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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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Thisbook,theVMwareConverterUser’sManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingandusing
VMware™ Converter.
Intended Audience
Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMwareConverter.VMware Converter
userstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopmentandtestingorworkwithmultipleoperating
systemsorcomputingenvironments:softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorun
demos,andanyonewhowantstocreatevirtual
machines.Anothersetofusersincludesanyonewhoneedsto
non‐intrusivelycopyandtransformphysicalsystemsintoVMwarevirtualmachines,eitherlocallyor
remotely.
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