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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
powered-on machine conversion limitations 22
powered-on machine, source 41, 42
progress viewing 89
R
reconfiguring, starting the Wizard 74
remote Converter Standalone server 37
repairing 35
S
screen resolution requirements 21
selecting configuration sources
VMware Desktop VMs 76
VMware Infrastructure VMs 75
selecting sources
ESX virtual machine 42
hosted virtual machine 44
Hyper-V Server VM 45
Linux powered-on machine 42
powered-on machine 41
third-party VM 44
vCenter Server VM 42
Windows powered-on machine 41
server 8
services
on destination 67
on source 68
setting up destination
computer information 62
DNS 64
domain details 65
guest operating system 62
network adapters 64
SID 62
time zone 64
Windows license 63
WINS 64
workgroup 65
setting up SID 78
Simple File Sharing, turning off 28
skip a volume 51
snapshots, limitations 29
source machine
power off 69
uninstall Converter Standalone agent 71
source services, stop 68
specify a disk controller 59
starting
conversion 40
conversion wizard 40
starting the reconfiguration wizard 74
stop source services 68
StorageCraft ShadowProtect, source 21
support 5
supported destination types
ESX host 23
vCenter Server 23
virtual appliances 23
VirtualCenter 23
VMware Fusion 23
VMware Player 23
VMware Server 23
Workstation 23
supported operating systems 19
supported source types
Acronis True Image 21
ESX support 21
Hyper-V 21
Microsoft Virtual PC support 21
Microsoft Virtual Server support 21
Parallels Desktop 21
powered-on machines 21
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 21
Symantec LiveState Recovery 21
vCenter Server 21
Virtual Iron 21
VirtualCenter support 21
VMware Fusion support 21
VMware Server support 21
VMware virtual machines 21
Workstation support 21
Xen 21
switch to jobs view 84, 88
Symantec LiveState Recovery, source 21
synchronize conversion 86
synchronizing source with destination 68
sysprep 28
system images, converting existing 16
system reconfiguration 8
system requirements
installation space requirements 20
supported operating systems 19
TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 26
Windows operating systems 27
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task manager
canceling tasks 88
combined filtering 89
filtering by multiple criteria 89
filtering tasks by history 88
filtering tasks by status 89
number of concurrent tasks 87
viewing task progress 89
tasks, filtering 88
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