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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
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 configuration sources
VMware Desktop VMs 82
VMware Infrastructure VMs 81
selecting sources
ESX virtual machine 46
hosted virtual machine 48
Hyper-V Server VM 49
Linux powered on machine 46
powered on machine 45
third-party VM 48
vCenter Server VM 46
Windows powered on machine 45
server 10
services
on destination 72
on source 73
setting up destination
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
setting up SID 84
skip a volume 55
snapshots, limitations 33
source machine
power off 74
uninstall Converter Standalone agent 76
source services, stop 73
starting
conversion 44
Conversion wizard 44
starting the Reconfiguration wizard 80
stop source services 73
StorageCraft ShadowProtect, source 21
support 7
supported destination types
ESX host 22
vCenter Server 22
virtual appliances 22
VMware Fusion 22
VMware Player 22
Workstation 22
supported firmware interfaces 20
supported operating systems 19
supported source types
Acronis True Image 21
ESX support 21
Hyper-V 21
Microsoft Virtual PC support 21
Microsoft Virtual Server support 21
Parallels Desktop 21
powered-on machines 21
StorageCraft ShadowProtect 21
Symantec LiveState Recovery 21
vCenter Server 21
VirtualCenter support 21
VMware Fusion support 21
VMware virtual machines 21
Workstation support 21
Xen 21
switch to jobs view 90, 94
Symantec LiveState Recovery, source 21
synchronize conversion 92
synchronizing source with destination 73
sysprep 29
system images, converting existing 15
system reconfiguration 10
system requirements
installation space requirements 25
supported destination disk types 24
supported firmware interfaces 20
supported operating systems 19
supported source disk types 23
TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 26
Windows operating systems 28
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