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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
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3Convertercompletestheconversionprocess.
Converterinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachineand
personalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).
4Convertercleansup.
RemovetheBootCDandrebootthesourcephysicalmachinetoreturnittoitsownoperating
system.
Thevirtualmachineisreadytorunonthedestinationmachine
Cloning Modes
Converterimplementstwocloningmodes:disk‐basedcloningandvolume‐basedcloning.
Volume-Based Cloning
Convertersupportsvolume‐basedcloningforhotandcoldcloningandforimportationofexistingvirtual
machines.
Involume‐basedcloning,allvolumesinthedestinationvirtualmachinearebasicvolumes,regardlessofthe
typeinthecorrespondingsourcevolume.File‐levelorblock‐levelvolume‐basedcloningisperformed,
depending
onyoursizeselections:
Vol um e‐basedfile‐levelcloning–Performedwhenanysizesmallerthantheoriginalisselected.
Vol um e‐basedblock‐levelcloning–Performedwhenthevolumesizeismaintainedorextended.
Dependingonthecloningmode,sometypesofsourcevolumesmightnotbesupportedasfollows:
Coldcloning(ConverterBootCD)supportsalltypesofdynamicvolumes,butdoesn’tsupport
Windows NT 4fault‐tolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesissupported.
VirtualmachineimportingsupportsbasicvolumesandalltypesofdynamicvolumesexceptRAID.It
doesn’tsupportWindows NT 4fault‐tolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesis
supported.Onlymasterbootrecord(MBR)disksaresupported.GUIDpartitiontable(GPT)disksarenot
supported.
HotcloningsupportsalltypesofsourcevolumesrecognizedbyWindows,exceptWindows NT 4
fault‐tolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesissupported.
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