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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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VMwareConverterprovidesascalablesolutiontomigratephysicaltovirtualandvirtualtovirtualmachines.
Converterisoptimizedformassmigrations,butisequallyeffectiveforsingle‐machineconversions.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:
“MigrationwithVMwareConverter”onpage 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.
CreateVMwarevirtualmachinesfromthird‐partyformats.
Reducethetimeneededtopopulatenewvirtualmachineenvironments.
Migratelegacyserverstonewhardwarewithnoneedtoreinstalloperatingsystemsorapplication
software.
Performmigrationsacrossheterogeneoushardware.
Proactivelyreadjustdisksizes,types,andpartitionstomaximizeutilizationofstorageresources.
Introduction
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