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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 7 Managing Tasks
Export and View the Log
YoumustexportthelogtextfiletoreaditortosendacopytoVMwaretechnicalsupport.
To export a copy of a log file
1 ChooseFile>ExportLogsinthemainmenu.
2 SelectalocationandsavethelogtextfilesintheExportLogsdialogbox.
3Openthelogfilewithatexteditor.
UFAD and Client Log File Locations
ThefollowingpathsdescribethelocationoftherecommendedlogsforyoutoviewandsendtoVMware
support,ifnecessary.
UFADlogsarelocatedinthefollowingdirectories:
Windows NT – %WINDIR%\vmware-temp\vmware-converter*
All other systems – %WINDIR%\Temp\vmware-temp\vmware-converter*
Clientlogsarelocatedin%TEMP%\vmware-temp\vmware-client*.
SendthesefilestosupportusingFile>ExportLogs.ForConverterBootCD,mapanetworkdriveusingthe
networkconfigurationtoolanduseFile>ExportLogs.SeeChapter 5,“UsingtheConverterBootCDforLocal
ColdCloning,”onpage 45.
Theseare
alsothefilelocationsontheremotemachineifyouarerunningaremotehotclone.Tosendthese
logsfromaremotemachinetoVMwaresupport,youmustmanuallycompressandsendthem.
Editing Tasks
Youcanedittaskswithaqueued,completed,failed,orcanceledstatus.
Edit a Task
AslongasataskisnotinprogressyoucanusetheEditwizardtochangeconversionsettings.Afteryouedit
atask,itgoestotheendofthequeue.Tomovethetaskupthequeue,usetheRunOrderbuttoninthetoolbar.
See“ChangetheRun
Order”onpage 64.
To edit a queued or canceled task from the Summary tab
1 Choosearowinthetasklist.
TheTaskProgresstabforthattaskappearsintheDetailsview.
2ClicktheSummarytab.
3ClicktheEditlinktostarttheConverterEditwizard.
4 Selectthepagelinkthatcontainstheinformationorsettingstoedit.
Repeatasnecessary.
For
minoredits,youneeddealwiththespecificpagesonly,andnottheunaffectedones.However,inthe
caseofeditsinwhichyouchangethesourceordestination,Converterresetsalltheremainingpagesin
theproceduretotheirdefaults.Youmustgothrougheachremainingpagetocomplete
theconversiontask
creation.
5ClickFinish.