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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
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.
Prerequisites
On the Source System page, select Hyper-V Server as the source type and navigate to the Source Machine
page.
Procedure
1 On the Source Machine page, select the virtual machine you want to convert.
You can search for virtual machines in the inventory 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 can select only powered off virtual machines. To convert a running machine, on the Source
System page select Powered-on machine as the source type. To convert a suspended machine, power it
off and convert it as a Hyper-V Server virtual machine, or power it on and convert it as a powered on
source.
2 (Optional) To refresh the inventory, click Refresh.
3 (Optional) To view more details about the virtual machine to convert, click View source details.
4 Click Next to proceed to the Destination System page.
The Converter Standalone agent prepares the Hyper-V source machine for conversion.
What to do next
On the Destination System page, you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine.
Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine
When you set up a conversion job, you must select a destination for the new virtual machine.
When you use a VMware DRS cluster as the destination, you must set VMware DRS Power Management
(DPM) to manual. This setting ensures that DPM does not power off the ESX hosts that
Converter Standalone uses. When the conversion process completes, restore DPM to its original settings. For
information about how to change DPM settings, see the vSphere Resource Management Guide.
NOTE For conversions of powered on source machines that run Linux, the only supported destination is a
vSphere destination.
Select a Managed Destination
You can convert a virtual machine to use with ESX/ESXi or with an ESX/ESXi host that vCenter Server
manages.
Procedure
1 On the Destination System page, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the Select
destination type drop-down menu.
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