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Contents About This Book 7 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 9 Migration with Converter Standalone 9 Converter Standalone Components 10 Cloning and System Configuration of Physical and Powered On Virtual Machines 10 Hot Cloning of Physical and Virtual Powered On Machines 11 Remote Hot Cloning of Powered On Source Machines That Are Running Windows 11 Remote Hot Cloning of Powered On Source Machines That Are Running Linux 13 Types of Data Cloning Operations 14 Volume-Based Cloning 14 Di
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows 36 Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows 38 Command-Line Options for Windows Installation 38 Modify Converter Standalone in Windows 39 Repair Converter Standalone in Windows 40 Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows 41 Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server 41 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 43 Start the Wizard for a Conversion 44 Select a Source Machine to Convert 44 Select a P
Contents Select the Options to Configure 83 Install VMware Tools on a Virtual Machine 83 Customize the Windows Guest Operating System 83 Remove System Restore Checkpoints 87 Reconfiguring a Virtual Machine To Boot Properly 87 Review and Submit the Configuration Job 87 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 89 Manage Jobs in the Job List 89 Add a Job to the Job List 90 View the Running Task of a Job 90 Deactivate a Job 90 Delete a Job 91 Create a Job by Copying an Existing Job 91 Filter the
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About This Book The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide provides information about installing and using ® VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
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Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 1 ® VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a product to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server environment. Converter Standalone eases the exchange of virtual machines among the following products. n VMware hosted products can be both conversion sources and conversion destinations.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Export virtual machines managed by vCenter Server hosts to other VMware virtual machine formats. n Configure virtual machines managed by vCenter Server so that they are bootable, and install VMware Tools or customize their guest operating systems. n Customize guest operating systems of virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory (for example, change the host name or network settings).
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Hot Cloning of Physical and Virtual Powered On Machines With Converter Standalone, you can perform hot cloning. Hot cloning, also called live cloning or online cloning, requires converting the source machine while it is running its operating system. Hot cloning lets you clone machines without shutting them down.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 Converter Standalone prepares the virtual machine on the destination machine. Converter Standalone creates a virtual machine on the destination machine and the agent copies volumes from the source machine to the destination machine.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Remote Hot Cloning of Powered On Source Machines That Are Running Linux The conversion process of powered on machines that are running Linux operating systems differs from that of Windows machines. In Windows conversions, the Converter Standalone agent is installed on the source machine and the source information is pushed to the destination. In Linux conversions, no agent is deployed on the source machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Optionally, after data is copied, the destination virtual machine is reconfigured to allow the operating system to boot in a virtual machine. 4 Converter Standalone shuts down the helper virtual machine. The conversion process is complete. You can configure Converter Standalone to power on the newly created virtual machine after the conversion is complete.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Disk-Based Cloning Converter Standalone supports disk-based cloning to import existing virtual machines. Disk-based cloning transfers all sectors from all disks and preserves all volume metadata. The destination virtual machine receives partitions of the same type, size, and structure, as the partitions of the source virtual machine. All volumes on the source machine's partitions are copied as they are.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide To be able to run an imported VMware virtual machine and its source virtual machine on the same network, you must modify the network name and IP address on one of the virtual machines. Modifying the network name and IP address lets the original and new virtual machines to coexist on the same network.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Table 1‑2. Hardware Changes After Virtual Machine Migration (Continued) Hardware Behavior Disks and partitions The number of disks and partitions might change during the cloning process. Each disk device might have a different model and different manufacturer strings. Primary disk controllers Might differ from the source machine.
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2 System Requirements You must consider the compatibilities and the interoperabilities among the systems on which and with which the Converter Standalone components work.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2‑1. Supported Operating Systems (Continued) Supported Operating Systems Converter Standalone Support Source for Powered On Machine Conversions Source for Virtual Machine Conversions Configuration Source Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Yes Yes Yes Yes Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Yes Yes Yes Yes Windows 8.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2‑2. Supported Sources Based on Operating System and Firmware Interface (Continued) Operating System BIOS 64-Bit UEFI Windows Server 2012 R2 Yes Yes CentOS 6.x Yes Yes CentOS 7.x Yes Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x Yes No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x Yes No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Yes Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x Yes Yes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.x Yes No SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.x Yes No Ubuntu 12.04.
