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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone
User's Guide
vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3
This document supports the version of each product listed and
supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced
by a new edition. To check for more recent editions of this
document, see http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
EN-000369-01

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  • Page 1 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition. To check for more recent editions of this document, see http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
  • Page 2 VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www.vmware.com/go/patents. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Updated Information 5 About This Book 7 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 9 Migration with Converter Standalone 10 Converter Standalone Components 10 Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines 11 Types of Data Cloning Operations 16 Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images 18...
  • Page 4 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Configure Virtual Machines 75 Save Sysprep Files 75 Start the Configuration Wizard 76 Select a Source Machine to Configure 76 Select the Options to Configure 79 Review and Submit the Configuration Task 83 Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks 85...

  • Page 5: Updated Information

    Updated Information This VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide is updated with each release of the product or when necessary. This table provides the update history of the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide. Revision Description EN-000369-01 Table 2-3, the formatting for Microsoft VHD sources is corrected for clarity.
  • Page 6 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide VMware, Inc.

  • Page 7: About This Book

    VMware Technical Publications Glossary VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For definitions of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.
  • Page 8 Customers with appropriate support contracts should use telephone support for the fastest response on priority 1 issues. Go to http://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html. To find out how VMware support offerings can help meet your business needs, Support Offerings go to http://www.vmware.com/support/services. VMware Education Services courses offer extensive hands-on labs, case study...

  • Page 9: Introduction To Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone

    VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a scalable solution to convert virtual and physical machines to VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server environment. Converter Standalone 4.3 eases the exchange of virtual machines among the following products.

  • Page 10: Migration With Converter Standalone

    Migration with Converter Standalone involves converting physical machines, virtual machines, and system images for use in VMware hosted and managed products. You can convert virtual machines that vCenter Server manages for use in other VMware products. You can use Converter Standalone to perform a number of conversion tasks.

  • Page 11: Cloning And System Configuration Of Physical Machines

    Hot and Cold Cloning of Physical Machines Although Converter Standalone 4.3 supports only hot cloning, you can still perform cold cloning by using the VMware Converter 4.1.x Boot CD. Depending on your virtual environment, you can choose to use hot or cold cloning.
  • Page 12 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Cold cloning, also called offline cloning, entails cloning the source machine when it is not running its operating system. When you cold clone a machine, you reboot the source machine using a CD that has its own operating system and the vCenter Converter application on it.
  • Page 13 Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Remote Hot Cloning of Physical Machine Sources That Are Running Windows You can use the Conversion wizard to set up conversion tasks and Converter Standalone components perform all of the cloning tasks.
  • Page 14 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide vCenter Converter Standalone running on Windows machine source destination powered-on network ESX/ESXi physical machine reconfiguration agent customization (optional) source snapshot volumes Optionally, Converter Standalone uninstalls the agent from the source machine. The virtual machine is ready to run on the destination server.
  • Page 15 Converter application. You can find a detailed description of the cold cloning process in the documentation of the Boot CD you select to use. VMware vCenter Converter 4.1.x is not a free software product. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 16: Types Of Data Cloning Operations

    VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure To obtain a Boot CD, go to the VMware Download Web site and download the vCenter Converter 4.1.x installation package. Extract the Boot CD file from the installation package. .iso Write the Boot CD file on a CD.
  • Page 17 Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Volume-based cloning at the file level is supported only for FAT, FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3, and ReiserFS file systems. Dynamic source disks are read but not preserved during volume-based conversions. Dynamic disks are converted into basic volumes on the target virtual machine.

  • Page 18: Using Converter Standalone With Virtual Machine Sources And System Images

    To support destination virtual disks on FAT file systems, divide the source data into 2GB files. Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images With Converter Standalone, you can convert virtual machines and system images, and configure VMware virtual machines. You can convert VMware virtual machines from and to Workstation,...

  • Page 19: System Settings Affected By Conversion

    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.
  • Page 20 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 1-5. Hardware Changes After Virtual Machine Migration (Continued) Hardware Behavior Disks and partitions The number of disks and partitions might change if you rearrange volumes during the cloning process. Each disk device might have a different model and different manufacturer strings.

