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Contents About This Book 7 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 9 Migration with Converter Standalone 9 Converter Standalone Components 10 Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines 10 Hot Cloning of Physical Machines 11 Remote Hot Cloning of Physical Machine Sources That Are Running Windows 11 Remote Hot Cloning of Physical Machine Sources That Are Running Linux 12 Types of Data Cloning Operations 14 Volume-Based Cloning 14 Disk-Based Cloning 14 Full and Linked Clones 15 Usin
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 33 Perform a Local Installation on Windows 33 Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows 34 Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows 36 Command-Line Options for Windows Installation 36 Modify Converter Standalone in Windows 37 Repair Converter Standalone in Windows 38 Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows 39 Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server 39 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Ma
Contents Select a VMware Desktop Virtual Machine to Configure 80 Select the Options to Configure 81 Install VMware Tools on a Virtual Machine 81 Customize the Windows Guest Operating System 81 Remove System Restore Checkpoints 85 Reconfiguring a Virtual Machine To Boot Properly 85 Review and Submit the Configuration Job 85 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 87 Manage Jobs in the Job List 87 Add a Job to the Job List 88 View the Running Task of a Job 88 Deactivate a Job 88 Delete a Job
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About This Book The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide provides information about installing and using ® VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
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Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 1 ® VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a product to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server environment. Converter Standalone eases the exchange of virtual machines among the following products. n VMware hosted products can be both conversion sources and conversion destinations.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Export virtual machines managed by vCenter Server hosts to other VMware virtual machine formats. n Configure virtual machines managed by vCenter Server so that they are bootable, and install VMware Tools or customize their guest operating systems. n Customize guest operating systems of virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory (for example, change the host name or network settings).
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Hot Cloning of Physical Machines With Converter Standalone, you can perform hot cloning. Hot cloning, also called live cloning or online cloning, requires converting the source machine while it is running its operating system. Hot cloning lets you clone machines without shutting them down. Because processes continue to run on the source machine during conversion, the resulting virtual machine is not an exact copy of the source machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Converter Standalone creates a virtual machine on the destination machine and the agent copies volumes from the source machine to the destination machine. vCenter Converter Standalone running on Windows machine source destination powered-on physical machine ESX/ESXi network VM agent copied volumes source volumes 3 snapshot Converter Standalone completes the conversion process.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone The following workflow demonstrates the principles of hot cloning physical machine sources that run Linux to managed destinations. 1 Converter Standalone uses SSH to connect to the source machine and retrieves source information. Converter Standalone creates an empty helper virtual machine based on your conversion task settings. The helper virtual machine serves as a container for the new virtual machine during conversion.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Types of Data Cloning Operations Converter Standalone supports disk-based cloning, volume-based cloning, and linked-cloning modes. Table 1‑1. Cloning Modes Data Copy Types Application Description Volume based Copy volumes from the source machine to the destination machine. Volume-based cloning is relatively slow. File-level cloning is slower than block-level cloning. Dynamic disks are converted into basic volumes on the target virtual machine.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Full and Linked Clones Clones can be full or linked depending on the amount of data copied from the source to the destination machine. A full clone is an independent copy of a virtual machine that shares nothing with the parent virtual machine after the cloning operation. Ongoing operation of a full clone is separate from the parent virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide System Settings Affected by Conversion A VMware virtual machine that Converter Standalone creates contains a copy of the disk state of the source physical machine, virtual machine, or system image. Some hardware-dependent drivers and sometimes the mapped drive letters might not be preserved.
2 System Requirements You must consider the compatibilities and the interoperabilities among the systems on which and with which the Converter Standalone components work.
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2‑2. Supported Sources Based on Operating System and Firmware Interface (Continued) Operating System BIOS 32-Bit UEFI 64-Bit UEFI Windows 7 Yes No Yes Windows 8 Yes No Yes Windows Server 2012 Yes No Yes Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.x Yes No No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.x Yes No No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x Yes No No Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x Yes No Yes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.x Yes No No SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.