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Supported Source Disk Types Converter Standalone supports conversions from master boot record (MBR) and GUID partition table (GPT) disks with some limitations that depend on the selected data cloning mode. NOTE Converter Standalone preserves the partitioning scheme during the conversion. You cannot convert an MBR source disk to a GPT destination disk and the reverse.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Supported Destination Disk Types Several destination disk types might be available for the selected destination. Table 2‑6. Destination Disk Types Destination VMware vSphere virtual machine Available Disk Types Thick Copies the entire source disk size to the destination, regardless of its used and free space. Thin For managed destinations that support thin provisioning through GUI, creates an expanding disk on the destination.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2‑6. Destination Disk Types (Continued) Destination Available Disk Types Hosted destinations of virtual machines support up to 8TB disks. Hosted destinations support disks sizes larger than 2040GB only if the Split not pre-allocated disk type is selected. To support destination virtual disks on FAT file systems, split the source data into 2GB files.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Screen Resolution Requirements To display wizards properly, Converter Standalone requires a screen resolution of at least 1024x768 pixels. Configuring Permissions for vCenter Users To convert virtual machines to vCenter Server machines with Converter Standalone, you must have certain vCenter Server permissions set at the datacenter level. To start using Converter Standalone, you need to set a number of minimum privileges at the datacenter level.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2‑8. Ports Required During Windows P2V Communication Paths Communication Ports Notes Converter Standalone server to powered on source machine TCP - 445, 139, 9089 UDP - 137, 138 If the source computer uses NetBIOS, port 445 is not required. If NetBIOS is not being used, ports 137, 138, and 139 are not required. When in doubt, make sure that none of the ports are blocked.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2‑10. Ports Required During V2V Communication Paths Communication Ports Converter Standalone server to Fileshare path TCP - 445, 139 UPD - 137, 138 Required only for standalone virtual machine sources or destinations. If the computer hosting the source or destination path uses NetBIOS, port 445 is not required. If NetBIOS is not being used, ports 137, 138, and 139 are not required. When in doubt, make sure that none of the ports are blocked.
Chapter 2 System Requirements What to do next For troubleshooting information about file and printer sharing, search the Microsoft TechNet Web site. For information about setting file and printer sharing on other Windows systems, see the documentation for your system.
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Conversion Limitations 3 When you are aware of the conversion limitations of Converter Standalone, you might be able to avoid conversion and post-conversion problems, and handle them more easily.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide For volume-based conversions of UEFI sources, Converter Standalone does not preserve the UEFI settings. The UEFI settings are preserved during disk-based conversions. When you convert a virtual machine with snapshots, the snapshots are not transferred to the destination virtual machine.
Chapter 3 Conversion Limitations Limitations Related to Creating Snapshots of Windows Sources Converter Standalone uses VSS snapshots to save the state of source volumes during hot cloning of physical and virtual machines that run Windows. VSS snapshots are also used to synchronize the destination virtual machine with the source machine after the initial conversion. Some of the VSS-related issues are inherited in Converter Standalone and can prevent the proper completion of your conversion tasks.
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Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 4 You can install Converter Standalone on a physical or a virtual machine. You can also modify or repair a Converter Standalone installation. The Local setup installs the Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone agent, and Converter Standalone client for local use.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites Verify that your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Verify that you have Administrator privileges. If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x manually before you install Converter Standalone 6.0 . If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone agent.