  • Page 21: System Requirements

    Machine Configuration Systems Support Support Agent Support Conversions Conversions Source Windows XP Professional (32-bit and 64-bit) SP3 Windows 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2, Revision 2 Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2 Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) SP2 VMware, Inc.

  • Page 22: Installation Space Requirements

    VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2-1. Supported Operating Systems (Continued) Converter Converter Source for Source for Standalone Standalone Converter Powered-On Virtual Supported Operating Server Client Standalone Machine Machine Configuration Systems Support Support Agent Support Conversions Conversions Source Windows Server 2008 R2...

  • Page 23: Supported Source Types

    Converter agent 25MB 100MB Supported Source Types With Converter Standalone, you can convert remote powered-on machines, powered-off VMware virtual machines, Hyper-V virtual machines, and other third-party virtual machines and system images. Table 2-3 shows the sources that Converter Standalone supports.
  • Page 24 Conversion Limitations for VMware Virtual Machines Certain limitations exist when you convert a VMware virtual machine. You must power off source virtual machines before you convert them. You can convert running virtual machines if you follow the procedure for converting powered-on machines.

  • Page 25: Supported Destination Types

    The operating system on the source Virtual PC or Virtual Server virtual machine must be a Windows guest operating system supported by the destination VMware platform (for example, Workstation 5 or 6.0.x). For a list of supported operating systems, see the Guest Operating System Installation Guide.

  • Page 26: Configuring Permissions For Virtualcenter Users

    VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2-5. Supported Destinations Destination Type Supported Versions VMware Infrastructure virtual machines Managed destinations ESX Server 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 ESXi 3.5, 4.0, and 4.1 vCenter Server 2.5, 4.0, and 4.1 VMware Hosted virtual machines Hosted destinations VMware Workstation 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x...

  • Page 27: Tcp/Ip And Udp Port Requirements For Conversion

    If the conversion destination is vCenter Server, only port 902 is ESX/ESXi required. Ports Used When Converting a Powered-On Physical Machine Running Linux Table 2-7 contains a list of the ports that must be open during the conversion of physical machine sources running Linux. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 28: Requirements For Remote Hot Cloning Of Windows Operating Systems

    VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Table 2-7. Ports Required During Linux P2V Communication Paths TCP Ports Notes Converter Standalone server to Used to establish an SSH connection between the Converter powered-on source machine Standalone server and the source machine.
  • Page 29 Sysprep files to the specified locations on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. If Sysprep files are missing from the server machine, the Customize Guest OS option is not accessible in the Converter Standalone wizards. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 30 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites You must download the Sysprep files that correspond to the operating system of the source machine. Procedure Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system to the specified location on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs.
  • Page 31 VSS services are not started or are Copy Provider Service and (0x80042306) not operating properly on the Volume Shadow Copy source machine: Service to Automatic. Microsoft Software Shadow Restart the source machine Copy Provider Service and try cloning it again. Volume Shadow Copy Service VMware, Inc.
  • Page 32 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide VMware, Inc.

  • Page 33: Installing And Uninstalling Converter Standalone

    If you install Converter Standalone in local mode, you can create and manage conversion tasks only from the machine on which you installed the application. Prerequisites Make sure your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Make sure that you have Administrator privileges. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 34: Perform A Client-Server Installation In Windows

    If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone agent. Procedure Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site. Navigate to the folder that contains the installer file you downloaded and double-click the VMware- file, where is the number of the build.

  • Page 35: 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 ) to automate the installation process. .bat Prerequisites Make sure your system meets the Converter Standalone system requirements. Make sure that you have Administrator privileges. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 36: Command-Line Options For Windows Installation

    If you have an earlier version of Converter Standalone agent on the system, uninstall Converter Standalone agent. Procedure Download the latest version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site. In the local directory to which you downloaded the installer, check the number of the build, which is a part of the installer filename.