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Chapter 2 System Requirements Supported Source Disk Types Converter Standalone supports conversions from master boot record (MBR) and GUID partition table (GPT) disks with some limitations that depend on the selected data cloning mode. NOTE Converter Standalone preserves the partitioning scheme during the conversion. You cannot convert an MBR source disk to a GPT destination disk and the reverse.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Supported Destination Disk Types Several destination disk types might be available for the selected destination. Table 2‑6. Destination Disk Types Destination VMware vSphere virtual machine Available Disk Types Thick Copies the entire source disk size to the destination, regardless of its used and free space. Thin For managed destinations that support thin provisioning through GUI, creates an expanding disk on the destination.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Table 2‑6. Destination Disk Types (Continued) Destination Available Disk Types Hosted destinations of virtual machine version 10 and later support up to 8TB disks. Earlier virtual machine versions support up to 2040GB disks. Hosted destinations support disks sizes larger than 2040GB only if the Split not pre-allocated disk type is selected. To support destination virtual disks on FAT file systems, split the source data into 2GB files.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2‑7. Installation Space Requirements Installation Component Disk Space Required Disk Space Requirement for Decompressed Files Installation file 100MB 100MB vCenter Converter client 25MB 25MB vCenter Converter server 120MB 300MB vCenter Converter agent 25MB 100MB Screen Resolution Requirements To display wizards properly, Converter Standalone requires a screen resolution of at least 1024x768 pixels.
Chapter 2 System Requirements TCP/IP and UDP Port Requirements for Conversion To enable conversion, the Converter Standalone server and client must be able to send data to each other, to remote physical machines, and to vCenter Server. Also, the source and destination hosts must receive data from each other. Designated ports are reserved for this communication. If any of these ports is blocked, the corresponding conversion task fails.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2‑9. Ports Required During Linux P2V (Continued) Communication Paths TCP Ports Converter Standalone server to helper virtual machine 443 Helper virtual machine to powered on source machine 22 Notes Used to establish an SSH connection between the helper virtual machine and the source machine. By default, the IP address of the helper virtual machine is assigned by DHCP.
Chapter 2 System Requirements Ensure that Windows Firewall Does Not Block File and Printer Sharing If Converter Standalone fails to connect to a remote Windows XP machine and issues a bad username/password error message, ensure that file and printer sharing is not blocked by Windows Firewall. Procedure 1 Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy. 2 In the Security Settings list on the left, select Local Policies > Security Options.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. If you have downloaded a .cab file, you need to extract its contents. If you have downloaded an .exe file, double-click the downloaded file to start the Sysprep installation. Operating System Action Windows Server 2003 (32bit) Save the Sysprep files in %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Conversion Limitations 3 When you are aware of the conversion limitations of Converter Standalone, you might be able to avoid conversion and post-conversion problems, and handle them more easily.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide For volume-based conversions of virtual machine sources that run Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, Converter Standalone does not preserve storage pools on the destination. For volume-based conversions of UEFI sources, Converter Standalone does not preserve the UEFI settings. The UEFI settings are preserved during disk-based conversions. When you convert a virtual machine with snapshots, the snapshots are not transferred to the destination virtual machine.
Chapter 3 Conversion Limitations Limitations Related to Creating Snapshots of Windows Sources Converter Standalone uses VSS snapshots to save the state of source volumes during hot cloning of physical and virtual machines that run Windows. VSS snapshots are also used to synchronize the destination virtual machine with the source machine after the initial conversion. Some of the VSS-related issues are inherited in Converter Standalone and can prevent the proper completion of your conversion tasks.
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Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 4 You can install Converter Standalone on a physical or a virtual machine. You can also modify or repair a Converter Standalone installation. The Local setup installs the Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone agent, and Converter Standalone client for local use.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites Verify that your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Verify that you have Administrator privileges. If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.x manually before you install Converter Standalone 5.5. If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone agent.
Chapter 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 2 In the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded, double-click the VMware-converter-5.x.x.exe file, where is the number of the build. 3 Follow the prompts till the End-User License Agreement page appears. 4 Select I accept the terms in the License agreement and click Next. 5 On the Destination Folder page, select the location to install Converter Standalone and click Next. The default location is C:\Program File
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows You can install Converter Standalone from the MS-DOS command prompt or by writing a Windows batch file (.bat) to automate the installation process. Prerequisites Verify that your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Verify that you have Administrator privileges. If you have Converter 3.0.x installed and your machine runs Windows Vista, uninstall Converter 3.0.
