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VMware Converter User’s Manual
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NIC(networkinterfacecard)
Anexpansionboardthatprovidesadedicatedconnectionbetweenacomputerandanetwork.Alsocalled
a“networkadapter.”
O OpenVirtualMachineFormat(OVF)
Adistributionformatforvirtualappliancesthatusesexistingpackagingtoolstocombineoneormore
virtualmachinestogetherwithastandardsbasedXMLwrapper.Thisformatgivesthevirtualization
platformaportablepackagecontainingallrequiredinstallationandconfigurationparametersforvirtual
machines,whichallows
anyvirtualizationplatformthatimplementsthestandardtocorrectlyinstalland
runvirtualmachines.
P physicaldisk
Inhostedproducts,aharddiskinavirtualmachinethatismappedtoaphysicaldiskdriveorpartition
onthehostmachine.Seealsovirtualdisk.
provisioning
TheprocessofcreatingafunctioningvirtualmachinebyassigningresourcessuchasCPU,memory,and
virtualhardwareandthendeploying
asystemimage.
R rawdisk
Seephysicaldisk.
remotecloning
MakingacopyofavirtualmachineoraphysicalmachineaccessedoverthenetworkbyVMware
Converter.Seealsolocalcloning.
serverbasedlicensing
AmodeoflicensingVMwaresoftwareinwhichalllicensekeysareadministeredbyalicenseserver,
whichmanagesa
centrallicensepool.Featureentitlementischeckedoutandreturnedondemand.See
alsohostbasedlicensing.
source
InVMwareConverter,themachinefromwhichoneimportsorcreatesavirtualmachine.
sourcevirtualmachine
InVMwareConverter,thevirtualmachinetobeimported,atitsoriginallocation.
standalonevirtualmachine
Avirtual
machinethatrunsinWorkstation,VMwareServer,andVMwarePlayer.Sourcevirtualmachines
fromMicrosoftVirtual PC,MicrosoftVirtual Server,andSymantecBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages
arealsoconsideredstandalones.Seealsosourcevirtualmachine.
T task
Amanagedobjectrepresentingthestateofalongrunningoperation.
TCP(TransmissionControlProtocol)
Areliabletransferprotocolusedbetweentwoendpointsonanetwork.TCPisbuiltontopoftheInternet
Protocol(IP).SeealsoTCP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol).
TCP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol)
Asetofprotocols,
thedefactolanguageoftheInternet,designedtoenablecommunicationbetween
networksregardlessofthecomputingtechnologiesthattheyuse.TCPconnectshostsandprovidesa
reliableexchangeofdatastreamswithguaranteeddelivery.IPspecifiestheformatofpacketsandhandles
addressing.