Select A Powered-On Linux Machine To Convert; Select An Esx/Esxi Or Vcenter Server Virtual Machine To Convert - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 User Manual

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide

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.
Prerequisites
Before you continue, you must prepare the source machine for conversion.
Enable SSH on the source Linux machine.
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Make sure that you use the root account to convert a Linux powered-on machine.
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Make sure that vCenter Converter server machine has network access to the Linux source machine.
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Make sure that no other conversion task is using the source you select.
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To be able to convert multiboot virtual machines, make sure to install GRUB as the boot loader. LILO is
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not supported.
Procedure
1 On the Source System page of the Conversion wizard, select Powered-on machine from the Select source
type drop-down menu.
2 Provide the IP address or DNS name and root credentials for the Linux machine you want to convert.
3 From the OS Family drop-down menu, select Linux.
4 Click Next.
Converter Standalone connects to the powered-on Linux machine and prepares it for conversion.
What to do next
On the Destination System page you can select the destination type for the new virtual machine.

Select an ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server Virtual Machine to Convert

You can convert a powered-off virtual machine that is located on an ESX/ESXi host, or on an ESX/ESXi host
managed by vCenter Server.
You cannot convert a running or suspended virtual machine by using this procedure. For powered-on virtual
machines, use the procedures for powered-on source machines.
If you connect to a vCenter Server that is part of an environment that contains multiple vCenter Server
instances, Converter Standalone displays only ESX hosts managed directly by the currently connected vCenter
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. When the conversion process completes, restore DPM to its original settings. For
information about how to change DPM settings, see the Resource Management Guide.
Power off the source machine before the conversion.
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