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Chapter 4 Converting Machines
Choose a Standalone Virtual Machine Destination
UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninWorkstation,VMware Fusion,
VMware Player,VMware Server,VMware ACE,orGSX Server.
To select a standalone virtual machine destination for a converted virtual machine
1ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage.
2 SelectOtherVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.
3IntheVirtualMachineName
andLocationpage,typeanamefortheconvertedvirtualmachineand
browsetoenterthedestinationlocation.
Ifthesourceisaremotephysicalcomputer,aConnectAsbuttonappears.Specifyanetworkmountable
locationaccessibletoboththesourcemachineandthemachinerunningtheConverterapplication.
4 Selecta
typeofvirtualmachinetocreate.
ThevirtualmachineyouselectmustworkwithoneoftheseVMwareproductgroups:
Workstation6.x,VMwareFusion1.x,VMwarePlayer2.x,VMwareACE2.x
Workstation5x,VMwareServer1.x,VMwarePlayer1.x
Workstation4.5.x,ACE1.x,GSXServer3.x
5ClickNext.
6Inthedropdownmenu,selectacloningoptionforthenewvirtualmachine.
Choosethewaytheconvertercreatestheclone,dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination:
CreateafullcloneCreatesaVMwarevirtualmachinewithnodependenciesontheoriginalvirtual
machineorsystemimage.Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspace
nowforbetterperformancebutton.IfyouclickAllowvirtualdiskfilestoexpand,
thevirtualdisk’s
filesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesizeofthesourcedisksfromwhichthey
werecloned.
TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,selectSplitdiskinto2GBfiles.
TheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformanceoptioncreatesa
diskfilethatcanbelarger
thantheusedspaceofthesource.Forexample,thesourcediskmightbea16GBdiskofwhichonly
2GBisusedforthefile,butconvertingthefilewiththeAllocateoptioncreatesa16GBdisk.Takethis
intoaccountwhenyoulook
atfreespacebeforeyouconvert.
CreatealinkedcloneCreatesaVMwarevirtualmachinethatsharesthevirtualdiskofthesource
virtualmachineorsystemimage.
LinkedclonesareusefulforproofofconceptonnonVMwareimage,suchas.sv2iand.vmc.
Forlinkedclones,thevirtualmachinecreatedbytheConverteris
corruptedifthesourceismodified
aftertheconversion.ThisistrueforlinkedclonesconvertedfromVirtual PCandVirtual Server
machinesandfromLiveStateimages.InthecaseofVirtual PCandVirtual Serversourcevirtual
machines,theactofpoweringthesourcevirtualmachinesoninVirtual PCorVirtual Servermodifies
them,
andcorruptsthelinkedclones.
7ClickNext.
8IntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,assignanametothevirtualmachine.
Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andmustbeuniquewithinthevirtualmachine
folder.Itcancontainalphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen().
9BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick
Next.
10 OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachine’snetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNAT
networkandclickNext.