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Using the Experimental p2vTool Command-Line Interface
VMwareprovidesp2vToolasatoolformigratingphysicalandvirtualsourcemachineswithacommand‐line
interface(CLI).SupportforthisCLIisexperimental.Userscannotfilesupportrequests(Sirs)toVMwarefor
p2vTool‐relatedissues.
YouneedanEnterpriselicensetousep2vTooltomigratemachines.Theoneexception
isrestoringaVCB
image.Inthiscase,p2vToolcanexecutethequery,verify,import,andpostprocessoptionswithoutalicenseif
itdetectsthatthesourceisaVCB image.
TheXMLschemap2v.xsdisshippedwiththeConverter3.0.2executable.
Thisappendixincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “SyntaxandOptions”onpage 67
 “SourceMachinesandDestinationMachines”onpage 69
 “RestoringVCBImages”onpage 69
 “MigrationXMLInputFileExamples”onpage 70
 “‐q[‐‐query]OptionXMLOutputFileExample”onpage 74
 “VCBRestoreXMLInputFileExamples”onpage 75
 “OVFXMLOutputFileExamples”onpage 76
Syntax and Options
Withp2vTool,youcanperformmigrationsbyusingeitherashortorlongformat.Forexample,toimporta
machinedescribedintheXMLfilep2v.xml,typeoneofthefollowingcommands:
 Shortformat– p2vtool -i -s p2v.xml
 Longformat– p2vTool --import --source p2v.xml
Onlyoneactionoption,canbespecifiedforeachexecutionorcommandline,asfollows:
 --query
 --verify
 --import
 --postprocess
Upto10instancesofp2vToolcanrunsimultaneously.
YoucanperformtheactionsidentifiedbytheoptionslistedinTable A‐1.
Appendix: Migration with p2vTool
Command-Line Interface