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VMwareConverterprovidesascalablesolutiontomigratephysicaltovirtualandvirtualtovirtualmachines.
Converterisoptimizedformassmigrations,butisequallyeffectiveforsinglemachineconversions.Converter
importsvirtualmachinesfaster,withfewermanualstepsrequired,andfewersourcehardwarelimitations
thanothermethods.Withitsability
tohotclone,Convertercanconvertavirtualmachinewithnodowntime
onitssourcephysicalmachine.
ConvertercombinesandexpandsthefunctionalityavailableinVMwareP2VAssistantandVirtual Machine
Importer.IteasesinteroperabilityamongVMwarehostedproducts(VMware Workstation,VMware ACE,
VMware Fusion,VMware Server,andVMware Player), VMwareVirtualCenter‐managed
ESX Server3.xand2.5.x,
andunmanagedVMwareESX Server3.x,andVMwareESXServer3i Installableand
VMware ESXServer3iEmbedded.ItalsorestoresVMwareConsolidatedBackup(VCB)imagesintoVMware
virtualmachines.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections:
“MigrationwithVMwareConverteronpage 9
“CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachines”onpage 11
“MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImages”onpage 15
“ManagingTasks”onpage 15
“NewinConverter3.0.3”onpage 16
Migration with VMware Converter
WithVMwareConverter,youconvertvirtualmachinesfromdifferentsourceformatsintooneofseveral
VMwareproductdestinations.Usetheapplicationtoaccomplishthefollowingtasks:
ConvertphysicalmachinesforuseacrossdifferentVMwareproductformats.
ConvertvirtualmachinesforuseacrossdifferentVMwareproductformats.
MovevirtualmachinesacrossdifferentVMwareproductplatforms.
ImportandexportofvirtualappliancesfromalocalfilesystemordownloadthemfromaURL
CreateVMwarevirtualmachinesfromVCBimages.
CreateVMwarevirtualmachinesfromthirdpartyformats.
Reducethetimeneededtopopulatenewvirtualmachineenvironments.
Migratelegacyserverstonewhardwarewithnoneedtoreinstalloperatingsystemsorapplication
software.
Performmigrationsacrossheterogeneoushardware.
Proactivelyreadjustdisksizes,types,andpartitionstomaximizeutilizationofstorageresources.
Introduction
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