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Table Of Contents
User’s Manual
40 VMware, Inc.
Choose a Workstation Virtual Machine Destination
UsethisprocedureifyouareperformingaWorkstationtoWorkstationconversion.
To select a Workstation destination for your converted virtual machine
1OntheDestinationpage,clickNexttomovetotheDestinationTypepage.
2 SelectOtherVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.
3OntheVirtualMachineNameandLocationpage,typeanameforthe
convertedvirtualmachineand
browsetoenterthedestinationlocation.
Ifthesourceisaremotephysicalcomputer,aConnectAsbuttonappears.Specifyanetworkmountable
locationaccessibletoboththesourcemachineandthemachinerunningtheConverterapplication.
4 Selectatypeofvirtualmachinetocreate.
Thevirtualmachine
youselectmustworkwithoneoftheseVMwareproductgroups:
Workstation6.x,VMwareFusion1.x,VMwarePlayer2.x,VMwareACE2.x
Workstation5x,VMwareServer1.x,VMwarePlayer1.x
Workstation4.5.x,ACE1.x,GSXServer3.x
5ClickNext.
6Inthedropdownmenu,selectImportandconvert(fullclone),ifavailable.
Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthaveoptionsinhowyouallocatediskspace
forthenewvirtualmachine:
Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetter
performancebutton.Thisoptiongivessomewhatbetterperformanceforyourvirtualmachine.Ifyou
clickAllowvirtualdiskfilestoexpand,thevirtualdisksfilesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,until
theyreachthesizeofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned.
TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,ensurethattheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckboxis
selected.
7ClickNext.
8OntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,typethenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine.
Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,
andmustbeuniquewithinthevirtualmachine
folder.Itcancontainalphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen().
9BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick
Next.
10 OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachine’snetwork
adapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNAT
networkandclickNext.
Customize a New Virtual Machine’s Guest Operating System
OntheConversionwizardCustomizationpage,youcanchoosetoinstallVMwareTools,customizeaguest
operatingsystem,removeSystemRestorecheckpoints,oranycombinationoftheseoptions,dependingonthe
guestoperatingsystem.
ConverterdoesnotsupportcustomizationforWindowsNT.
To skip the options on the Customization page and go to the Ready to Complete page
1Ensurethatallcheckboxesaredeselectedandclick
Next.
2Continuewith“CompetetheConvertTaskCreation”onpage41.