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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
guest operating system configuration
computer information 82
DNS 84
domain 84
network adapters 84
SID 82
time zone 83
Windows license 83
WINS 84
workgroup 84
guest operating system customization
computer information 65
DNS 67
network adapters 67
SID 65
time zone 66
Windows license 66
WINS 67
workgroup and domain page 67
guest operating system, configuration 81
guest operating system, customization 64
guest operating system, customizing 64
GUID partition table (GPT) disks 21
H
Helper VM 63
hosted destinations
converting to 50
Fusion 50
VMware Server 50
Workstation 50
hosted VM, source 46
hot cloning
defined 11
Linux sources 12
Windows sources 11
hot cloning, synchronization 71
Hyper-V
source 19
specify machine 47
Hyper-V Server VM, source 47
I
importing machines
configure the hardware 51
customize the location 49
select a source machine 42
install VMware Tools 68, 81
installation space requirements 23
installing 33
installing Converter Standalone, in Windows 33
installing VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone, Windows command-line
installation 36
introduction 9
IPng support 23
IPv6 support 23
J
job 89
job copy 89
job create 89
job manager, checking tasks progress 94
jobs 90
jobs list 88
jobs, adding 88
L
linked clones 14
linked clones, defined 15
live cloning, See hot cloning
log files, exporting and viewing 95
logical volume 56
logical volume group 56
logs, location 95
LVM 56
M
managing jobs, job view 87
managing tasks
canceling 93
changing the number of tasks displayed 93
checking task progress 94
filtering tasks by history 93
filtering tasks by status 93
multiple-criteria filtering 94
task view 87
master boot record (MBR) disks 21
maximum number of tasks 91
Microsoft Virtual PC, source 19
Microsoft Virtual Server, source 19
modes of cloning 14
modifying 37
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
N
network settings 63
not pre-allocated disks 57
O
online cloning, See hot cloning
operating systems, support 17
Index
VMware, Inc. 99