Chapter 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone Table 4‑1. Command-Line Options (Continued) Option Action VMCE_HTTP_PORT Sets the HTTP port. The default is 80. Remote machines connect to the server through this port to download the Converter Standalone client. VMCE_HTTPS_PORT Set the HTTPS port. The default is 443. Remote Converter Standalone clients connect to this port on the server and submit conversion tasks. VMCE_AGENT_PORT Sets an Agent port. The default is 9089.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Option Description Converter agent Install Converter Standalone agent so that the local machine can be a source machine for conversions. Converter client If you install only Converter Standalone client, you can connect to a remote Converter Standalone server. You can then use the remote machine to convert hosted virtual machines, managed virtual machines, or remote physical machines.
Chapter 4 Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 4 On the Ready to Repair page, click Install. 5 On the Installation Completed page, click Finish. A prompt might ask you to restart your system. What to do next You can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine destinations.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 Follow the procedure that is applicable for your installation type. Option Action Local installation a b c Client-server installation with remote access a b Select Administration > Connect to another server. On the Converter Standalone login page, select Enter the IP address or host name of the Converter Standalone server. Provide the IP address and Administrator credentials, and click Login.
Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 5 You can create a conversion job to convert a physical or virtual machine to a variety of destinations. You can convert physical machines, VMware virtual machines, third-party backup images and virtual machines, and Hyper-V Server virtual machines into VMware standalone virtual machines or virtual machines that vCenter Server manages. The approach you take for creating the conversion job is determined by the type of source and the type of destination that you select.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 6 Configure the Conversion Job on page 69 You can configure the conversion process and select the behavior of the source and destination machine during and after conversion. You can change the status of the source and destination services only when the source machine is running a Windows operating system.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Select a Powered On Windows Machine to Convert You can select a running (powered on) Windows machine to convert. The source machine can be physical or virtual. Prerequisites Before you continue, you must prepare the source Windows machine for conversion. n Make sure that the Windows version installed on the powered on machine is supported. For a list of supported operating systems, see “Supported Operating Systems,” on page 17.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide What to do next On the Destination System page, you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine. Select a Powered On Linux Machine to Convert You can select a powered on Linux machine to convert. The source machine can be a physical or virtual machine. You can convert powered on machines that run Linux only if GRUB is installed as the boot loader on the source. LILO boot loader is not supported.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Procedure 1 On the Source System page of the Conversion wizard, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the Select source type drop-down menu. 2 Provide the IP address or host name and credentials for authentication with the ESX host or the vCenter Server, and click Next. The Source Machine page appears, displaying the host name or IP address and the inventory of the ESX host or the vCenter Server.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert You can convert a virtual machine created or used in a VMware hosted product, such as VMware Workstation, VMware Player, and VMware Fusion. Prerequisites Verify that your source machine is a supported VMware Desktop products virtual machine. For more information, see “Supported Source Types,” on page 19.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 3 Locate the source backup image or virtual machine file. n If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, provide a valid network path to the source backup image or virtual machine file in the Virtual machine file text box. For example, \\server\backup_images\backup_image.pvs. n If you are connected to a local Converter Standalone server, provide a network path or a local path to the source backup image or virtual machine file.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites On the Source System page, select Hyper-V Server as the source type and navigate to the Source Machine page. Procedure 1 On the Source Machine page, select the virtual machine you want to convert. You can search for virtual machines in the inventory by typing one or more letters of their names in the Search for name with text box. You can clear your search by clicking Clear. NOTE You can select only powered off virtual machines.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Name the Destination Virtual Machine and Select a Folder For vSphere destinations, you can select the destination folder and rename the destination virtual machine. If you connect to an ESX host directly, you can view only the list of virtual machines. Therefore, you cannot select a destination folder. Prerequisites On the Destination System page of the Conversion wizard, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine as the destination type.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 (Optional) From the Datastore drop-down menu, select the datastore to hold the destination virtual machine files. 3 (Optional) From the Virtual machine version drop-down menu, select the virtual hardware version for the destination virtual machine. Option Description Version 7 Select if the destination host is running ESX/ESXi4.x or later. Version 8 Select if the destination host is running ESX/ESXi 5.0 or later.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine You can configure the virtual hardware resources that the destination virtual machine uses. n Organize the Data to Be Copied on the Destination Machine on page 51 Your selected source and destination determine the available data cloning options. For a conversion job, you can copy all disks to the destination or select the volumes to be copied or to be excluded.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u In the Data to copy pane, select a copy mode from the Data copy type drop-down menu. Option Description Copy all disks and maintain layout Results in disk-based cloning. You can preserve the source disk layout in the destination virtual machine. This option is not available for physical machine sources. Select volumes to copy Results in volume-based cloning. Volume-based cloning is performed at file or block level.