Chapter 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 2 In the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded, double-click the VMware-converter-6.x.x.exe file, where is the number of the build. 3 Follow the prompts till the End-User License Agreement page appears. 4 Select I accept the terms in the License agreement and click Next. 5 On the Destination Folder page, select the location to install Converter Standalone and click Next. The default location is C:\Program File
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows You can install Converter Standalone from the MS-DOS command prompt or by writing a Windows batch file (.bat) to automate the installation process. Prerequisites Verify that your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Verify that you have Administrator privileges. If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.
Chapter 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone Table 4‑1. Command-Line Options (Continued) Option Action VMCE_HTTP_PORT Sets the HTTP port. The default is 80. Remote machines connect to the server through this port to download the Converter Standalone client. VMCE_HTTPS_PORT Set the HTTPS port. The default is 443. Remote Converter Standalone clients connect to this port on the server and submit conversion tasks. VMCE_AGENT_PORT Sets an Agent port. The default is 9089.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Option Description Converter agent Install Converter Standalone agent so that the local machine can be a source machine for conversions. Converter client If you install only Converter Standalone client, you can connect to a remote Converter Standalone server. You can then use the remote machine to convert hosted virtual machines, managed virtual machines, or remote physical machines.
Chapter 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 4 On the Ready to Repair page, click Install. 5 On the Installation Completed page, click Finish. A prompt might ask you to restart your system. What to do next You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine destinations.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 Follow the procedure that is applicable for your installation type. Option Action Local installation a b c Client-server installation with remote access a b Select Administration > Connect to another server. On the Converter Standalone login page, select Enter the IP address or host name of the Converter Standalone server. Provide the IP address and Administrator credentials, and click Login.
Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 5 You can create a conversion job to convert a physical or virtual machine to a variety of destinations. You can convert powered on physical machines, VMware virtual machines, third-party backup images and virtual machines, and Hyper-V Server virtual machines into VMware standalone virtual machines or virtual machines that vCenter Server manages.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 6 Configure the Conversion Job on page 71 You can configure the conversion process and select the behavior of the source and destination machine during and after conversion. You can change the status of the source and destination services only when the source machine is running a Windows operating system.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Select a Powered On Windows Machine to Convert You can select a running (powered on) Windows machine to convert. The source machine can be physical or virtual. Prerequisites Before you continue, you must prepare the source Windows machine for conversion. n Make sure that the Windows version installed on the powered on machine is supported. For a list of supported operating systems, see “Supported Operating Systems,” on page 19.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 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.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Procedure 1 On the Source System page of the Conversion wizard, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the Select source type drop-down menu. 2 Provide the IP address or host name and credentials for authentication with the ESX host or the vCenter Server, and click Next. The Source Machine page appears, displaying the host name or IP address and the inventory of the ESX host or the vCenter Server.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide What to do next On the Destination System page, you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine. Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert You can convert a virtual machine created or used in a VMware hosted product, such as VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware Fusion. Prerequisites Verify that your source machine is a supported VMware Desktop products virtual machine.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Procedure 1 On the Source System page, select Backup image or third-party virtual machine from the Select source type drop-down menu. 2 Locate the source backup image or virtual machine file. 3 n If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, provide a valid network path to the source backup image or virtual machine file in the Virtual machine file text box. For example, \\server\backup_images\backup_image.pvs.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Select the Hyper-V Server Virtual Machine to Convert If you choose to convert a virtual machine managed by a Hyper-V Server, you must browse the inventory to locate the source virtual machine. IMPORTANT This operation is applicable to Hyper-V Server versions distributed with Windows Server 2008 R2. For other Hyper-V Server sources, perform the procedure for powered on machines.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Provide the IP address or host name and credentials for authentication with the ESX host or the vCenter Server. 3 (Optional) If you want the data traffic to pass through the Converter Standalone server machine, select the Use proxy mode check box. 4 Click Next to proceed to the Destination Virtual Machine page.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 On the Destination Location page of the Conversion wizard, select a datacenter object from the inventory to accommodate the destination virtual machine. n Select an ESX/ESXi host. n Select a resource pool. n Select a cluster. On the selected cluster, if DRS is not running in the automated mode, you can select an ESX/ESXi host that belongs to the selected cluster from the Host drop-down menu.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 5 (Optional) If the destination directory is password-protected, provide valid user credentials. You do not have to provide user credentials if the destination location is on the local storage of the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. 6 Click Next to proceed to the Options page. What to do next On the Options page, you can set up the parameters of the conversion task.