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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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Chapter 2 System Requirements
Supported Destinations
Convertercancreatevirtualmachinesthatarecompatiblewiththefollowing:
Workstation6.x,Workstation5.x,andWorkstation4.x
VMwareFusion1.x
VMwareACE2.xandVMwareACE1.x
VMwarePlayer2.xandVMwarePlayer1.x
ESXServer3.x
ESXServer3iInstallableandESXServer3iEmbedded
ESXServer2.5.x(supportonlybyimportingthroughaVirtualCenter2.xserverthatmanagesESX Server)
GSXServer3.x
VMwareServer1.x
VirtualCenter2.x
OVFandOVAvirtualappliances
Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users
ToconvertvirtualmachinestoVirtualCenterwithConverter,youmusthavethefollowingVirtualCenter
permissionssetatthedatacenterlevel:
Datastore>BrowseDatastore
VirtualMachine>InventoryandVirtualMachine>Configuration
VirtualMachine>Interaction>PowerOn(neededonlyifyouchoosetopoweronthetargetvirtual
machineafterconversion)
VirtualMachine>Provisioning>AllowDiskAccess
Resource>AssignVirtualMachineToResourcePool
Formoreinformationaboutsettingpermissions,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3QuickStartGuide.
Level of Internationalization Support
Converterisnotfullyinternationalizationcompliant.Certainmigrationshavesomerequirementsforusing
EnglishASCIIinvariousentries,asshowninTable 2‐3.
N
OTEWorkstation4virtualmachinesarecompatiblewithVMwareGSXServer3.0,ESXServer2.x,and
ACE 1.x.
Table 2-3. Internationalization Compliance in GUI Data Entry
Source Destination Internationalization Limits
Physicalmachine
(localorremoteclone,
hotorcoldclone)
ESXServerorVirtualCenter
virtualmachine
EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename
Standalonevirtualmachine EnglishASCIIvirtualmachinename
EnglishASCIIdestinationpath
Standalonevirtualmachine ESXServerorVirtualCenter
virtualmachine
EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename
Standalonevirtualmachine EnglishASCIIdestinationpath
EnglishASCII
destinationvirtualmachinename