  • Page 37: Modify Converter Standalone In Windows

    (Optional) If you decided to install Remote access or Converter Standalone agent, modify the Web service ports on the Port Settings page. Type the HTTPS port service number. Type the HTTP port service number. Type the Agent port service number. On the Ready to Modify page, click Install. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 38: Repair Converter Standalone In Windows

    Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows You can uninstall Converter Standalone by using the Microsoft Windows Add or Remove Programs utility from the Control Panel or by using the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone installer wizard. Prerequisites Make sure that you have Administrator privileges.

  • Page 39: Connect To A Remote Converter Standalone Server

    Converter Standalone server. remote access Provide the IP address and Administrator credentials, and click Login. What to do next You can now use the remote Converter Standalone server to set up and manage conversion tasks. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 40 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide VMware, Inc.

  • Page 41: Convert A Physical Or Virtual Machine

    You can create a conversion task 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.

  • Page 42: Start The Wizard For A Conversion

    Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert on page 46 You can convert a virtual machine created or used in a VMware hosted product, such as VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware Fusion, and VMware Server. Select a Backup Image or a Third-Party Virtual Machine to Convert on page 46 You can select a backup image or a third-party virtual machine as the conversion source.

  • Page 43: Procedure

    Make sure that no other conversion task is using the source you select. Manually remove any VMware Converter 3.x installations from the source machine. If you plan to convert a powered-on machine by using IPv6, ensure that Converter Standalone server is installed on Windows Vista, Windows 2008, or Windows 7 operating system.

  • Page 44: Select A Powered-On Linux Machine To Convert

    Server. Prerequisites If the source machine that you want to convert resides on a VMware DRS cluster that vCenter Server manages, set VMware DRS Power Management (DPM) to manual so that DPM does not power off the ESX hosts used by Converter Standalone.
  • Page 45 If you choose to convert a virtual machine managed by a vCenter Server or ESX host, you must browse the inventory to locate the source virtual machine. Prerequisites On the Source System page of the Conversion wizard, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine as the conversion source and click Next to proceed to the Source Machine page. Procedure (Optional) If you are connected to a vCenter Server, select a virtual machine view from the Specify machine with drop-down menu.

  • Page 46: Select A Vmware Hosted Virtual Machine To Convert

    On the Destination System page you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine. 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, VMware Fusion, and VMware Server.

  • Page 47: Select A Hyper-V Server Virtual Machine To Convert

    If you choose to convert a virtual machine managed by a Hyper-V Server, you must browse the inventory to locate the source virtual machine. Prerequisites On the Source System page, select Hyper-V Server as the source type and navigate to the Source Machine page. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 48: Select A Destination For The New Virtual Machine

    When you set up a conversion task, you must select a destination for the new virtual machine. When you use a VMware DRS cluster as the destination, set VMware DRS Power Management (DPM) to manual. This setting ensures that DPM does not power off the ESX hosts that Converter Standalone uses. When the conversion process completes, restore DPM to its original settings.
  • Page 49 Customize the Location of the Destination Virtual Machine For VMware Infrastructure destinations, you can select an ESX host, a resource pool, or a cluster. You can also select a datastore and the virtual hardware version to be installed on the destination.
  • Page 50 On the Options page you can set up the parameters of the conversion task. These settings include data layout, network settings, guest operating system customization, and others. Select a Hosted Destination You can convert a virtual machine for use with VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, or VMware Player. Prerequisites If you plan to use a network path to locate the destination, verify that you have access to that network path.

