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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.
Table 1-5 contains hardware changes that might occur after virtual machine migration.
Table 1-5. Hardware Changes After Virtual Machine Migration
Hardware Behavior
CPU model and serial numbers Might change after migration if they are activated. They correspond to the physical
computer hosting the VMware virtual machine.
Ethernet adapters Might change (AMD PCNet or VMXnet) and have a different MAC address. The
IP address of each interface must be individually reconfigured.
Graphics cards Might change after migration (VMware SVGA card).
Disks and partitions The number of disks and partitions might change if you rearrange volumes during
the cloning process. Each disk device might have a different model and different
manufacturer strings.
Primary disk controllers Might differ from the source machine.
Applications might not work if they depend on devices that are not available within a virtual machine.
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