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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
Configure the Network Adapters
You can change the network settings of a virtual machine to work with the network configuration of the
virtual environment.
The options for configuring network adapters are available for all supported customization sources.
Prerequisites
On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual
machine and click Next to view and modify the available customization options.
Procedure
1 On the Customizations page, select Network interface settings from the options list.
2 Select a network adapter and click Customize to configure its properties.
a On the General tab, type the IPv4 address and DNS server address.
b On the DNS tab, configure the DNS connections by adding DNS suffixes.
c Type a DNS suffix and click Add.
You can add more than one DNS suffix.
d If you have provided multiple DNS suffixes, use Move up and Move down to set the order in
which the guest operating system uses the connections.
e On the WINS tab, type the primary and secondary WINS IP address in the text box.
When powered on, the configured virtual machine uses the network settings that you specified.
What to do next
You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the configuration job. If the Next
button is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page.
Assign a Workgroup or Domain Details
You can configure the workgroup and the domain for a virtual machine.
Prerequisites
On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual
machine and click Next to view and modify the available customization options.
Procedure
1 On the Customizations page, select Workgroup/Domain from the options list.
2 Select how the virtual machine participates in the destination network.
Option Description
Workgroup
The text box must have a value. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9,
space, and the hyphen (-). The maximum length is 15 characters.
Windows server domain
The text box must have a value. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9,
space, period, and the hyphen (-). The maximum length is 64 characters.
User credentials are required.
The configured virtual machine connects to the specified workgroup and domain server.
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