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System Settings Affected by Conversion
A VMware virtual machine that Converter Standalone creates contains a copy of the disk state of the source
physical machine, virtual machine, or system image. Some hardware-dependent drivers and sometimes the
mapped drive letters might not be preserved.
The following source computer settings remain unchanged:
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Operating system configuration (computer name, security ID, user accounts, profiles, preferences, and
so on)
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Applications and data files
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Volume serial number for each disk partition
Because the target and the source virtual machines or system images have the same identities (name, SID,
and so on), running them on the same network might result in conflicts. To redeploy the source virtual
machine or system image, make sure that you do not run the source and target images or virtual machines
on the same network at the same time.
For example, if you use Converter Standalone to test whether you can run a Virtual PC virtual machine as a
VMware virtual machine without first decommissioning the original Virtual PC machine, you must first
resolve the duplicate ID problem. You can resolve this problem by customizing the virtual machines in the
Conversion or the Configuration wizard.
Changes to Virtual Hardware After Virtual Machine Migration
After conversion, most applications function correctly on the VMware virtual machine because their
configuration and data files have the same location as on the source virtual machine. However, applications
might not work if they depend on specific characteristics of the underlying hardware, such as the serial
number or the device manufacturer.
Several hardware changes might occur after you migrate a virtual machine.
Table 1‑2. Hardware Changes After Virtual Machine Migration
Hardware Behavior
CPU model and serial numbers Might change after migration. They correspond to the physical computer
hosting the VMware virtual machine.
Ethernet adapters Might change for AMD PCNet or VMXnet and get different MAC addresses.
The IP address of each interface must be individually reconfigured.
USB adapters Might be updated during the cloning process.
Graphics cards Might change after migration (VMware SVGA card).
Disks and partitions The number of disks and partitions might change during the cloning process.
Each disk device might have a different model and different manufacturer
strings.
Primary disk controllers Might differ from the source machine.
Applications that depend on devices that are not available within a virtual machine might not work after
you migrate the virtual machine.
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