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u In the Data to copy pane, select a copy mode from the Data copy type drop-down menu. Option Description Copy all disks and maintain layout Results in disk-based cloning. You can preserve the source disk layout in the destination virtual machine. This option is not available for powered on source machines. Select volumes to copy Results in volume-based cloning. Volume-based cloning is performed at file or block level.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure 1 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. 2 Deselect the volumes that you do not want to copy to the destination virtual machine. 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Select the Destination Datastore for a Source Volume You can store a disk volume in a datastore different from the one that accommodates the virtual machine configuration file (.vmx). You can select the destination datastore for a volume only for managed destinations with more than one datastore. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. 2 Click Advanced and select the Destination layout tab. 3 Click Add disk. A new virtual disk appears in the Destination layout column. 4 Click on the new virtual disk to select it. 5 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Click the name of the virtual disk to relocate and select a different datastore from the Destination datastore drop-down menu. 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites You must select a hosted destination, such as VMware Workstation, to use the Not pre-allocated disk option. On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure n n Use disk-based cloning to create an expandable disk. a From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Copy all disks and maintain layout. b From the Type drop-down menu, select Not pre-allocated.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Edit the Number of Processor Sockets and Cores You can change the number of virtual sockets and the number of processor cores per socket that the destination virtual machine uses. Prerequisites Make sure the destination host and the guest operating system support the number of processor cores you assign to the destination virtual machine. NOTE You can change the number of cores per socket on virtual hardware version 8 and later.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure the Network Settings of the Destination Virtual Machine You can change the number of network adapters and select the network that the destination virtual machine uses. For managed destinations, you can also select the controller type for each network adapter. Procedure 1 On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, select Networks from the options list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 4 (Optional) To assign a static IPv6 address to the Helper virtual machine, on tab IPv6 select Use the following IPv6 address and specify the IPv6 address, subnet prefix length, and default gateway. Make sure that the IP address you specify for the Helper virtual machine is not already in use on the network. 5 (Optional) If you want the Helper virtual machine to use only IPv6 address, on tab IPv4 deselect the Use IPv4 check box.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine n On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options, click the Post-conversion tab, and select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine. Click Next to view and adjust the available customization options.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide The identifiers of the destination virtual machine are assigned according to your settings. What to do next You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion job. If the Next button is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine What to do next You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion job. If the Next button is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page. Configure the Network Adapters You can configure the network settings of the virtual machine to work with the network configuration of the destination environment.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 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.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Removing System Restore checkpoints prevents the target machine from reverting to a preconversion state. In the target virtual machine, restoring a checkpoint that was created before you cloned the source machine can damage the system and prevent the destination virtual machine from starting up. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options in the options list. Procedure 1 Click the Post-conversion tab.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Limit the Amount of Resources Used by the Conversion Job on page 75 A conversion job competes for computing resources with other processes. To limit the impact of the conversion job on other workloads, you can throttle the job. If you do not throttle conversion jobs, they are carried out with normal priority and depending on the available computing resources during conversion.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Stop Services Running on the Source Machine You can make sure that you do not lose data from services running on the source machine. You can select the services that you want to stop before Converter Standalone synchronizes the data between the source and destination machine. As a result, the services do not generate data while source and destination machines are synchronized.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 Select Synchronize changes. 3 Specify when you want to perform the synchronization. Option Description Click Run immediately after cloning Synchronization is performed immediately after the cloning is complete. Click Schedule Synchronization is performed at the scheduled time and date. Use the Run at text box to specify the start date and time for the synchronization.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Power On the Destination Virtual Machine After Conversion You can minimize the downtime of important services by powering on the destination virtual machine immediately after the conversion is complete. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options in the options list. Procedure 1 Click the Post-conversion tab. 2 In the Post-conversion power state panel, select Power on destination machine. 3 Save your settings.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 From the CPU throttling drop-down menu, select the priority of the conversion task. Option Description None The priority of the current conversion task is set to normal. Light The priority of the current conversion task is reduced slightly below normal. Medium The priority of the current conversion task is set to lowest. NOTE Converter Standalone reduces the thread priorities of conversion tasks to control the CPU resources they consume.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Click Finish to submit the job. Converter Standalone validates the job parameters. This might take several minutes. If the validation succeeds, the conversion job appears in the Job View list in the main application window. You can find information about the tasks of the job in the Task View. If the validation fails, you must click Back and correct the invalid parameters as prompted. VMware, Inc.
