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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
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ThischapterdescribestherequirementstobefulfilledbeforeoperatingConverteranddescribesthe
compatibilitiesandinteroperabilitiesamongthesystemsonwhichandwithwhichitworks.
Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections:
“ApplicationRequirements”onpage 17
“MemoryRequirementsforColdCloning”onpage 18
“VirtualMachineandSystemImageRequirements”onpage 19
“RestoringVCBImagesinConverter”onpage 20
“SupportedDestinations”onpage 21
“ConfiguringPermissionsforVirtualCenterUsers”onpage 21
“LevelofInternationalizationSupport”onpage 21
“HowConvertingAffectsSettings”onpage 22
“ChangestoVirtualHardware”onpage 22
“TCP/IPPortRequirements”onpage 23
“RemoteHotCloningTroubleshootingTips”onpage 23
Application Requirements
ConverteranditsagentrunonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:
Windows NTSP6+(withInternetExplorer5orhigher)
Windows2000
Windows200332‐bitand64‐bit
WindowsXPProfessional32‐bitand64‐bit
WindowsVista32‐bitand64‐bit
Convertercanruninvirtualmachinesthatusethelistedoperatingsystemsasguestoperatingsystems.
TheVMwareConverterBootCDrunsonitsowncopyofWindowsPreinstallationEnvironment(WinPE).
System Requirements
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NOTEAlthoughConverteroperatesonWindowsonly,afterthemigration,youcantransferthevirtual
machinetotheVMwaresupportedhostplatformofyourchoice.