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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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Thep2vToolcanimportVCBimagesintostandalonehostedproducts.Attributescannotbesettopreserve
propertiesasshowninTable A‐2.
Migration XML Input File Examples
HereareexamplesofXMLinputfilesforthevariouscombinationsofsourcesanddestinationsinap2vTool
import.
Example A-1. Importing a Live Physical Machine Source to a Managed Destination
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<p2v version="2.1" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"
uninstallAgentOnSuccess="0">
<source>
<liveSpec>
<creds host="a-running-machine.company.com" username="Administrator"
password="adminPassword" />
</liveSpec>
</source>
<dest>
<managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine">
<!-- username and password may be omitted, in which case you will be interactively
prompted for credentials -->
<creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" />
</managedSpec>
</dest>
<importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" />
<postProcessingParams>
<reconfigParams />
</postProcessingParams>
</p2v>
Example A-2. Importing a Live Local Machine to a Managed Destination
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd">
<source>
<liveSpec />
</source>
<dest>
<managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine">
<!-- username and password may be omitted, in which case you will be interactively
prompted for credentials -->
<creds host="another-vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" />
</managedSpec>
</dest>
<importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" />
<postProcessingParams>
<reconfigParams />
</postProcessingParams>
</p2v>