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Configure Virtual Machines 6 You might need to configure a virtual machine after you convert it so that it is ready to start in the destination virtual environment. You might also need to configure virtual machines if their virtual environment changes or if you need to improve their performance. NOTE You can configure only VMware virtual machines that run Windows. You cannot configure virtual machines that run operating systems other than Windows.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. If you have downloaded a .cab file, you need to extract its contents. If you have downloaded an .exe file, double-click the downloaded file to start the Sysprep installation. Operating System Action Windows Server 2003 (32bit) Save the Sysprep files in %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines Select a vSphere Virtual Machine to Configure You can configure vSphere virtual machines. A vSphere virtual machine is a virtual machine that runs on an ESX host or on an ESX host managed by vCenter Server. Prerequisites Power off the source machine before the configuration. In the main application window of Converter Standalone, click Configure machine to open the Configuration wizard.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 From the virtual machines list, select the virtual machine you want to configure. You can search for virtual machines in the virtual machine list by typing one or more letters of their names in the Search for name with text box. You can clear your search by clicking Clear. NOTE You cannot select a virtual machine from an ESX host that is powered off, connected to another vCenter Server, or in maintenace mode.
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines Select the Options to Configure When you create a configuration job, you can select the steps of the configuration process that you want to run. Procedure u On the Options page, select one or more configuration steps to perform and click Next. Option Description Install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine Installs VMware Tools to enhance the performance of the destination virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Customize the Identity of a Virtual Machine on page 84 To configure the identity of a virtual machine on a virtual network, personalize the virtual machine by editing its name, owner, and organization name, and by generating a new security ID. n Specify the Windows License Information on page 85 Ensure that you provide licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary.
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines 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. Specify the Windows License Information Ensure that you provide licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 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.
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines 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. Remove System Restore Checkpoints Remove the System Restore checkpoints of newly imported source machines to prevent them from reverting to a preconversion state.
