. Export the Log Files for Jobs You can review the log files for information about the jobs, or send a copy of log files to VMware technical support.
Index A Acronis True Image, source 21 add a disk 52 adding jobs 84 advanced customization guest operating system 62 installing VMware Tools 65 removing system restore checkpoints 66 synchronizing source and destination 68 agent 8 allocate memory 59 audience 5 C changing the number of tasks displayed 88, 89 client 8 cloning cold, defined 9 disk based 13 disk-based cloning 14 full clones 14 hot, defined 9 linked clones 14 volume based 13 volume-based cloning 14 cloning modes 13 cold cloning boot CD 13 defin
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide modifying installation in Windows 35 repairing in Windows 36 converting existing system images 16 existing virtual machines 16 converting machines 39 converting, powered-on machines 68 copy all disks 57 copy disks or volumes copy all disks 57 create an expandable disk on a hosted destination 55 create an expandable disk on a managed destination 55 delete a disk 56 move a disk to a different datastore 54 move a volume to a different datastore 52 move a volume
Index time zone 79 Windows license 79 WINS 79 workgroup 80 guest operating system customization computer information 62 DNS 64 network adapters 64 SID 62 time zone 64 Windows license 63 WINS 64 workgroup and domain page 65 guest operating system, configuration 77 guest operating system, customization 62 guest operating system, customizing 62 GUID Partition Table (GPT) disks 14 H Helper VM 61 hosted destinations converting to 48 Fusion 48 VMware Server 48 Workstation 48 hosted VM, source 44 hot cloning def
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide powered-on machine conversion limitations 22 powered-on machine, source 41, 42 progress viewing 89 R reconfiguring, starting the Wizard 74 remote Converter Standalone server 37 repairing 35 S screen resolution requirements 21 selecting configuration sources VMware Desktop VMs 76 VMware Infrastructure VMs 75 selecting sources ESX virtual machine 42 hosted virtual machine 44 Hyper-V Server VM 45 Linux powered-on machine 42 powered-on machine 41 third-party V
Index tasks, managing 87 tasks, submitting configuration 81 TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 26 thin-provisioned destination disks 7 thin-provisioned disk 55 third-party VM, source 44 throttling conversion tasks 70 time zone configuration 79 U uninstall Converter Standalone agent 71 uninstalling 31 uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, in Windows 37 V VCB, See VMware Consolidated Backup vCenter Converter migration with 7 tasks 7 vCenter permissions 25 vCenter Server, destination 23 vCenter Se
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