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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 Options to Configure
When you create a configuration job, you can select the steps of the configuration process that you want to
run.
Procedure
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On the Options page, select one or more configuration steps to perform and click Next.
Option Description
Install VMware Tools on the
destination virtual machine
Installs VMware Tools to enhance the performance of the destination
virtual machine.
Customize guest preferences for
the virtual machine
Lets you customize Windows guest operating systems so that you can
prevent and resolve licensing and networking issues.
Remove System Restore
checkpoints on destination
Removes System Restore checkpoints from the destination virtual
machine.
Reconfigure destination virtual
machine
Modifies the configuration of the virtual machine so that it is prepared to
boot and work properly in the destination virtual environment.
What to do next
On the basis of the configuration options you selected, you can either customize the guest operating system
of the source virtual machine or view the Summary page of the Configuration wizard.
Install VMware Tools on a Virtual Machine
Install VMware Tools to improve graphics performance for the guest operating system of a configured
virtual machine. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of the mouse pointer, copying and
pasting between guest and host, improved mouse performance, and so on.
Install VMware Tools on the virtual machine you are configuring.
Procedure
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On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Install VMware Tools on the destination
virtual machine and click Next.
vCenter Converter Standalone installs VMware Tools on the configured virtual machine.
What to do next
You can customize the guest operating system or view the Summary page of the Configuration wizard.
Customize the Windows Guest Operating System
As a part of the configuration job, you can customize virtual machines running Windows.
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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On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual
machine and click Next to view and modify the available customization options.
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