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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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NIC(networkinterfacecard)
Anexpansionboardthatprovidesadedicatedconnectionbetweenacomputerandanetwork.Alsocalled
a“networkadapter.”
O OpenVirtualMachineFormat(OVF)
Adistributionformatforvirtualappliancesthatusesexistingpackagingtoolstocombineoneormore
virtualmachinestogetherwithastandards‐basedXMLwrapper.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.
server‐basedlicensing
AmodeoflicensingVMwaresoftwareinwhichalllicensekeysareadministeredbyalicenseserver,
whichmanagesa
centrallicensepool.Featureentitlementischeckedoutandreturnedondemand.See
alsohost‐basedlicensing.
source
InVMwareConverter,themachinefromwhichoneimportsorcreatesavirtualmachine.
sourcevirtualmachine
InVMwareConverter,thevirtualmachinetobeimported,atitsoriginallocation.
standalonevirtualmachine
Avirtual
machinethatrunsinWorkstation,VMwareServer,andVMwarePlayer.Sourcevirtualmachines
fromMicrosoftVirtual PC,MicrosoftVirtual Server,andSymantecBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages
arealsoconsideredstandalones.Seealsosourcevirtualmachine.
T task
Amanagedobjectrepresentingthestateofalong‐runningoperation.
TCP(TransmissionControlProtocol)
Areliabletransferprotocolusedbetweentwoendpointsonanetwork.TCPisbuiltontopoftheInternet
Protocol(IP).SeealsoTCP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol).
TCP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol)
Asetofprotocols,
thedefactolanguageoftheInternet,designedtoenablecommunicationbetween
networksregardlessofthecomputingtechnologiesthattheyuse.TCPconnectshostsandprovidesa
reliableexchangeofdatastreamswithguaranteeddelivery.IPspecifiestheformatofpacketsandhandles
addressing.