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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
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.
Unlike the conversion process, which is nondestructive to the source machine, the configuration process affects
the source. When you create a configuration job, your settings are applied to the configuration source machine
and cannot be reverted.
Procedure
1 Save Sysprep Files on page 73
To customize the guest operating system of a virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows
XP, you must save the Sysprep files to the specified locations on the machine where Converter Standalone
server runs.
2 Start the Configuration Wizard on page 74
You can configure VMware desktop virtual machines or virtual machines managed by ESX hosts or
vCenter Server.
3 Select a Source Machine to Configure on page 74
You can select a powered-off VMware virtual machine as the source for a configuration task.
4 Select the Options to Configure on page 77
When you create a configuration job, you can select the steps of the configuration process that you want
to run.
5 Review and Submit the Configuration Job on page 81
After you review your settings on the Summary page of the Configuration wizard, you can go back and
change a setting or submit the job.
Save Sysprep Files
To customize the guest operating system of a virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP,
you must save the Sysprep files to the specified locations on the machine where Converter Standalone server
runs.
Prerequisites
You must download the Sysprep files that correspond to the operating system of the source machine.
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