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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
Table 2‑3. Supported Sources (Continued)
Source Type Sources
Hyper-V Server virtual
machines
For Hyper-V Server versions distributed with Windows Server 2008 R2, powered off
virtual machines with the following guest operating systems:
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Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64) SP1 and SP2
n
Windows Server 2003 (x86 and x64) R2 SP1 and SP2
n
Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) SP2
n
Windows Server 2008 (x64) R2 and R2 SP1
n
Windows 7 (except Home editions)
n
Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 (except Home editions)
For other Hyper-V Server sources, perform the procedure for powered on source
machines.
Third-party virtual machines
or system images
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Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5, and Acronis True Image Home 10 and 11
(.tib).
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Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState Recovery) 6.5, 7.0, 8.0,
and 8.5, and LiveState Recovery 3.0 and 6.0 (.sv2i format only).
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Norton Ghost version 10.0, 12.0, and 14.0 (.sv2i format only).
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Parallels Desktop 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 (.pvs and .hdd). Compressed disks are not
supported.
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Parallels Workstation 2.x (.pvs). Compressed disks are not supported. Parallels
Virtuozzo Containers are not supported.
n
StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop, ShadowProtect Server, ShadowProtect Small
Business Server (SBS), ShadowProtect IT Edition, versions 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2
(.spf).
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The Microsoft VHD format for the following sources:
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (.vmc)
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Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 (.vmc)
Supported Destination Types
With Converter Standalone, you can create virtual machines compatible with VMware hosted and managed
products.
Table 2‑4. Supported Destinations
Destination Type Supported Versions
VMware vCenter virtual machines Managed destinations
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ESX 4.0 and 4.1
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ESXi 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0
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vCenter Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5 and 6.0
VMware hosted virtual machines Hosted destinations
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VMware Workstation 10.x and 11.0
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VMware Fusion 6.x and 7.0
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VMware Player 6.x and 7.0
For UEFI sources, the supported destination types are Workstation 10.0 and later, ESXi 5.0 and later, and
vCenter Server 5.0 and later.
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