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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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Glossary
hostoperatingsystem
Anoperatingsystemthatrunsonthehostmachine.Seealsoguestoperatingsystem.
hotcloning
InVMwareConverter,cloningalocalorremotephysicalmachinewhileitisrunninginitsownoperating
system.Seealsocoldcloning.
hotfix
Aninstallablefilethatresetsauser’spassword,
renewsanexpiredvirtualmachine,orenablesa
copy‐protectedvirtualmachinetorunfromanewlocation.
L licensefile
Atextfiledeterminingthelicensemodeandentitlementtolicensedfeatures.
licensekey
Anencryptedblockoftextwithinalicensefile,thatdeterminesentitlementtoonespecificlicensed
feature.
licensemode
ThemethodusedforlicensingVMwaresoftware.Seealsohost‐basedlicensing,server‐basedlicensing.
linkedclone
A
copyoftheoriginalvirtualmachinethatmusthaveaccesstotheparentvirtualmachine’svirtualdisks.
Thelinkedclonestoreschangestothevirtualdisksinaseparatesetoffiles.Seealsofullclone.
localcloning
Makingacopyofavirtualmachineresidinginthesystemonwhich
VMwareConverterisrunning,or
makingacopyofthephysicalmachineitselfforconversiontoavirtualmachine.Seealsoremotecloning.
LUN(logicalunitnumber)
Anidentifierforadiskvolumeinastoragearray.
M managedproducts
A“bare‐metal”VMwareproduct,likeESXServer,thatprovidesathinsoftwarelayer(thehypervisor)that
enablesittorundirectlyonthephysicalmachine.Bycomparison,hostedVMwareproducts(including
Workstation,VMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,VMwareACE,andLabManager)areonesthatrunas
applicationsonphysical
machineswithoperatingsystemssuchasMicrosoftWindowsorLinux.
migration
Theprocessofmovingavirtualmachinebetweenhosts.UnlessVMotionisused,thevirtualmachine
mustbepoweredoffwhenyoumigrateit.SeealsomigrationwithVMotion,migrationwithVMware
Converter.
migrationwithVMotion
Theprocessofmoving
avirtualmachinethatispoweredonandhasmetselectedrequirements,including
theactivationofVMotiononboththesourceandtargethosts.Whenyoumigrateavirtualmachineusing
VMotion,theoperationsofthevirtualmachinecancontinuewithoutinterruption.Seealsomigrationwith
VMwareConverter.
migrationwithVMware
Converter
Theprocessofmovingavirtualmachinethatispoweredofffromalocalorremotehost,while
reconfiguringthefileformat,ifnecessary,toaccommodatethedestinationmachine.Seealsomigration
withVMotion.
NAT(networkaddresstranslation)
Inhostednetworking,atypeofnetworkconnectionthatenablesyouto
connectyourvirtualmachinesto
anexternalnetworkwhenyouhaveonlyoneIPnetworkaddressandthataddressisusedbythehost
computer.Seealsobridgednetworking,host‐onlynetworking.