5.5

Table Of Contents
converting
existing system images 15
existing virtual machines 15
converting machines 41
converting, powered on machines 71
copy all disks 59
copy disks or volumes
copy all disks 59
create an expandable disk on a hosted
destination 57
create an expandable disk on a managed
destination 57
delete a disk 58
move a disk to a different datastore 56
move a volume to a different datastore 55
move a volume to a different virtual disk 54
resize a volume 52
skip a volume 53
create an expandable disk on a hosted
destination 57
create an expandable disk on a managed
destination 57
customization 27
customize the location 49
customizing
computing resources 73
tasks throttling 73
customizing the guest operating system 64
D
data connections per task 92
data to copy 51, 59
delete a disk 58
delete job 89
destination
cluster 49
datastore 49
ESX 49
ESX host 20
ESXi 49
vCenter Server 49
virtual hardware version 49
VMware Fusion 20
VMware Player 20
vSphere 49
Workstation 20
destination machine
folder 49
naming 49
power on 73
destination services, startup mode 70
destination setup
computer information 65
DNS 67
domain details 67
guest operating system 64
network adapters 67
SID 65
time zone 66
Windows license 66
WINS 67
workgroup 67
disk
not pre-allocated 22, 57
split 22
thick 22
thin-provisioned 22, 57
disk cloning modes
disk-based cloning, defined 14
full clones, defined 15
linked clones, defined 15
volume-based cloning, defined 14
disk controller 62
disk types 22
disk-based cloning 14, 56, 57, 59
disks, adding 55
dual boot systems 11
duplicate ID 16
E
edit the number of processors 61
errors, viewing in the log files 95
ESX host
destination 20
source 19
support 19
ESX VM, source 44
exporting
to hosted formats 48, 50
to managed formats 48
exporting a single task log file 95
exporting jobs logs 95
F
feedback 7
filtering jobs 90
filtering jobs by history 90
firmware interfaces, support 18
full clones, defined 15
G
glossary 7
go to job 92
go to running task 88
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