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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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Chapter 5 Using the Converter Boot CD for Local Cold Cloning
4 Selectatypeofvirtualmachinetocreate:
Workstation6.x,VMware Fusion1.x,VMware Player2.x,VMware ACE2.x
Workstation5x,VMwareServer,VMwarePlayer
Workstation 4.x,VMwareACE 1.x,GSX Server 3.x.
5ClickNext.
6 Selecttheconversionoptionsforafullclone,ifavailable.
Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthaveoptionsinhowyouallocatediskspace
forthenewvirtualmachine:
Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetter
performancebutton.Thisoptiongivessomewhatbetterperformanceforyourvirtualmachine.Ifyou
clicktheotherbutton,thevirtualdisk’sfilesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesize
ofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned.
TheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformanceoptioncreatesadiskfilethatcanbelarger
thantheusedspaceofthesource.Forexample,thesourcediskmightbea16GBdiskofwhichonly
2GBisusedfor
thefile,butconvertingthefilewiththeAllocateoptioncreatesa16GBdisk.Takethis
intoaccountwhenyoulookatfreespacebeforeyouconvert.
TosupportvirtualdisksonFA Tfilesystems,ensurethattheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckboxhas
beenselected.
7ClickNext.
8OntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,assignanametothevirtualmachine.
Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andbeunique
withinthevirtualmachinefolder.It
cancontainalphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen(‐).
9BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick
Next.
10 OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachine’snetworkadapterstoabridged,
host‐only,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.
Install VMware Tools
InstallingVMwareToolsisapplicableonlyforESXServ er,VirtualCenter,Workstation 6,VMware Fusion 1,
VMware Player 2,andACE 2destinations.
1OntheCustomizationpage,ensurethatInstallVMwareToolsisselected.
2ClickNextorselectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachinetocontinuewithcustomization.