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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
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 jobs.
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 job 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.
If the Converter Standalone agent is installed by the Converter Standalone server, it is uninstalled
automatically. Otherwise, you must uninstall it manually.
Use Add or Remove Programs on the source machine to uninstall the Converter Standalone agent.
Procedure
1 In Windows, run Add or Remove Programs.
2 In the list of installed programs, locate and click VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent.
3 Click Remove.
4 In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Windows installer uninstalls the Converter Standalone agent from the source machine.
Review the Summary and Submit the Conversion Job
On the Summary page, you can view a summary of the conversion job before you add it to the job list.
The summary includes information about the source machine, the destination virtual machine, and destination
customization settings (if any). Converter Standalone performs job validation at this stage.
Prerequisites
You must complete all steps in the Conversion wizard to access the Summary page.
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