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Converterprovidesataskmanagerformanagingmigrationsandconfigurations.Thiscanbeforasingle
conversionorformultiple,concurrentmigrationsintheEnterpriseedition.Afteryoucreateataskusingthe
Converterwizardtosetuphowyouwanttoconvertorconfigureamachine,youcanusethe
TaskViewof
Convertermanagertomanagetheorderoftasks,tolimitthenumberofconcurrenttasks,toeditthetasks,to
lookattheprogressofatask,andmore.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections:
“MultipleTasks”onpage 59
“TaskViewonpage 59
“DetailsViewonpage 61
“LookingatProgressandtheLogs”onpage 62
“EditingTasks”onpage 63
“ManagingHowTasksRun”onpage 64
Multiple Tasks
TheEnterpriseeditionofConvertercanrununlimitedmultipleconcurrentconversions,butyoucanlimitthe
number.Whiletasksarerunning,youcancontinuetoaddnewtaskstothequeue,editunstartedorcanceled
tasks,andfixfailedtasks.
Task View
TheupperhalfofthetaskmanagerwindowistheTaskView.Itincludesthetasklist,containinginformation
aboutthevarioustasks,andthetoolbar,withwhichyoucanstartthewizardsandmanagethetasksinthelist.
Task List
Thetasklistpresentsthefollowinginformation:
IDUniquesystemgeneratedidentifierforthetask.
DescriptionBriefexplanationofthetask,basedonhowyousetitupintheconverterwizard.“Convert
aphysicalmachine”isanexample.
SourceIPaddress,location,orotherdescriptorofthesourcemachineorimage.
DestinationIPaddress,location,orotherdescriptoroftheconvertedvirtualmachine.
ProgressPercentageofcompletionthatataskhasattained.
Managing Tasks
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