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure 1 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. 2 Deselect the volumes that you do not want to copy to the destination virtual machine. 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Select the Destination Datastore for a Source Volume You can store a disk volume in a datastore different from the one that accommodates the virtual machine configuration file (.vmx). You can select the destination datastore for a volume only for managed destinations with more than one datastore. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure 1 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. 2 Click Advanced and select the Destination layout tab. 3 Click Add disk. A new virtual disk appears in the Destination layout column. 4 Click on the new virtual disk to select it. 5 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Click the name of the virtual disk to relocate and select a different datastore from the Destination datastore drop-down menu. 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites You must select a hosted destination, such as VMware Workstation, to use the Not pre-allocated disk option. On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure n n Use disk-based cloning to create an expandable disk. a From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Copy all disks and maintain layout. b From the Type drop-down menu, select Not pre-allocated.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Edit the Number of Processor Sockets and Cores You can change the number of virtual sockets and the number of processor cores per socket that the destination virtual machine uses. Prerequisites Make sure the destination host and the guest operating system support the number of processor cores you assign to the destination virtual machine. NOTE You can change the number of processors cores per socket only on ESXi or vCenter Server 5.0 and later.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure the Network Settings of the Destination Virtual Machine You can change the number of network adapters and select the network that the destination virtual machine uses. For managed destinations, you can also select the controller type for each network adapter. NOTE You cannot use IPv6 to customize the guest operating systems of virtual machines. Procedure 1 On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, select Networks from the options list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 4 Save your settings. Option Description Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Click Next Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard. n The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine n Set the Time Zone for the Destination Virtual Machine on page 66 You can set the time zone if you are converting a virtual machine to use in a different time zone. n Configure the Network Adapters on page 67 You can configure the network settings of the virtual machine to work with the network configuration of the destination environment.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Enter the Windows License Information Ensure that you provide licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary. Because of third-party licensing policies, you might not be able to transfer the license from the source machine and you might need to provide a new valid license for the destination virtual machine.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure the Network Adapters You can configure the network settings of the virtual machine to work with the network configuration of the destination environment. The option for configuring network adapters is available for all supported destinations. NOTE You cannot use IPv6 to customize the guest operating systems of virtual machines.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 Select how the virtual machine participates in the destination network. Option Description Workgroup The text box must have a value. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space, and the hyphen (-). The maximum length is 15 characters. Windows server domain The text box must have a value. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space, period, and the hyphen (-). The maximum length is 64 characters. User credentials are required.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Removing System Restore checkpoints prevents the target machine from reverting to a preconversion state. In the target virtual machine, restoring a checkpoint that was created before you cloned the source machine can damage the system and prevent the destination virtual machine from starting up. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options in the options list. Procedure 1 Click the Post-conversion tab.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Limit the Amount of Resources Used by the Conversion Job on page 73 A conversion job competes for computing resources with other processes. To limit the impact of the conversion job on other workloads, you can throttle the job. If you do not throttle conversion jobs, they are carried out with normal priority and depending on the available computing resources during conversion.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Stop Services Running on the Source Machine You can make sure that you do not lose data from services running on the source machine. You can select the services that you want to stop before Converter Standalone synchronizes the data between the source and destination machine. As a result, the services do not generate data while source and destination machines are synchronized.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 Select Synchronize changes. 3 Specify when you want to perform the synchronization. Option Description Click Run immediately after cloning Synchronization is performed immediately after the cloning is complete. Click Schedule Synchronization is perfomed at the scheduled time and date. Use the Run at text box to specify the start date and time for the synchronization.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Power On the Destination Virtual Machine After Conversion You can minimize the downtime of important services by powering on the destination virtual machine immediately after the conversion is complete. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced options in the options list. Procedure 1 Click the Post-conversion tab. 2 In the Post-conversion power state panel, select Power on destination machine. 3 Save your settings.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 2 From the CPU throttling drop-down menu, select the priority of the conversion task. Option Description None The priority of the current conversion task is set to normal. Light The priority of the current conversion task is reduced slightly below normal. Medium The priority of the current conversion task is set to lowest. NOTE Converter Standalone reduces the thread priorities of conversion tasks to control the CPU resources they consume.
