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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 6 Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)–Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentifier.
LocationofSysprepFiles–Iftheapplicationdeterminedthislocation,thetexteditboxshowsit.If
thisfieldisblank,youmustspecifyavalidlocationbeforegoingtothenextpanel.
3ClickNext.
4OntheWindowsLicensepage,entertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,if
necessary,andclickNext.
YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage.
TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxappliesonlytoMicrosoftWindows 2000 Serverand
Microsoft Windows 2003 Serveroperatingsystems,andtheServerLicenseModeradiobuttonsare
disabledifthecheckboxisnotselected.This
actiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVistasystems.
5OntheTimeZonepage,chooseatimezonefromthedrop‐downmenuandclickNext.
Ifnetworkinterfacesneedtobeset,theNetworkInterfaceSettingspageappears.
6 (Optional)Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterface
SettingpageandclickCustomize.
TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifyoumodifyoneormorenetworkadapters.Clickthisbuttontoreturn
allsettingsforalladapterstothedefault.
Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost
Configuration
Protocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNext.
7 (Optional)OntheNetworkPropertiesdialogbox,modifythepropertiesofanynetworkadapters.
8ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingpageandclickNext.
9OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,selecthowthevirtualmachineparticipates
inanetwork.
Workgroup–ValidcharactersincludeA‐Z,a‐z,0‐9,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15
characters.
WindowsServerDomain–Thetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeA‐Z,a‐z,0‐9,
space,period(dot),andthehyphen.Eachlabeldelineatedbyadotcanbe63characterslong,andthe
wholetextstringcanbeupto254characterslong.Auser
nameandpasswordarealsorequired.
10 ClickNext.
To remove System Restore checkpoints
OntheCustomizationpageoftheConfigurationwizard,selectRemoveallsystemrestorecheckpoints.
VMwarerecommendsthatyouremoveallSystemRestorecheckpointsfromthetargetvirtualmachine.
RemovingSystemRestorecheckpointspreventsthetargetmachinefromrevertingtoapreconversionstate.
Restoringacheckpointinthetargetvirtualmachinecandamagethesystemandcausethetargetvirtual
machinetobecomeunbootable.
Field Description
General UsethistabonlytomanuallyentertheIPaddressand
DNSserveraddress.
DNS SpecifytheDNSconnectionsbyenteringDNSsuffixes.
ForeachDNSsuffixyouenter,clickAdd.
IfyouareenteringmultipleDNSsuffixes,use
MoveUpandMoveDowntospecifytheorderinwhich
avirtualmachineistousetheconnections.
WINS SpecifytheprimaryandsecondaryWINSaddressesbytypingthe
IPaddressesintheentryboxes.