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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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destinationvirtualmachine
InVMwareConverter,themigratedvirtualmachineatitsfinallocation.
DHCP(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol)
Acommunicationsprotocolthatenablesdynamicaddressing.Thesoftwarerelievesadministratorsofthe
taskofassigninganIPaddresstoeachdevicethatconnectstoanetwork.
diskmode
Apropertyofavirtual
diskthatdefinesitsexternalbehavior(howthevirtualizationlayertreatsitsdata)
butiscompletelyinvisibletotheguestoperatingsystem.
DNS(DomainNameSystem)
AnInternetdataqueryservicethattranslateshostnamesintoIPaddresses.Alsocalled“DomainName
Server”or“DomainNameService.”
E Ethernetswitch
Aphysicalswitchthatmanagesnetworktrafficbetweenmachines.Aswitchhasmultipleports,eachof
whichcanbeconnectedtoamachineortoanotherswitchonthenetwork.SeealsoVMotion.
EULA(enduserlicenseagreement)
Thesoftwarelicensethatdetailsanyrestrictionsplacedonusers.
F fullclone
Acompletecopyoftheoriginalvirtualmachine,includingallassociatedvirtualdisks.Seealsolinked
clone.
G growabledisk
Atypeofvirtualdiskinwhichthediskspaceisnotpreallocatedtoitsfullsize.Itsfilesstartoutsmallin
sizeandgrowasdataiswrittentothedisk.
guestoperatingsystem
Anoperatingsystemthatrunsinsideavirtualmachine.Seealsohostoperatingsystem.
H host
(1)Aphysicalcomputercapableofrunningvirtualmachines.Alsocalledthe“hostmachine”or“host
computer.”(2)InVMwareConverter,thephysicalcomputeronwhichtheVMwareConvertersoftwareis
installed.
hostagent
Softwarethat,wheninstalledonavirtualmachinehost,performsactionsonbehalfofaremoteclient.
host
‐basedlicensing
InESXServersoftware,oneoftwomodesforlicensingVMwaresoftware.Licensefilesresideonthehost
andfeatureavailabilityistiedstrictlytothehostinwhichthefileresides.Seealsoserver‐basedlicensing.
hostedproducts
VMwareproducts(includingWorkstation,VMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,VMwareACE,
andLab
Manager)thatrunasapplicationsonphysicalmachineswithoperatingsystemssuchasMicrosoft
WindowsorLinux.Bycomparison,ESXServerisa“bare‐metal”product,wh ichprovidesathinsoftware
layer(thehypervisor)thatenablesittorundirectlyonthephysicalmachine.
host‐onlynetworking
Inhostedproducts,
atypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenavirtualmachineandthehost.Withhost‐only
networking,avirtualmachineisconnectedtothehostonaprivatenetwork,whichnormallyisnotvisible
outsidethehost.Multiplevirtualmachinesconfiguredwithhost‐onlynetworkingonthesamehostare
on
thesamenetwork.Seealsobridgednetworking,NAT(networkaddresstranslation).