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Table Of Contents
- VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
- Migration with Converter Standalone
- Converter Standalone Components
- Cloning and System Configuration of Physical and Powered On Virtual Machines
- Types of Data Cloning Operations
- Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images
- System Settings Affected by Conversion
- Changes to Virtual Hardware After Virtual Machine Migration
- System Requirements
- Supported Operating Systems
- Supported Firmware Interfaces
- Supported Source Types
- Supported Destination Types
- Supported Source Disk Types
- Supported Destination Disk Types
- Support for IPv6 in Converter Standalone
- Installation Space Requirements
- Screen Resolution Requirements
- Configuring Permissions for vCenter Users
- TCP/IP and UDP Port Requirements for Conversion
- Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems
- Conversion Limitations
- Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone
- Perform a Local Installation on Windows
- Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows
- Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows
- Command-Line Options for Windows Installation
- Modify Converter Standalone in Windows
- Repair Converter Standalone in Windows
- Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows
- Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server
- Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine
- Start the Wizard for a Conversion
- Select a Source Machine to Convert
- Select a Powered On Windows Machine to Convert
- Select a Powered On Linux Machine to Convert
- Select an ESX/ ESXi or vCenter Server Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a Backup Image or a Third-Party Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a Hyper-V Server Virtual Machine to Convert
- Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine
- Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine
- Organize the Data to Be Copied on the Destination Machine
- Resize a Volume
- Change a Volume Cluster Size
- Exclude a Source Volume from the Conversion Process
- Move a Volume to a Different Virtual Disk
- Select the Destination Datastore for a Source Volume
- Add a Virtual Disk
- Set Up a Virtual Disk as a Logical-Volume Group Container
- Move a Disk to a Different Datastore
- Create an Expandable Disk on a Managed Destination
- Create an Expandable Disk on a Hosted Destination
- Exclude a Source Disk from the Conversion Process
- Copy All Disks to the Destination
- Create an Optimized Partition Layout
- Create a Linked Clone
- Edit the Number of Processor Sockets and Cores
- Allocate Memory for the Destination Virtual Machine
- Select a Disk Controller for the Destination Virtual Machine
- Configure the Network Settings of the Destination Virtual Machine
- Configure the Network for the Helper Virtual Machine
- Organize the Data to Be Copied on the Destination Machine
- Configure the Software on the Destination Virtual Machine
- Configure the Conversion Job
- Set the Startup Mode for Destination Services
- Stop Services Running on the Source Machine
- Synchronize the Destination Machine with Changes Made to the Source Machine
- Power Off the Source Machine After Conversion
- Power On the Destination Virtual Machine After Conversion
- Limit the Amount of Resources Used by the Conversion Job
- Uninstall Converter Standalone Agent from the Source Machine
- Review the Summary and Submit the Conversion Job
- Configure Virtual Machines
- Save Sysprep Files
- Start the Configuration Wizard
- Select a Source Machine to Configure
- Select the Options to Configure
- Review and Submit the Configuration Job
- Manage Conversion and Configuration Jobs and Tasks
- Index
T
task, canceling 95
task manager
combined filtering 96
filtering by multiple criteria 96
filtering tasks by status 95
filtering tasks by history 95
number of concurrent tasks 93
viewing task progress 96
tasks, filtering 95
tasks, managing 93
tasks, submitting configuration 87
TCP/IP and UDP port requirements 26
thin-provisioned destination disks 9
thin-provisioned disk 59
third-party VM, source 48
throttling conversion tasks 75
time zone configuration 85
U
uninstall Converter Standalone agent 76
uninstalling 35
uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone, in Windows 41
V
vCenter Converter
migration with 9
tasks 9
vCenter permissions 26
vCenter Server, destination 22
vCenter Server support 21
vCenter Server virtual machines 47
vCenter Server VM, source 46
version support 21
viewing a task's progress 96
viewing conversion job summary 76
viewing the log files 97
virtual hardware
CPU 16
disk device issues 16
Ethernet adapter issues 16
graphics card issues 16
virtual hardware version 51
virtual disk 56, 57
virtual disk, adding 57
virtual machines
conversion limitations 31
converting existing 15
destination on same network as source 15
VirtualCenter, destination 22
VMware Fusion
destination 22
source 21
support 21
VMware Player
destination 22
source 21
support 21
VMware hosted products support 21
VMware managed products support 21
VMware Tools 70
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
command-line installation in Windows 38
installing remote access in Windows 36
uninstalling in Windows 41
volume, supported types 23
volume cluster size 55
volume-based cloning 14, 54–57, 59, 60
volume-based cloning, defined 14
volume, supported types 14
volumes, excluding 55
volumes, moving 57
volumes, resizing 54
VSS snapshots limitations 33
W
Windows virtual machines, configuring 79
Windows, checking Windows Firewall blocks 28
worker 10
Workstation
destination 22
source 21
support 21
X
Xen, source 21
Index
VMware, Inc. 103