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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
Example: Limiting the Number of Concurrent Tasks
Assume that Converter Standalone is running 12 tasks. If you change the number of concurrent tasks to 6,
these 12 tasks continue running, but all newly added tasks remain pending in the task list.
When the number of running tasks drops to 5, a new task from the wait list starts.
Set the Number of Data Connections per Task
If you are converting sources with multiple disks and volumes, you can decrease the conversion time by
cloning multiple disks and volumes concurrently. This option is supported for conversions of Windows
sources and Linux virtual sources.
When you clone multiple disks and volumes in parallel, each data transfer uses a separate TCP connection.
NOTE For managed sources and destinations, the number of the concurrent data connections within a
conversion task must not exceed the TCP connections limit of the corresponding ESXi host. Otherwise, the
conversion task might not complete successfully.
The source conversion completes and the task of configuring the destination starts only when all data
transfers are complete.
Procedure
1 On the main menu, select Administration > Data Connections per Task.
2 Select the number of concurrent data connections.
Option Description
Select the Maximum check-box .
All disks and volumes of the source are cloned simultaneously.
In the Custom spin-box, select a
number between 1 and 12.
Only a specific number of disks and volumes are cloned simultaneously.
The default number of concurrent data connections per task is set to 1.
3 Click OK.
The setting takes effect immediately for all newly added tasks.
View the Job to Which a Task Belongs
You can switch from Task View to Job View to view and edit the job to which a selected task belongs.
Procedure
1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks.
2 From the task list, select a task.
3 On the main menu, select Task > Go to job.
The Converter Standalone manager switches to Job View. The job that contains the task you selected in Task
View is preselected in the list and complies with the current filter of the Job View.
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