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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
6 Configure the Conversion Job on page 69
You can configure the conversion process and select the behavior of the source and destination
machine during and after conversion. You can change the status of the source and destination services
only when the source machine is running a Windows operating system.
7 Review the Summary and Submit the Conversion Job on page 74
On the Summary page, you can view a summary of the conversion job before you add it to the job list.
Start the Wizard for a Conversion
The Conversion wizard guides you through the steps of creating a conversion job.
Procedure
1 Start the Converter Standalone application.
2 Click Convert machine in the application menu.
The Conversion wizard opens on the Source System page.
What to do next
You can now select the source machine type to convert.
Select a Source Machine to Convert
You can select from several source options for the type of machine to convert.
Prerequisites
Before you select a source machine to convert, verify that it is listed in the list of supported source types. See
“Supported Source Types,” on page 19.
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Select a Powered On Windows Machine to Convert on page 43
You can select a running (powered on) Windows machine to convert. The source machine can be
physical or virtual.
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Select a Powered On Linux Machine to Convert on page 44
You can select a powered on Linux machine to convert. The source machine can be a physical or
virtual machine.
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Select an ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server Virtual Machine to Convert on page 44
You can convert a powered off virtual machine that is located on an ESX/ESXi host, or on an ESX/ESXi
host managed by vCenter Server.
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Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert on page 46
You can convert a virtual machine created or used in a VMware hosted product, such as VMware
Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware Fusion.
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Select a Backup Image or a Third-Party Virtual Machine to Convert on page 46
You can select a backup image or a third-party virtual machine as the conversion source.
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Select a Hyper-V Server Virtual Machine to Convert on page 47
You can convert virtual machines that Hyper-V Server manages.
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