Chapter 5 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 2 Click Finish to submit the job. Converter Standalone validates the job parameters. This might take several minutes. If the validation succeeds, the conversion job appears in the Job View list in the main application window. You can find information about the tasks of the job in the Task View. If the validation fails, you must click Back and correct the invalid parameters as prompted. VMware, Inc.
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Configure Virtual Machines 6 You might need to configure a virtual machine after you convert it so that it is ready to start in the destination virtual environment. You might also need to configure virtual machines if their virtual environment changes or if you need to improve their performance. NOTE You can configure only virtual machines that run Windows XP or later. You cannot configure virtual machines that run operating systems other than Windows.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. If you have downloaded a .cab file, you need to extract its contents. If you have downloaded an .exe file, double-click the downloaded file to start the Sysprep installation. Operating System Action Windows Server 2003 (32bit) Save the Sysprep files in %ALLUSERSPROFILE %\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines Select a vSphere Virtual Machine to Configure You can configure vSphere virtual machines. A vSphere virtual machine is a virtual machine that runs on an ESX host or on an ESX host managed by vCenter Server. Prerequisites Power off the source machine before the configuration. In the main application window of Converter Standalone, click Configure machine to open the Configuration wizard.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 From the virtual machines list, select the virtual machine you want to configure. NOTE You cannot select a virtual machine from an ESX host that is powered off, connected to another vCenter Server, or in maintenace mode. 4 (Optional) To refresh the inventory, click Refresh. 5 (Optional) To view more details about a machine, select it and click View source details. 6 Click Next to proceed to the Options page.
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines Select the Options to Configure When you create a configuration job, you can select the steps of the configuration process that you want to run. Procedure u On the Options page, select one or more configuration steps to perform and click Next. Option Description Install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine Installs VMware Tools to enhance the performance of the destination virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Specify the Windows License Information on page 83 Ensure that you provide licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary. Because of third-party licensing policies, you might not be able to transfer the license from the source machine and you might need to provide a new valid license for the destination virtual machine.
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines Specify the Windows License Information Ensure that you provide licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary. Because of third-party licensing policies, you might not be able to transfer the license from the source machine and you might need to provide a new valid license for the destination virtual machine.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Configure the Network Adapters You can change the network settings of a virtual machine to work with the network configuration of the virtual environment. The options for configuring network adapters are available for all supported customization sources. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine and click Next to view and modify the available customization options.
Chapter 6 Configure Virtual Machines What to do next You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the configuration job. If the Next button is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page. Remove System Restore Checkpoints Remove the System Restore checkpoints of newly imported source machines to prevent them from reverting to a preconversion state.
