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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
User’s Manual
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6SpecifythevolumesizeforeachvolumeintheNewDiskSpacedrop‐downmenuandclickNext.
7 (Optional)Toconvertindividualvolumestocorrespondingvirtualdisks,selectCreateaseparatediskfor
eachvolume.
Select a Virtual Appliance Source
YoucanimportavirtualappliancetoaVMwareInfrastructurevirtualmachineorastandalonevirtual
machine,suchasWorkstation6.x.
To import a virtual appliance
1OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage.
2 SelectVirtualAppliancefromthedrop‐downmenuandclickNext.
3 Navigatetothe.ovfor.ova
virtualappliancelocation.
4ClickNext.
5OntheSourceDatapage,clickNext.
Bydefault,Convertalldisksandmaintainsizeisselected.Youmustmaintainthesourcedatainits
originalform.
6OntheDestinationpage,clickNexttogototheDestinationTypepage.
7 Chooseadestinationforyourvirtualappliance
fromthedrop‐downmenuandclickNext.
8Enterthedestinationvirtualmachineinformation.
9ClickNext.
10 Choosehowyouwanttodistributethefilesinthevirtualappliancepackage.
11 ClickNexttoviewtheReadytoCompletepage.
12 ClickFinishtostartthetaskcreation.
Option Description
MaintainSize Keepstheoriginalsizevolume.
MinSize Convertsjusttheusedportionfromthe
volume,withasmallamountofspaceadded.
<TypeSizeinGB> Enteraspecificsizeingigabytes.
<TypeSizeinMB> Enteraspecificsizeinmegabytes.
Field Action
Filesystem Browseforthesourcevirtualmachineorimage,selectthefile,andclickOpen.
YoucanusetheFilesoftypefieldtofilterthedisplayedfilesbyfileextension.
URL EntertheURLofthevirtualapplianceyouwanttoconvert,orviewtheVMware
VirtualApplianceMarketplacefor
thelatestvirtualappliances.
Virtual Machine Type Action
VMwareInfrastructure
virtualmachine
Specifytheserverandlogincredentials.
Standalonevirtualmachine Specifythevirtualmachinenameandlocation.
Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andmustbeunique
withinthevirtualmachinefolder.Itcancontainalphanumericcharacters
andtheunderscore
(_)andhyphen(‐).