  • Page 51: Configure The Hardware Of The Destination Virtual Machine

    Converter Standalone cannot detect any source volumes and file systems that are located on MPORTANT physical disks larger than 2TB. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 52 Windows and Linux, and for all other supported sources that run Windows. A linked clone allows you to create a VMware virtual machine that shares Linked clone the virtual disk of the source machine or system image. This option is available for hosted sources and hosted destinaitons.
  • Page 53 Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. Click Advanced and select the Destination layout tab. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 54 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Select a volume from the list and click Add disk. A new virtual disk appears in the Destination layout column. Select a source volume and use the Move up and Move down buttons to accommodate the volume in the new virtual disk.
  • Page 55 You can use disk-based cloning to select a different datastore for a destination virtual disk. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. You can change the destination datastore for a disk only for managed destinations with more than one datastore. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 56 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Copy all disks and maintain layout. Click the name of the virtual disk to relocate and select a different datastore from the Destination datastore drop-down menu.
  • Page 57 Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 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.
  • Page 58 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. Delete the disk. Option Description Click Advanced and select the Destination layout tab. Preserve the volumes associated with the disk Move the volumes from the disk you want to delete to another virtual disks.
  • Page 59 Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Create a Linked Clone A linked clone is a VMware virtual machine that shares the virtual disk of the source virtual machine or system image. Linked clones are useful for quickly checking the compatibility of non-VMware images, such files.
  • Page 60 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure From the Number of processors drop-down menu, select the processor count for the destination virtual machine. Save your settings. Option Description Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option. Select another option from the options list Saves your settings and displays the next page of the Conversion wizard.
  • Page 61 The Customizations page is displayed if you select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane. The Summary page is displayed if you do not select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane. VMware, Inc.

  • Page 62: Configure The Software On The Destination Virtual Machine

    Install VMware Tools on the Destination Virtual Machine on page 66 Install VMware Tools to improve graphics performance of the guest operating system. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of the mouse pointer, copying and pasting between guest and host, improved mouse performance, and so on.
  • Page 63 Prerequisites Save the Sysprep files to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter on the machine that runs vCenter Converter server. For more details on the Sysprep files Standalone\sysprep location for different operating systems, see Save Sysprep Files.
  • Page 64 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure On the Customizations page, select Computer information from the options list. Customize the guest operating system identity. In the Computer Name text box, specify a computer name to identify the virtual machine on the network.
  • Page 65 You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. If the Next button is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 66 Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page. Install VMware Tools on the Destination Virtual Machine Install VMware Tools to improve graphics performance of the guest operating system. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of the mouse pointer, copying and pasting between guest and host, improved mouse performance, and so on.

  • Page 67: Configure The Conversion Task

    This process is the first transfer of data. You can transfer data for the second time by copying only the changes made during the first transfer of data. This process is called synchronization. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 68 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Power Off the Source Machine After Conversion on page 71 If your source machine is running services that you want to start on the destination virtual machine after conversion, you can power off the source machine to avoid interference between source and destination services.
  • Page 69 As a result, the services do not generate data while source and destination machines are synchronized. You can stop services on the source only when you convert a powered-on Windows machine. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Services in the options list. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 70 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure Click the Source services tab. To stop a service on the source machine before synchronization, highlight a service and select the Stop check box to the right. Save your settings. Option Description Saves your settings and displays the pane for the selected option.
  • Page 71 Advanced options pane. The Summary page is displayed if you do not select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine in the Advanced options pane. After the conversion, Converter Standalone powers on the destination machine. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 72 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Limit the Amount of Resources Used by the Conversion Task A conversion task competes for computing resources with other processes. To limit the impact of the conversion task on other workloads, you can throttle the task. If you do not throttle conversion tasks, they are carried out with normal priority and depending on the available computing resources during conversion.

  • Page 73: Review The Summary And Submit The Conversion Task

    Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Procedure In Windows, run the Add or Remove Programs utility. In the list of installed programs, locate and click VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent. Click Remove. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
  • Page 74 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide VMware, Inc.

  • Page 75: Configure Virtual Machines

    XP, you must save the Sysprep files to the specified locations on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs. Start the Configuration Wizard on page 76 You can configure VMware desktop virtual machines or virtual machines managed by ESX hosts or vCenter Server. Select a Source Machine to Configure on page 76 You can select a powered-off VMware virtual machine as the source for a configuration task.

  • Page 76: Start The Configuration Wizard

    You can now use the Configuration wizard to customize Windows guest operating systems. Start the Configuration Wizard You can configure VMware desktop virtual machines or virtual machines managed by ESX hosts or vCenter Server. A physical machine cannot be a configuration source.
  • Page 77 If you choose to configure a virtual machine managed by a vCenter Server or ESX host, you must browse the inventory to locate the source virtual machine. Prerequisites On the Source System page of the Configuration wizard, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine as the configuration source and click Next to proceed to the Source Machine page. Procedure (Optional) If you are connected to a vCenter Server, select a virtual machine view from the Specify machine with drop-down menu.
  • Page 78 On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, you can select the required configuration options. Select a VMware Desktop Virtual Machine to Configure If the system you want to configure is a standalone VMware virtual machine created with VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Player, VMware Server, or VMware ACE, you must select VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine as the configuration source type.

