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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
Table 2‑1. Supported Operating Systems (Continued)
Supported Operating Systems
Converter
Standalone
Support
Source for Powered
On Machine
Conversions
Source for Virtual
Machine
Conversions
Configuration
Source
Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and
64-bit) SP2
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) Yes Yes Yes Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x (32-
bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x (32-
bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (32-
bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x (32-
bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.x
(32-bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.x
(32-bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.x
(32-bit and 64-bit)
No Yes Yes No
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (32-bit and 64-
bit)
No Yes Yes No
Ubuntu 12.x (32-bit and 64-bit) No Yes Yes No
Ubuntu 13.04 (32-bit and 64-bit) No Yes Yes No
Supported Firmware Interfaces
With Converter Standalone you can perform conversions from BIOS and UEFI sources.
Converter Standalone preserves the firmware interface during the conversion. You cannot convert BIOS
sources to UEFI destinations and the reverse.
For UEFI sources, the supported destination types are Workstation 8.0 and later, ESXi 5.0 and later, and
vCenter Server 5.0 and later.
Table 2‑2. Supported Sources Based on Operating System and Firmware Interface
Operating System BIOS 32-Bit UEFI 64-Bit UEFI
Windows XP
Professional SP3
Yes No No
Windows Server 2003
R2 SP2
Yes No No
Windows Vista SP2 Yes No Yes
Windows Server 2008
SP2
Yes No Yes
Windows Server 2008
R2
Yes No Yes
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