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7 (Optional)OntheNetworkPropertiesdialogbox,modifythepropertiesofanynetworkadapters.
8ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingpageandclickNext.
9OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,selecthowthevirtualmachineparticipatesinanetwork.
WorkgroupValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15
characters.
WindowsServerDomainThetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,
space,period(dot),andthehyphen.Eachlabeldelineatedbyadotcanbe63characterslong,andthe
entiretextstringcanbeupto254characterslong.Auser
nameandpasswordarerequired.
10 ClickNext.
Remove System Restore Checkpoints
VMwarerecommendsthatyouremoveallSystemRestorecheckpoints,regardlessofthecloningmode,unless
youwantthetargetvirtualmachinetobeareplicaofthesourcesystem.RemovingallSystemRestore
checkpointspreventsthetargetmachinefromrevertingtoapreconversionstate.Restoringacheckpointinthe
targetvirtual
machinethatwascreatedbeforecloningthesourcemachinecandamagethesystemandcause
thetargetvirtualmachinetobecomeunbootable.
To remove System Restore checkpoints for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2003
OntheCustomizationpage,selectRemoveallsystemrestorecheckpoints.
SystemRestoreisenabledonWindowsVistaandWindowsXPsystemsbydefault.ForWindowsVista,if
you
aredoingvolumebasedfilelevelcloning,SystemRestorecheckpointsareautomaticallyremovedfromthe
targetvirtualmachine,regardlessofthecheckbox.Ifyouaredoingdiskbasedcloningorvolumelevel
blockbasedcloning,deselectingthecheckboxinstructsConvertertokeeptheSystemRestorecheckpoints
in
thetargetvirtualmachine.
Formoreinformationaboutcloningmodes,see“CloningModes”onpage 14.
Complete the Conversion Task Creation
ThefinalpageintheConversionwizardistheReadytoCompletepage.ClickFinishtoclosethewizardand
displaytheTaskViewwiththeconversionjobinthetasklist.YoucanviewtheprogressintheTaskProgress
tab.UsersoftheEnterpriseandStartereditionsofConverter
canreturntoaqueuedjobandeditthesettings.
SeeChapter 7,“ManagingTasks,onpage 59.Startereditionuserscanconvertonlyonemachineatatime.
IfWindowsdiscoversnewhardwareandasksyoutoreboot,selectNosothatcustomizationsettingsare
applied.Ifyoucustomizedthenewvirtual
machine,afteritispoweredon,youmustwaitforitto
automaticallyreboottwicebeforethecustomizationsettingsareappliedandyoucansafelylogin.
Customizationsettingsarenotappliedtoyourvirtualmachineifyoumanuallyrestartit.
Field Description
General UsethistabonlytomanuallyentertheIPaddressand
DNSserveraddress.
DNS SpecifytheDNSconnectionsbyenteringDNSsuffixes.
ForeachDNSsuffixyouenter,clickAdd.
IfyouareenteringmultipleDNSsuffixes,use
MoveUpandMoveDowntospecifytheorderinwhich
avirtualmachineistousetheconnections.
WINS SpecifytheprimaryandsecondaryWINSaddressesbytypingthe
IPaddressesintheentryboxes.