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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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B BIOS(basicinput/outputsystem)
FirmwarethatcontrolsmachinestartupandmanagescommunicationbetweentheCPUandother
devices,suchasthekeyboard,monitor,printers,anddiskdrives.
bridgednetworking
Inhostedproducts,atypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenavirtualmachineandthehost’sphysical
network.Withbridgednetworking,avirtualmachine
appearstobeanadditionalcomputeronthesame
physicalEthernetnetworkasthehost.Seealsohost‐onlynetworking,NAT(networkaddresstranslation).
C child
Amanagedentitygroupedbyafolderobjectoranothermanagedentity.
clone
(n.)Aduplicateofavirtualmachine.(v.)Tomakeacopyofavirtualmachine.Whenacloneiscreated,
VirtualCenterprovidesanoptionforcustomizingtheguestoperatingsystemofthatvirtualmachine.
Hostedproductsdistinguish
betweenfullclonesandlinkedclones.Seealsofullclone,linkedclone.
coldcloning
InVMwareConverter,makingacopyofalocalphysicalmachinewhileitisrunninginWinPEfromthe
VMwareConverterBootCD,notfromitsownoperatingsystem.Seealsohotcloning.
concurrentmigrations
InVMware
Converter,theTaskManager’sabilitytodirecttheconversionandmigrationofmultiple
virtualmachinesatthesametime.
configuration
Seevirtualmachineconfiguration.
currentvirtualmachine
(1)Avirtualmachineofthelatestversionsupportedbytheproductinuse.
(2)Inhostedproducts,thevirtualmachinethathasfocusin
theserviceconsole.
customization
Theprocessofapplyingnewcharacteristicvaluestoavirtualmachineasitisbeingdeployedfroma
templateorclonedfromanotherexistingvirtualmachine.
D datastore
Virtualrepresentationsofcombinationsofunderlyingphysicalstorageresourcesinthedatacenter.A
datastoreisthestoragelocation(forexample,aphysicaldisk,aRAID,oraSAN)forvirtualmachinefiles.
destination
InVMwareConverter,themachinetowhichoneimportsavirtualmachine,whethermigratedor
convertedfroma
physicalmachine.
Glossary