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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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Contents
AboutThisBook 7
1 Introduction 9
MigrationwithVMwareConverter 9
VMwareConverterEditions 10
CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachines 11
HotandColdCloning 11
LocalandRemoteCloning 11
CloningModes 14
MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImages 15
ConvertingVirtualMachines 15
ConfiguringVirtualMachines 15
ConvertingandExportingVirtualAppliances 15
ManagingTasks 15
NewinConverter3.0.3 16
2 SystemRequirements 17
ApplicationRequirements 17
MemoryRequirementsforColdCloning 18
VirtualMachineandSystemImageRequirements 19
RestoringVCBImagesinConverter 20
SupportedDestinations 21
ConfiguringPermissionsforVirtualCenterUsers 21
LevelofInternationalizationSupport 21
HowConvertingAffectsSettings 22
ChangestoVirtualHardware 22
TCP/IPPortRequirements 23
RemoteHotCloningTroubleshootingTips 23
CommonRequirementsforWindowsOperatingSystems 23
3 InstallingandUninstalling 25
InstallingConverter 25
Uninstalling,Modifying,orRepairing 26
InstallingConvertertoRuninInstall‐LessMode 27
AddingorChanginganEnterpriseLicense 27
PerformingaScriptedInstall 27
4 ConvertingMachines 29
SelectingaConversionProcedure 29
ConvertinginInstall‐LessMode 30
CreatingaSeparateDiskforEachVolume 30
VirtualApplianceOverview 30
StarttheWizardforaConversion 32
SelectaSource 32
SelectaPhysicalMachineSource 32
SelectaVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachineSource 33