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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
Index
A
Acronis True Image, source 19
add a disk 54, 55
adding jobs 88
advanced customization
guest operating system 64
installing VMware Tools 68
removing system restore checkpoints 68
synchronizing source and destination 71
agent 10
allocate memory 61
audience 7
C
changing the number of tasks displayed 93
client 10
cloning
disk based 14
disk-based cloning 14
full clones 15
hot, defined 11
linked clones 15
volume based 14
volume-based cloning 14
cloning modes 14
command-line commands 36
components 10
concurrent disk conversions 92
configuration options 81
configuration, submitting job 85
configure the conversion job 69
configure the hardware
allocate memory 61
configure the Helper VM network 63
configure the network settings 63
edit the number of processors 61
edit the number of processors cores 61
edit the number of processors sockets 61
specify a disk controller 62
configure the hardware of the destination
machine 51
configure the network settings 63
configure the software 64
configuring
domain details 84
guest operating system 81
install VMware tools 81
prepare for booting 85
removing system restore checkpoints 85
selecting a source 78
selecting VMware Fusion source 78
selecting VMware Player source 78
selecting Workstation source 78
sysprep files locations 27
Sysprep files locations 77
time zone 83
workgroup 84
configuring permissions for vCenter users 24
connect to a remote Converter Standalone
server 39
controlling the number of concurrent tasks 91
conversion 90
conversion jobs
submitting 74
viewing summary 74
conversion limitations
configuration limitations 29
Linux guest limitations 29
powered on machine limitations 29
third-party images limitations 29
third-party virtual machines or system
images 30
virtual machines 29
VSS snapshots 31
Windows guest limitations 29
conversion tasks
managing 87
maximum running 91
starting 42
conversion throttling 73
Conversion wizard, starting 42
conversion, viewing job summary 74
Converter Standalone
installing client in Windows 33
installing in Windows 33
installing server and agent in Windows 33
modifying installation in Windows 37
repairing in Windows 38
VMware, Inc. 97