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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
Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows
You can install Converter Standalone from the MS-DOS command prompt or by writing a Windows batch
file (.bat) to automate the installation process.
Prerequisites
Verify that your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements.
Verify that you have Administrator privileges.
If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x
manually before you install Converter Standalone 5.5.
If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone
agent.
Procedure
1 Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site.
2 Open an MS-DOS command prompt window.
3 At the command line, navigate to the local directory to which you downloaded the installer.
4 To install Converter Standalone silently with the log file written to the temp directory, enter:
VMware-converter-5.x.x-<build>.exe /s /v"/qn ADDLOCAL=ALL /l*v %TEMP%\vmconvservermsi.log"
where VMware-converter-5.x.x-<build>.exe is the full installer filename.
For more command-line options, see “Command-Line Options for Windows Installation,” on page 36.
What to do next
You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine
destinations.
Command-Line Options for Windows Installation
You can use the command-line installation options when you install Converter Standalone from the MS-
DOS command prompt in Windows or by writing a Windows batch file (.bat).
For a list of options to perform command-line installation, see Table 4-1.
Table 4‑1. Command-Line Options
Option Action
/s
Does not display the Windows Installer version check.
/v"params" Passes parameters to the msiexec.exe file.
/qn Runs the msi command in silent mode.
/qb Runs the msi command in basic mode.
/qf Runs the msi command in full mode.
/l*v Logfile
Records login information in the file provided in Logfile.
/x
Uninstalls VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
ADDLOCAL="ALL"
Installs full package. The parameter is case-sensitive.
PROPERTY=property value
Sets the value of a property to property value.
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