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Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 7 Converter Standalone provides a manager for managing conversion and configuration jobs and tasks. After you create a conversion or configuration job by using the Converter Standalone wizards, you can use the Task View and the Job View of the Converter Standalone manager to monitor and manage the existing jobs and their tasks. Scheduled synchronized conversion jobs can contain multiple tasks.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Filter the Jobs in the Jobs List on page 91 You can select the jobs that you want the job list to display by filtering them. n Add a Synchronization Task to a Conversion Job on page 92 You can add a synchronization task to an active conversion job and modify the synchronization settings in the Conversion wizard. Add a Job to the Job List Converter Standalone allows you to create and run conversion and configuration jobs.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Delete a Job You can delete a job and all its tasks. Prerequisites You can delete only deactivated jobs. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 From the job list, select the job you want to delete. 3 From the main menu, select Job > Delete. The job is removed from the job list, and all the tasks of the job are removed from the task list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Filter Jobs by History You can filter the list so that it displays only the last submitted jobs. By default, the job list displays the last twenty jobs. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 On the main menu, click View > History Filter and select a level of filtering. Only jobs that correspond to selected filtering level remain in the job list.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 5 Click Finish to save changes. Manage Tasks in the Task List The Task View of the Converter Standalone manager provides a list of all tasks that are submitted. You can use the main application menus to control the way tasks appear in the task list and to edit them. Prerequisites You must submit a conversion or configuration job to view its tasks in the task list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Example: Limiting the Number of Concurrent Tasks Assume that Converter Standalone is running 12 tasks. If you change the number of concurrent tasks to 6, these 12 tasks continue running, but all newly added tasks remain pending in the task list. When the number of running tasks drops to 5, a new task from the wait list starts.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Cancel a Task You can cancel a task that is in the queue or in progress. When you cancel a conversion task that is running, the task is stopped. When you cancel a conversion task that is queued, the task is removed from the queue. When you cancel a task that is not a synchronization task, the job to which the task belongs is deactivated. Canceled tasks cannot be restarted. NOTE You cannot cancel configuration tasks.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Select a level of display from the drop-down menu. If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, you can select My own to view only tasks of jobs that you create. Filter Tasks by Multiple Criteria You can combine filtering criteria to filter tasks in the task list. Tasks that are currently running are displayed regardless of the filtering criteria you apply. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Export the Log Files for a Job You can review the log files for information about the jobs, or send a copy of log files to VMware technical support. You can export the log files for all jobs in the job list. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 Select a job in the job list. 3 On the main menu, select Job > Export Logs. 4 Select a location to which you want to save the files and click Save.
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Index A Acronis True Image, source 21 add a disk 56, 57 adding jobs 90 advanced customization guest operating system 66 installing VMware Tools 70 removing system restore checkpoints 70 synchronizing source and destination 73 agent 10 allocate memory 63 audience 7 C changing the number of tasks displayed 95 client 10 cloning disk based 14 disk-based cloning 15 full clones 15 hot, defined 11 linked clones 15 volume based 14 volume-based cloning 14 cloning modes 14 command-line commands 38 components 10 con
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide converting existing system images 15 existing virtual machines 15 converting machines 43 converting, powered on machines 73 copy all disks 61 copy disks or volumes copy all disks 61 create an expandable disk on a hosted destination 59 create an expandable disk on a managed destination 59 delete a disk 60 move a disk to a different datastore 58 move a volume to a different datastore 57 move a volume to a different virtual disk 56 resize a volume 54 skip a vol
Index guest operating system configuration computer information 84 DNS 86 domain 86 network adapters 86 SID 84 time zone 85 Windows license 85 WINS 86 workgroup 86 guest operating system customization computer information 67 DNS 69 network adapters 69 SID 67 time zone 68 Windows license 68 WINS 69 workgroup and domain page 69 guest operating system, configuration 83 guest operating system, customization 66 guest operating system, customizing 66 GUID partition table (GPT) disks 23 H Helper VM 65 hosted des
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide optimized partition alignment 61 P Parallels Desktop, source 21 permissions, configuring for vCenter users 26 port requirements 26 power off source machine 74 power on destination machine 75 powered on machine conversion limitations 31 powered on machine, source 45, 46 progress viewing 96 R reconfiguring, starting the wizard 80 remote Converter Standalone server 41 repairing 39 S screen resolution requirements 26 select a disk controller 64 selecting conf
Index T task, canceling 95 task manager combined filtering 96 filtering by multiple criteria 96 filtering tasks by status 95 filtering tasks by history 95 number of concurrent tasks 93 viewing task progress 96 tasks, filtering 95 tasks, managing 93 tasks, submitting configuration 87 TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 26 thin-provisioned destination disks 9 thin-provisioned disk 59 third-party VM, source 48 throttling conversion tasks 75 time zone configuration 85 U uninstall Converter Standalone agent 76 un
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