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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
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 destinations
converting to 52
Fusion 52
VMware Server 52
Workstation 52
hosted VM, source 48
hot cloning
defined 11
Linux sources 13
Windows sources 11
hot cloning, synchronization 73
Hyper-V
source 21
specify machine 50
Hyper-V Server VM, source 49
I
importing machines
configure the hardware 53
customize the location 51
select a source machine 44
install VMware Tools 70, 83
installation space requirements 25
installing 35
installing Converter Standalone, in Windows 35
installing VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone, Windows command-line
installation 38
introduction 9
IPng support 25
IPv6 support 25
J
job 91
job copy 91
job create 91
job manager, checking tasks progress 96
jobs 92
jobs list 90
jobs, adding 90
L
linked clones 14
linked clones, defined 15
live cloning, See hot cloning
log files, exporting and viewing 97
logical volume 58
logical volume group 58
logs, location 97
LVM 58
M
managing jobs, job view 89
managing tasks
canceling 95
changing the number of tasks displayed 95
checking task progress 96
filtering tasks by status 95
filtering tasks by history 95
multiple-criteria filtering 96
task view 89
master boot record (MBR) disks 23
maximum number of tasks 93
Microsoft Virtual PC, source 21
Microsoft Virtual Server, source 21
modes of cloning 14
modifying 39
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
N
network settings 65
not pre-allocated disks 59
O
online cloning, See hot cloning
operating systems, support 19
Index
VMware, Inc. 101