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Chapter 2 System Requirements
Virtual Machine and System Image Requirements
Convertercanconvertthefollowingvirtualmachinetypes:
Workstation6.x,Workstation5.x,andWorkstation4.x
VMwareFusion1.x
ESXServer3.x
ESXServer3iversion3.5InstallableandESXServer3iversion3.5Embedded
ESXServer2.5.x(iftheserverismanagedwithVirtualCenter2.x)
GSXServer3.x
VMwareServer1.x,
VirtualCenter2.x
MicrosoftVirtual PCversion7andlater
AnyversionofMicrosoftVirtual Server
ConvertercanconvertthefollowingvirtualmachinetypestoOVForOVAvirtualappliances:
ESXServeroravirtualmachinethatismanagedbyVirtualCenter
Workstation
Convertercanconvertthefollowingsystemimagetypes:
VCB
AcronisTrueImage9
SymantecBackupExecSystemRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery)6.5and7.0,
LiveStateRecovery3.0and6.0,andNortonGhostversion9.0,10.0,and12.0(.sv2ifiles)
StorageCraftShadowProtect
Requirements:
Virtualmachinesmustbepoweredoffbeforeyouconvertthem.Youcannotconvertsuspendedvirtual
machines.
VirtualmachinesfromMacintoshversionsofVirtual PCarenotsupported.
TheoperatingsystemonthesourceVirtual PCorVirtual ServervirtualmachinemustbeaWindows
guestoperatingsystemsupportedbytheintendedVMwareplatform(forexample,Workstation 5or6).
SeetheGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforalistofsupportedoperatingsystems.
ConvertersupportsVirtual PCandVirtual Servervirtualmachineswith
mostWindowsoperating
systemsearlierthanWindows NT4.0andwithnonWindowsoperatingsystems(forexample,Linuxand
DOS)forcloningonly.Converterdoesnotsupportconfiguringforthesesystems.
ConvertercanconvertShadowProtectandBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages,withthefollowing
limitations:
Dynamicdisksarenotsupported.
Allimagesforthebackupofamachinemustbeinasinglefolderwithnootherimagesplacedthere.
Forvolumebasedcloning,allvolumesinthediskuptotheactiveandsystemvolumesmustbe
backedup.Forexample,ifadiskhasfourpartitions,1–4,withpartition2astheactivevolumeand
partition3asthesystemvolume,thebackupmustinclude1through3.
Forincrementalimages,upto16incrementalbackupsaresupported.
Imagesofsystemswithlogicaldrivesarenotsupportedifthelogicaldriveisalsoasystemoractive
volume(ShadowProtectonly).