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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
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
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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.
Customize guest preferences for the
virtual machine
Allows you to customize Windows XP or later guest operating systems so
that the virtual machine is prepared to work in the destination environment.
Remove System Restore
checkpoints on destination
Removes System Restore checkpoints from the destination virtual machine.
Reconfigure destination virtual
machine
Updates the drivers on the virtual machine so that it is bootable in a virtual
environment.
What to do next
On the basis of the configuration options you selected, you can either customize the guest operating system of
the source virtual machine or view the Summary page of the Configuration wizard.
Install VMware Tools on a Virtual Machine
Install VMware Tools to improve graphics performance for the guest operating system of a configured virtual
machine. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of the mouse pointer, copying and pasting
between guest and host, improved mouse performance, and so on.
Install VMware Tools on the virtual machine you are configuring.
Procedure
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On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Install VMware Tools on the destination virtual
machine and click Next.
vCenter Converter Standalone installs VMware Tools on the configured virtual machine.
What to do next
Depending on the configuration options you selected, you can either customize the guest operating system or
view the Summary page of the Configuration wizard.
Customize the Windows Guest Operating System
As a part of the configuration job, you can customize virtual machines running Windows XP or later.
Prerequisites
Save the Sysprep files to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone\sysprep on the machine that runs vCenter Converter server. For more details on the Sysprep files
location for different operating systems, see Save Sysprep Files.
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.
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