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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 and Powered On Virtual 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
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 volume 55
create an expandable disk on a hosted
destination 59
create an expandable disk on a managed
destination 59
customization 29
customize the location 51
customizing
computing resources 75
tasks throttling 75
customizing the guest operating system 66
D
data connections per task 94
data to copy 53, 61
delete a disk 60
delete job 91
destination
cluster 51
datastore 51
ESX 51
ESX host 22
ESXi 51
vCenter Server 51
virtual hardware version 51
VMware Fusion 22
VMware Player 22
vSphere 51
Workstation 22
destination machine
folder 51
naming 51
power on 75
destination services, startup mode 72
destination setup
computer information 67
DNS 69
domain details 69
guest operating system 66
network adapters 69
SID 67
time zone 68
Windows license 68
WINS 69
workgroup 69
disk
not pre-allocated 24, 59
split 24
thick 24
thin-provisioned 24, 59
disk cloning modes
disk-based cloning, defined 15
full clones, defined 15
linked clones, defined 15
volume-based cloning, defined 14
disk controller 64
disk types 24
disk-based cloning 14, 15, 58, 59, 61
disks, adding 57
dual boot systems 11
duplicate ID 16
E
edit the number of processors 63
errors, viewing in the log files 97
ESX host
destination 22
source 21
support 21
ESX VM, source 46
exporting
to hosted formats 50, 52
to managed formats 50
exporting a single task log file 97
exporting jobs logs 97
F
feedback 7
filtering jobs 92
filtering jobs by history 92
firmware interfaces, support 20
full clones, defined 15
G
glossary 7
go to job 94
go to running task 90
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