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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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Thischapterdescribeshowtocold‐clonealocalphysicalmachinetoavarietyofdestinations.Coldcloning
requirestheVMwareConverterBootCD,whichisavailable intheEnterpriseeditiononly.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections:
“ColdCloningandtheConverterBootCD”onpage 45
“StarttheWizardforaConversion”onpage 45
“SelectSourceData”onpage 46
“ChoosingaDestinationforaNewVirtualMachine”onpage 47
“CustomizeaNewVirtualMachine’sGuestOperatingSystem”onpage 49
“CompletetheConvertTaskCreation”onpage 51
“UsingpeTooltoModifytheConverterBootCD”onpage 52
Cold Cloning and the Converter Boot CD
Coldcloning,alsocalledofflinecloning,entailscloningthesourcemachinewhenitisnotrunningitsoperating
system.Incoldcloning,yourebootthesourcemachinefromaCDthathasitsownoperatingsystem(WinPE)
andincludesthestandaloneVMwareConverterEnterpriseapplication.Coldcloningleavesnofootprinton
thesourcemachine.
Start the Wizard for a Conversion
UsethisproceduretostarttheConverterConversionwizardfromtheVMware Converter Boot CD.
To boot off the CD, set options, and start the application
1InserttheConverterBootCDinthesourcemachineandrestartthecomputer.
2Within10seconds,pressanykeytobootintotheoperatingsystemontheCD.
3 (Optional)IntheNetworkConfigurationdialogbox,changethelocationforthe
temporaryfiles,
includingthelogs.
Bydefault,temporaryfilesarestoredinRAMdisk.AftertheVMwareConverterapplicationislaunched,
youcannotmodifythetemporaryfilesdirectory.
4 (Optional)IntheAdvancedtabintheNetworkConfigurationdialogbox,setavalueforthe
Speed & Duplexpropertyofeachnetworkadapter.
TheVMware
Converterapplicationlaunches.
Using the Converter Boot CD for
Local Cold Cloning
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