Using Converter Standalone With Virtual Machine Sources And System Images - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 User Manual

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide
Destination Disk Types
Depending on the destination you select, several destination disk types are available.
For detailed information on destination virtual disks types, see
Table 1-4. Destination Disk Types
Destination
VMware Infrastructure virtual machine
VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine
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.
Converting virtual
machines
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Available Disk Types
Flat
Thin
Pre-
allocated
Not pre-
allocated
2GB Split
pre-
allocated
2GB Split not
pre-
allocated
You can convert VMware virtual machines from and to Workstation,
VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, ESX, ESXi Embedded,
ESXi Installable, and VMware Server. You can also import virtual machines
from Microsoft Virtual Server and Virtual PC.
Table 1-4.
Copies the entire source disk size to the
destination, regardless of its used and
free space.
For managed destinations that support
thin provisioning through GUI, creates
an expanding disk on the destination.
For example, if the source disk size is
10GB, but only 3GB is used, the created
destination disk is 3GB but can expand
to 10GB.
Copies the entire source disk size to the
destination, regardless of its used and
free space.
Creates an expanding disk on the
destination. For example, if the source
disk size is 20GB, but only 5GB is used,
the created destination disk is 5GB but
can expand to 20GB. Take this expansion
into account when you calculate the free
disk space on the destination datastore.
Splits the source disk into 2GB sections
on the destination.
Creates 2GB sections on the destination
that include only the real used space on
the source disk. As the destination disk
grows, new 2GB sections are created to
accommodate the new data until the size
reaches that of the original source disk.
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