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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
4 (Optional) To assign a static IPv6 address to the Helper virtual machine, on tab IPv6 select Use the
following IPv6 address and specify the IPv6 address, subnet prefix length, and default gateway.
Make sure that the IP address you specify for the Helper virtual machine is not already in use on the
network.
5 (Optional) If you want the Helper virtual machine to use only IPv6 address, on tab IPv4 deselect the
Use IPv4 check box.
6 (Optional) Select Use the following DNS server address and type the preferred DNS server address to
configure the DNS server address manually.
Optionally, you can type an alternative DNS server address as well.
7 Save your settings.
Option Description
Select another option from the
options list
Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
Click Next
Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard.
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The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest
preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
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The Summary page is displayed if you do not select Customize guest
preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Converter Standalone uses the IP address and DNS server you specify to copy data from the source Linux
machine to the Helper virtual machine during conversion.
Configure the Software on the Destination Virtual Machine
You can configure the guest operating system so that it is ready to operate in a virtual environment.
Software configuration includes a number of settings.
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Customize the Windows Guest Operating System on page 66
You can customize guest operating systems running Windows so that the virtual machine is prepared
to work immediately in the destination environment.
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Install VMware Tools on the Destination Virtual Machine on page 70
When converting Windows source machines, you can install VMware Tools to improve graphics
performance of the guest operating system. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of
the mouse pointer, copy and paste operations between guest and host, and improved mouse
performance.
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Remove System Restore Checkpoints on page 70
When you convert source machines running Windows, you can remove System Restore checkpoints
so that the conversion process is faster.
Customize the Windows Guest Operating System
You can customize guest operating systems running Windows so that the virtual machine is prepared to
work immediately in the destination environment.
Prerequisites
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For Windows Server 2003, save the Sysprep files to %ALLUSERSPROFILE
%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep on the machine that runs
Converter Standalone server. For more details about the Sysprep files location for different operating
systems, see “Save Sysprep Files,” on page 79.
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