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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
Primarydiskcontrollerscanbedifferentfromthesourcemachine’scontrollers.
Applicationsmightnotworkiftheydependondevicesthatarenotavailablefromwithinavirtual
machine.
TCP/IP Port Requirements
Table 2‐4liststheportsConverterusesintheconversionprocess.
Remote Hot Cloning Troubleshooting Tips
Thefollowinginformationcanhelpyouavoidissuesrelatedtopermissionsandnetworkaccesswhen
performinghotcloning.
Common Requirements for Windows Operating Systems
ToensuresuccessfulremotehotcloningofWindowsplatforms,makethefollowingchecksonthesource
machinebeforeyoulaunchtheapplication:
EnsurethatSimpleFileSharingisturnedoff.
EnsurethatfileandprintersharingisnotblockedbyWindowsFirewall.
Turning off Simple File Sharing on Windows Platforms
Tocontrolpermissionsforindividualusers,youmustturnoffSimpleFileSharing.However,turningSimple
FileSharingoffdoesnotturnofftheSharedDocumentsfeature.UsetheSimpleFileSharingUI,locatedinthe
folder’sproperties,toconfigurebothshareandfilepermissions.
Table 2‐5showstheSimpleFile
SharingbehaviorforspecificWindowsoperatingsystems.
To turn off Simple File Sharing in Windows XP Professional
1 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>FolderOptions.
2IntheFolderOptionspage,clicktheViewtabanddeselectUseSimpleFileSharing(Recommended).
Foradditionalinformationaboutturningsimplefilesharingonoroff,seetheMicrosoftTechNetWeb
site.
Table 2-4. Converter Port Requirements
Communication Path Port
Converterapplicationtoremotephy sicalmachine 445,139
ConverterapplicationtoaVirtualCenterserv er 443
ConverterapplicationtoESXServer3.x 443
PhysicalmachinetoaVirtualCenterserver 443
PhysicalmachinetoESXServer3.x 443,902
Table 2-5. Simple File Sharing Behavior
Operating System File Sharing
WindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemsjoinedtoa
workgroup
SimpleFileSharingUIisturnedonbydefault.
WindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemsjoinedtoa
domain
Usestheclassicfilesharingandsecurityinterfaceonly.