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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- Migration with Converter Standalone
- Converter Standalone Components
- Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines
- Types of Data Cloning Operations
- Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images
- System Settings Affected by Conversion
- Changes to Virtual Hardware After Virtual Machine Migration
- System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Firmware Interfaces
- Supported Source Types
- Supported Destination Types
- Supported Source Disk Types
- Supported Destination Disk Types
- Support for IPv6 in Converter Standalone
- Installation Space Requirements
- Screen Resolution Requirements
- Configuring Permissions for vCenter Users
- TCP/IP and UDP Port Requirements for Conversion
- Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems
- Conversion Limitations
- 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 Be Copied 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
- Select 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 Be Copied 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
optimized partition alignment 59
P
Parallels Desktop, source 19
permissions, configuring for vCenter users 24
port requirements 25
power off source machine 72
power on destination machine 73
powered on machine conversion limitations 29
powered on machine, source 43, 44
progress viewing 94
R
reconfiguring, starting the wizard 78
remote Converter Standalone server 39
repairing 37
S
screen resolution requirements 24
selecting configuration sources
VMware Desktop VMs 80
VMware Infrastructure VMs 79
selecting sources
ESX virtual machine 44
hosted virtual machine 46
Hyper-V Server VM 47
Linux powered on machine 44
powered on machine 43
third-party VM 46
vCenter Server VM 44
Windows powered on machine 43
server 10
services
on destination 70
on source 71
setting up destination
computer information 65
DNS 67
domain details 67
guest operating system 64
network adapters 67
SID 65
time zone 66
Windows license 66
WINS 67
workgroup 67
setting up SID 82
Simple File Sharing, turning off 27
skip a volume 53
snapshots, limitations 31
source machine
power off 72
uninstall Converter Standalone agent 74
source services, stop 71
specify a disk controller 62
starting
conversion 42
Conversion wizard 42
starting the Reconfiguration wizard 78
stop source services 71
StorageCraft ShadowProtect, source 19
support 7
supported destination types
ESX host 20
vCenter Server 20
virtual appliances 20
VMware Fusion 20
VMware Player 20
Workstation 20
supported firmware interfaces 18
supported operating systems 17
supported source types
Acronis True Image 19
ESX support 19
Hyper-V 19
Microsoft Virtual PC support 19
Microsoft Virtual Server support 19
Parallels Desktop 19
powered-on machines 19
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 19
Symantec LiveState Recovery 19
vCenter Server 19
VirtualCenter support 19
VMware Fusion support 19
VMware virtual machines 19
Workstation support 19
Xen 19
switch to jobs view 88, 92
Symantec LiveState Recovery, source 19
synchronize conversion 90
synchronizing source with destination 71
sysprep 27
system images, converting existing 15
system reconfiguration 10
system requirements
installation space requirements 23
supported destination disk types 22
supported firmware interfaces 18
supported operating systems 17
supported source disk types 21
TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 25
Windows operating systems 26
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