  • Page 79: Select The Options To Configure

    Summary page of the Configuration wizard. Install VMware Tools on a Virtual Machine Install VMware Tools to improve graphics performance for the guest operating system of a configured virtual machine. Other enhancements include automatic grab and release of the mouse pointer, copying and pasting between guest and host, improved mouse performance, and so on.
  • Page 80 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Specify the Windows License Information on page 81 Ensure that you enter licensing information for all destination virtual machines running guest operating systems as necessary. Set the Time Zone on page 81 You can configure the time zone for a virtual machine.
  • Page 81 Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page. 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. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 82 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Prerequisites On the Options page of the Configuration wizard, select Customize guest preferences for the virtual machine and click Next to view and adjust the available customization options. Procedure On the Customizations page, select Network interface settings from the options list.

  • Page 83: Review And Submit The Configuration Task

    Click Finish to submit the configuration task. The task appears in the tasks list of the main application window. You can view the progress on the Task progress tab. What to do next To view details about the configuration task, click the Summary tab. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 84 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide VMware, Inc.

  • Page 85: Managing Conversion And Configuration Tasks

    The number of archived tasks can grow to be very large. To minimize clutter in the task list, you can lower the number of tasks that appear. You can select the tasks that you want the task list to display by filtering them. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 86 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Add a Task to the Task List Converter Standalone runs concurrent conversion tasks and configuration tasks as they appear in the task list, depending on the maximum number of tasks that is set in Administration menu > Maximum concurrent tasks.
  • Page 87 To delete a running task, cancel it and perform the following procedure. Procedure From the task list of the Task view, select the task that you want to remove. Click Delete. The task is removed from the task list. VMware, Inc.
  • Page 88 If problems arise that cause a task to fail, you can review information about the task in the log files or send a copy of log files to VMware technical support. You can export the log files for a specific task in the task list.
  • Page 89 Converter Standalone saves log files as it operates. Table 6-1 lists the default locations where log files are saved. You can view the log files or send them to VMware support, if necessary. These file locations are also the file locations on the remote machine if you are running a remote hot clone. To send these log files from a remote machine to VMware support, you must manually compress and send them.
  • Page 90 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Filter Tasks by Status You can change which tasks appear in the task list based on their running status. Procedure On the main menu, select View > Filter by. Select a level of display from the drop-down menu.

  • Page 91: Index

    86 removing system restore checkpoints 83 advanced customization selecting a source 76 guest operating system 63 selecting VMware Fusion source 76 installing VMware Tools 66 selecting VMware Player source 76 removing system restore checkpoints 67 selecting VMware Server source 76...
  • Page 92 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide converting time zone 65 existing system images 18 Windows license 64 existing virtual machines 18 WINS 65 converting machines 41 workgroup 66 converting, powered-on machines 70 disk 2GB split 18 copy all disks 58...
  • Page 93 26 customize the location 49 port requirements 27 select a source machine 42 power off source machine 71 install VMware Tools 66, 79 power on destination machine 71 installation space requirements 22 powered-on machine conversion limitations 24 installing 33...
  • Page 94 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide third-party VM 46 StorageCraft ShadowProtect 23 vCenter Server VM 44 Symantec LiveState Recovery 23 Windows powered-on machine 43 vCenter Server 23 server 10 Virtual Iron 23 services VirtualCenter support 23 on destination 68 VMware Fusion support 23...
  • Page 95 VMware Server destination 25 source 23 support 23 VMware Tools 66 VMware vCenter Converter Boot CD 10 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone command-line installation in Windows 35 installing remote access in Windows 34 uninstalling in Windows 38 volume-based cloning 16, 52–54, 56, 57...
  • Page 96 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide VMware, Inc.

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