3.0
Table Of Contents
- User’s Manual
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction
- System Requirements
- Application Requirements
- Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning
- Virtual Machine and System Image Requirements
- Restoring VCB Images in Converter
- Supported Destinations
- Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users
- Level of Internationalization Support
- How Converting Affects Settings
- Changes to Virtual Hardware
- TCP/IP Port Requirements
- Remote Hot Cloning Troubleshooting Tips
- Installing and Uninstalling
- Converting Machines
- Using the Converter Boot CD for Local Cold Cloning
- Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
- Managing Tasks
- Appendix: Migration with p2vTool Command-Line Interface
- Glossary
- Index
User’s Manual
10 VMware, Inc.
Placevolumesonseparatedisksandmigratethedisksacrossindependentdatastores.
Startandmanagemultipleconcurrentmigrations.
Viewaudittrails.
Figure 1‐1illustrateshowVMwareConvertercreatesandmigratesVMwarereadyvirtualmachinesfroma
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.