6.0
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
Filter Jobs by History
You can filter the list so that it displays only the last submitted jobs. By default, the job list displays the last
twenty jobs.
Procedure
1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs.
2 On the main menu, click View > History Filter and select a level of filtering.
Only jobs that correspond to selected filtering level remain in the job list.
Filter Jobs by Status
You can filter the job list to display jobs based on their status: Active, Inactive, and All. Active jobs include
all running, scheduled, and not scheduled jobs. By default, the job list displays all jobs.
Procedure
1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs.
2 On the main menu, select View > Filter by.
3 Select a level of display from the drop-down menu.
If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, you can select My own to view only jobs
that you have created.
Filter Jobs by Multiple Criteria
You can combine filtering criteria to filter jobs in the job list.
Procedure
1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs.
2 Use the drop-down menus in the toolbar to select the status and the history criteria.
The two filtering conditions combine to show only jobs that comply with both conditions.
Add a Synchronization Task to a Conversion Job
You can add a synchronization task to an active conversion job and modify the synchronization settings in
the Conversion wizard.
NOTE You can add synchronization tasks only to jobs that were created with the Converter Standalone
client.
Prerequisites
The conversion job must be active and allow synchronization.
No synchronization task that belongs to this job must be running.
Procedure
1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs.
2 From the job list, select the conversion job to which you want to add a synchronization task.
3 From the main menu, select Job > Synchronize.
4 Follow the prompts to modify the synchronization settings.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
92 VMware, Inc.