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User’s Manual
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Placevolumesonseparatedisksandmigratethedisksacrossindependentdatastores.
Startandmanagemultipleconcurrentmigrations.
Viewaudittrails.
Figure 11illustrateshowVMwareConvertercreatesandmigratesVMwarereadyvirtualmachinesfroma
broadrangeofsources.
Figure 1-1. VMware Converter Source and Destination Machines
VMware Converter Editions
VMwareConvertercomesintwoeditions,StarterandEnterprise.
physical
machines
virtual
machines
third-party
images
*.tib
*.vmc
*.sv2i
*.spf
VMware Consolidated Backup images
source destination
VMware
Converter
virtual
machine
Workstation 6
VMware Fusion
VMware Server 2
virtual
machine
Workstation 4
GSX Server
virtual
machine
Workstation 5
VMware Player
VMware Server 1
ESX Server 2.5.x
host
virtual
machine
ESX Server 3.x
host
virtual
machine
VirtualCenter
Server
Table 1-1. Starter and Enterprise Editions Features
VMware Converter Starter VMware Converter Enterprise
Environment DesignedforsinglemigrationstoVMware
productssuchasVMwareInfrastructure3,
VMwarePlayer,VMwareWorkstation,and
VMwareServer.
Designedformultipleconcurrentmigrations
toVMwareInfrastructure3andhosted
products.
License Freedownload. Licensedasapartofasupportand
subscriptioncontractwiththeVMware
VirtualCenter server.
Cloning Localhotcloningto
hostedproducts
(Workstation,VMwarePlayer,GSXServer,
VMwareServer)andESXServer.Remotehot
cloningtohostedproductsonly.
Localhotcloningtohostedproductsand
ESX Server.Remotehotcloningtohosted
productsandESXServer.Loca lcoldcloning
(VMwareConverterBootCD)tohosted
productsandESX Server.
Job Management Singlemigrationat
atime.Setupand
scheduleaconversion.
Multiple,concurrentmigrations.Setupand
scheduleaconversion.