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Chapter 1 Introduction
Disk-Based Cloning
Convertersupportsdiskbasedcloningforcoldcloningandforimportationofexistingvirtualmachines.
Diskbasedcloningtransfersallsectorsfromalldisks,preservingallvolumemetadata.Thedestinationvirtual
machinereceivesthesamevolumes,ofthesametypeasthoseofthesourcevirtualmachine.Diskbased
cloningsupports
alltypesofbasicanddynamicdisks.
Migrating Existing Virtual Machines and System Images
WithConverter,youcanmovevirtualmachinesbetweenhostedproducts(productsthatrunasapplications
onphysicalmachineswithoperatingsystems)andmanagedproducts(baremetalVMwareproductsthat
provideathinsoftwarelayer(thehypervisor)thatenablesthemtorundirectlyonthephysicalmachine).
Converting Virtual Machines
ConverterletsyoumoveVMwarevirtualmachinesbetweenWorkstation,VMware Player,VMware ACE,
VMwareFusion,ESXServer,ESXServer3iEmbedded,ESXServer3iInstallable,GSX Server,andVMware
Server.ItalsoimportsvirtualmachinesfromMicrosoftVirtual ServerandVirtual PC.
Configuring Virtual Machines
ForVMwarevirtualmachineswhosedisksarepopulatedbyrestoringfromabackupofaphysicalhostorby
someotherdirectmeansofcopying,ConverterpreparestheimagetorunonVMwarevirtualhardware.
Converting and Exporting Virtual Appliances
ConvertersupportsconvertingandexportingvirtualappliancesstoredinOpenVirtual MachineFormat(OVF
andOVA).YoucanimportavirtualappliancetoruninanexistingESXServerorWorkstationvirtualmachine,
oryoucanexportanexistingVMwarevirtualmachinetoanOVFvirtualappliancetoshareoverthenetwork.
Managing Tasks
Converterprovidesataskmanagertomanagemigrationsforasingleconversionorformultiple,concurrent
conversions.AfteryoucreateataskbyusingtheConverterwizardtosetuphowyouwanttoimporta
machine,usetheTaskViewofthemanagertodothefollowing:
Startorstopaconversion.
Changetherunorder.
Forceaqueuedtasktorun.
Controlthenumberofjobsrunningsimultaneously.
Filtertheviewofwhattasksaredisplayed.
Editatask.
Viewatask’sprogress.
Cancelatask.
Editandrestartafailedtask.
Deleteatask.
Viewanaudittrail.