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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
What to do next
On the Destination System page, you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine.
Select a Powered On Linux Machine to Convert
You can select a powered on Linux machine to convert. The source machine can be a physical or virtual
machine.
You can convert powered on machines that run Linux only if GRUB is installed as the boot loader on the
source. LILO boot loader is not supported.
Prerequisites
Before you continue, you must prepare the source machine for conversion.
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Enable SSH on the source Linux machine.
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Make sure that you use the root account to convert a Linux powered on machine.
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Make sure that the Converter Standalone server machine has network access to the Linux source
machine.
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Make sure that no other conversion job is using the source you select.
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To be able to convert multiboot virtual machines, make sure to install GRUB as the boot loader. LILO is
not supported.
Procedure
1 On the Source System page of the Conversion wizard, select Powered-on machine from the Select
source type drop-down menu.
2 Provide the IP address or DNS name and root credentials for the Linux machine you want to convert.
3 From the OS Family drop-down menu, select Linux.
4 Click Next.
Converter Standalone connects to the powered on Linux machine and prepares it for conversion.
What to do next
On the Destination System page, you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine.
Select an ESX/ ESXi or vCenter Server Virtual Machine to Convert
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.
You cannot convert a running or suspended virtual machine by using this procedure. For powered on
virtual machines, use the procedures for powered on source machines.
If you connect to a vCenter Server that is part of an environment that contains multiple vCenter Server
instances, Converter Standalone displays only ESX hosts managed directly by the currently connected
vCenter Server.
Prerequisites
If the source machine that you want to convert resides on a VMware DRS cluster that vCenter Server
manages, set VMware DRS Power Management (DPM) to manual so that DPM does not power off the ESX
hosts used by Converter Standalone. When the conversion process completes, restore DPM to its original
settings. For information about how to change DPM settings, see the Resource Management Guide.
Power off the source machine before the conversion.
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