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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
Index
A
Acronis True Image, source 21
add a disk 56, 57
adding jobs 90
advanced customization
guest operating system 66
installing VMware Tools 70
removing system restore checkpoints 70
synchronizing source and destination 73
agent 10
allocate memory 63
audience 7
C
changing the number of tasks displayed 95
client 10
cloning
disk based 14
disk-based cloning 15
full clones 15
hot, defined 11
linked clones 15
volume based 14
volume-based cloning 14
cloning modes 14
command-line commands 38
components 10
concurrent disk conversions 94
configuration options 83
configuration, submitting job 87
configure the conversion job 71
configure the hardware
allocate memory 63
configure the Helper VM network 65
configure the network settings 65
edit the number of processors 63
edit the number of processors cores 63
edit the number of processors sockets 63
select a disk controller 64
configure the hardware of the destination
machine 53
configure the network settings 65
configure the software 66
configuring
domain details 86
guest operating system 83
install VMware tools 83
prepare for booting 87
removing system restore checkpoints 87
selecting a source 80
selecting VMware Fusion source 80
selecting VMware Player source 80
selecting Workstation source 80
sysprep files locations 29
Sysprep files locations 79
time zone 85
workgroup 86
configuring permissions for vCenter users 26
connect to a remote Converter Standalone
server 41
controlling the number of concurrent tasks 93
conversion 92
conversion jobs
submitting 76
viewing summary 76
conversion limitations
configuration limitations 31
Linux guest limitations 31
powered on machine limitations 31
third-party images limitations 31
third-party virtual machines or system
images 32
virtual machines 31
VSS snapshots 33
Windows guest limitations 31
conversion tasks
managing 89
maximum running 93
starting 44
conversion throttling 75
Conversion wizard, starting 44
conversion, viewing job summary 76
Converter Standalone
installing client in Windows 35
installing in Windows 35
installing server and agent in Windows 35
modifying installation in Windows 39
repairing in Windows 40
VMware, Inc. 99