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Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 7 Converter Standalone provides a manager for managing conversion and configuration jobs and tasks. After you create a conversion or configuration job by using the Converter Standalone wizards, you can use the Task View and the Job View of the Converter Standalone manager to monitor and manage the existing jobs and their tasks. Scheduled synchronized conversion jobs can contain multiple tasks.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide n Filter the Jobs in the Jobs List on page 89 You can select the jobs that you want the job list to display by filtering them. n Add a Synchronization Task to a Conversion Job on page 90 You can add a synchronization task to an active conversion job and modify the synchronization settings in the Conversion wizard. Add a Job to the Job List Converter Standalone allows you to create and run conversion and configuration jobs.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Delete a Job You can delete a job and all its tasks. Prerequisites You can delete only deactivated jobs. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 From the job list, select the job you want to delete. 3 From the main menu, select Job > Delete. The job is removed from the job list, and all the tasks of the job are removed from the task list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Filter Jobs by History You can filter the list so that it displays only the last submitted jobs. By default, the job list displays the last twenty jobs. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 On the main menu, click View > History Filter and select a level of filtering. Only jobs that correspond to selected filtering level remain in the job list.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks 5 Click Finish to save changes. Manage Tasks in the Task List The Task View of the Converter Standalone manager provides a list of all tasks that are submitted. You can use the main application menus to control the way tasks appear in the task list and to edit them. Prerequisites You must submit a conversion or configuration job to view its tasks in the task list.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Example: Limiting the Number of Concurrent Tasks Assume that Converter Standalone is running 12 tasks. If you change the number of concurrent tasks to 6, these 12 tasks continue running, but all newly added tasks remain pending in the task list. When the number of running tasks drops to 5, a new task from the wait list starts.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Cancel a Task You can cancel a task that is in the queue or in progress. When you cancel a conversion task, the task is removed from the queue. When you cancel a task that is not a synchronization task, the job to which the task belongs is deactivated. Canceled tasks cannot be restarted. NOTE You cannot cancel configuration tasks. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks.
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide 3 Select a level of display from the drop-down menu. If you are connected to a remote Converter Standalone server, you can select My own to view only tasks of jobs that you create. Filter Tasks by Multiple Criteria You can combine filtering criteria to filter tasks in the task list. Tasks that are currently running are displayed regardless of the filtering criteria you apply. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Tasks.
Chapter 7 Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks Export the Log Files for Jobs You can review the log files for information about the jobs, or send a copy of log files to VMware technical support. You can export the log files for all jobs in the job list. Procedure 1 From the View by drop-down menu on the toolbar, select Jobs. 2 Select a job in the job list. 3 On the main menu, select Job > Export Logs. 4 Select a location to which you want to save the files and click Save.
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Index A Acronis True Image, source 19 add a disk 54, 55 adding jobs 88 advanced customization guest operating system 64 installing VMware Tools 68 removing system restore checkpoints 68 synchronizing source and destination 71 agent 10 allocate memory 61 audience 7 C changing the number of tasks displayed 93 client 10 cloning disk based 14 disk-based cloning 14 full clones 15 hot, defined 11 linked clones 15 volume based 14 volume-based cloning 14 cloning modes 14 command-line commands 36 components 10 con
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide converting existing system images 15 existing virtual machines 15 converting machines 41 converting, powered on machines 71 copy all disks 59 copy disks or volumes copy all disks 59 create an expandable disk on a hosted destination 57 create an expandable disk on a managed destination 57 delete a disk 58 move a disk to a different datastore 56 move a volume to a different datastore 55 move a volume to a different virtual disk 54 resize a volume 52 skip a vol
Index guest operating system configuration computer information 82 DNS 84 domain 84 network adapters 84 SID 82 time zone 83 Windows license 83 WINS 84 workgroup 84 guest operating system customization computer information 65 DNS 67 network adapters 67 SID 65 time zone 66 Windows license 66 WINS 67 workgroup and domain page 67 guest operating system, configuration 81 guest operating system, customization 64 guest operating system, customizing 64 GUID partition table (GPT) disks 21 H Helper VM 63 hosted des
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide optimized partition alignment 59 P Parallels Desktop, source 19 permissions, configuring for vCenter users 24 port requirements 25 power off source machine 72 power on destination machine 73 powered on machine conversion limitations 29 powered on machine, source 43, 44 progress viewing 94 R reconfiguring, starting the wizard 78 remote Converter Standalone server 39 repairing 37 S screen resolution requirements 24 selecting configuration sources VMware Des
Index T task, canceling 93 task manager combined filtering 94 filtering by multiple criteria 94 filtering tasks by history 93 filtering tasks by status 93 number of concurrent tasks 91 viewing task progress 94 tasks, filtering 93 tasks, managing 91 tasks, submitting configuration 85 TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 25 thin-provisioned destination disks 9 thin-provisioned disk 57 third-party VM, source 46 throttling conversion tasks 73 time zone configuration 83 U uninstall Converter Standalone agent 74 un
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