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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems
- Installation Space Requirements
- Screen Resolution Requirements
- Supported Source Types
- Supported Destination Types
- Restoring VCB Images in Converter Standalone
- Configuring Permissions for vCenter 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
- Change a Volume Cluster Size
- 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
- Set Up a Virtual Disk as a Logical-Volume Group Container
- 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 Process
- Copy All Disks to the Destination
- Create an Optimized Partition Layout
- Create a Linked Clone
- Edit the Number of Processor Sockets and Cores
- 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 Job
- 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 Job
- Uninstall Converter Standalone Agent from the Source Machine
- Review the Summary and Submit the Conversion Job
- 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 Job
- Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks
- Index
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. For Windows Vista, if you
are performing volume-based file-level cloning, System Restore checkpoints are removed automatically from
the destination virtual machine, regardless of whether the Remove System Restore checkpoints on
destination check box is selected or deselected. If you are performing disk-based cloning or volume-based
block-level cloning, deselecting the check box instructs Converter Standalone to keep the System Restore
checkpoints in the destination virtual machine.
Removing System Restore checkpoints prevents the target machine from reverting to a preconversion state.
In the target virtual machine, restoring a checkpoint that was created before you cloned the source machine
can damage the system and prevent the destination virtual machine from starting up.
Prerequisites
On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options in the options list.
Procedure
1 Click the Post-conversion tab.
2 In the Post-conversion processing section, select the Remove System Restore checkpoints on
destination check box.
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.
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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.
Configure the Conversion Job
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.
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Set the Startup Mode for Destination Services on page 67
To minimize downtime for a Windows service, you can select the service and have it start automatically
on the destination virtual machine. You can also prevent Windows services from automatically starting
on the destination machine.
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Stop Services Running on the Source Machine on page 68
You can make sure that you do not lose data from services running on the source machine. You can select
the services that you want to stop before Converter Standalone synchronizes the data between the source
and destination machine. As a result, the services do not generate data while source and destination
machines are synchronized.
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