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- Page 1 User's Guide vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.1 EN-000158-02...
- 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.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
TCP/IP Port Requirements for Conversion 26 Common Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems 26 Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 29 Install Converter Standalone in Windows 29 Uninstall, Modify, or Repair Converter Standalone in Windows 30... - Page 4 User's Guide Index 87 VMware, Inc.
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Page 5: Updated Information
2-4, a new row is added to reflect the limitations related to synchronizing the source with the destination machine for Windows XP or later sources. Table 2-5, the Linux host limitations are updated to reflect that VMware Tools installation is not supported. The topic “Perform a Local Installation in Linux,”... - Page 6 User's Guide VMware, Inc.
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Page 7: About This Book
About This Book This book, the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User’s Guide, provides information about installing and ® using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. Intended Audience This book is intended for users who want to do the following: Install, upgrade, or use Converter Standalone... - 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, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/services. VMware Education Services courses offer extensive hands-on labs, case study examples, and course materials designed to be used as on-the-job reference tools.
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Page 9: Introduction
“Converter Standalone Features,” Migration with Converter Standalone You can convert virtual machines from different source formats to one of several VMware product destinations. Use Converter Standalone to accomplish the following tasks: Convert physical and virtual machines to use across different VMware product formats. -
Page 10: Converter Standalone Components
License Cloning Task management The VMware Converter Boot CD (for cold cloning) is available only with a Converter Enterprise license. For details about how to install the Boot CD, see the VMware Converter Enterprise for VirtualCenter 2.5 Administration Guide. Cloning and System Reconfiguration of Physical Machines Cloning and system reconfiguration are processes that create the virtual disks and configure the target virtual machine so that it works successfully in a virtual environment. - Page 11 To run a converted VMware virtual machine on the same network as the source physical machine, you must modify the network name and IP address on one of the machines. This modification avoids network related conflicts and allows the physical and virtual machines to coexist.
- Page 12 Converter edition boot CD. The features supported on the boot CD depend on the product version you choose. VMware Converter 3.0.x Enterprise edition is not a free software product. Procedure To obtain a boot CD, go to the VMware Download Web site and download Converter 3.0.x Enterprise installation. Extract the boot CD .iso...
- Page 13 Hot Cloning of Physical Machines Converter Standalone supports only hot cloning of physical machines. VMware Converter 3.0.x supports cold cloning. You can select which services to keep running on the source machine while the conversion is running. To have the destination virtual machine retain all of the blocks that changed in the source system during the cloning process, you can turn on the synchronization feature.
- Page 14 Converter Standalone supports converting Linux sources only to managed destinations. vCenter Converter Standalone running on Windows machine network snapshot vCenter Converter Standalone running on Windows machine network reconfiguration customization (optional) snapshot destination ESX/ESXi copied volumes destination ESX/ESXi VMware, Inc.
- Page 15 The Converter Standalone agent shuts down the helper virtual machine. The conversion process is complete. Optionally, you can configure Converter Standalone to power on the newly created virtual machine after the conversion is complete. VMware, Inc. vCenter Converter Standalone agent and server Converter Standalone...
- Page 16 Creates exact copies of the source machines, for all types of basic and dynamic disks. Use to quickly check compatibility of non-VMware images Performed when any size smaller than the original is selected. Performed when the volume size is maintained or extended. Source Volumes Supported...
- Page 17 You can move virtual machines between hosted products and managed products. A hosted product runs as an application on physical machines with an operating system. A managed product is a bare-metal VMware product that provides a thin software layer (the hypervisor) that enables it to run directly on the physical machine.
- Page 18 Format (OVF and OVA). You can import a virtual appliance to run in an existing ESX host or Workstation virtual machine, or you can export an existing VMware virtual machine to an OVF virtual appliance to share over the network.
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Page 19: System Requirements
System Requirements This information describes the requirements you must fulfill before you operate VMware Standalone and describes the compatibilities and interoperabilities among the systems on which and with which Converter Standalone works. This chapter includes the following topics: “Supported Operating Systems,”... -
Page 20: Installation Space Requirements
Table 2-2. Installation Space Requirements Operating System Windows Linux Source for Server Support Remote P2V Installation Component Installation file Decompressed installation file Client Server and agent Installation file Source for Virtual Machine Import Disk Space Required 100MB 100MB 25MB 360MB 130MB VMware, Inc. -
Page 21: Supported Source Types
Table 2-2. Installation Space Requirements (Continued) Operating System Supported Source Types With Converter Standalone, you can convert local or remote powered-on machines, VMware virtual machines, third-party virtual machines, system images, and OVF or OVA virtual appliances. Table 2-3 lists the sources that Converter Standalone supports. - Page 22 Windows 2000 guest operating systems. Disk-based cloning only for Linux guests. Reconfiguration or customization for Linux guests is not supported. VMware Tools installation for Linux guests is not supported. Only disk-based cloning for all guest operating systems. Volume-based cloning is not supported.
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Page 23: Supported Destination Types
Converting Windows NT 4 SMP virtual machines to a virtual appliance. Although Converter Standalone does not support the preceding scenarios, in each case you can use Converter Standalone to first convert the source machine to a VMware virtual machine and then convert that machine to a virtual appliance. -
Page 24: Restoring Vcb Images In Converter Standalone
2GB disks that are not preallocated. Restoring VCB Images in Converter Standalone VMware Consolidated Backup enables you to back up all of the virtual machines of an entire ESX server. The backup is stored by using Workstation disks, a VCB images to ESX server hosts and convert them to VMware standalone virtual machines. -
Page 25: How Conversion Affects The Source Settings When They Are Applied To The Destination
How Conversion Affects the Source Settings When They Are Applied to the Destination The VMware virtual machine that Converter Standalone creates contains an exact copy of the disk state from the source physical machine, virtual machine, or system image. Some hardware-dependent drivers and sometimes the mapped drive letters are not included in the copy. -
Page 26: Changes That Conversion Causes To Virtual Hardware
User's Guide Changes That Conversion Causes to Virtual Hardware Most migrated applications function correctly in the VMware virtual machine because their configuration and data files have the same location as the source virtual machine. Applications might not work if they depend on specific characteristics of the underlying hardware such as the serial number or the device manufacturer. - Page 27 Select Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options. Click the View tab and deselect Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended). For additional information about turning simple file sharing on or off, see the Microsoft TechNet Web site. VMware, Inc. Chapter 2 System Requirements bad username/password...
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Page 29: Installing And Uninstalling Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone
Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone This information describes the basic steps for installing and uninstalling Converter Standalone. This chapter includes the following topics: “Install Converter Standalone in Windows,” “Uninstall, Modify, or Repair Converter Standalone in Windows,” “Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows,”... -
Page 30: Uninstall, Modify, Or Repair Converter Standalone In Windows
Converter Standalone or the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone installer wizard. The installer wizard also allows you to modify or repair Converter Standalone. Prerequisites For Windows Vista systems, you must stop VMware Converter Service before you run the Converter Standalone 4.0.1 installer to upgrade Converter 3.0.x to Converter Standalone 4.0.1. file, where is the number of the build. -
Page 31: Perform A Command-Line Installation In Windows
Table 3-1. Command-Line Options Option /v"<params> VMware, Inc. Chapter 3 Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is the number of the build. Check the number of the build to see if it <xxxxx> “Command-Line Options for Windows Installation,” .bat Table 3-1. -
Page 32: Perform A Local Installation In Linux
Prerequisites Make sure your Linux distribution is supported and that system requirements are met. Procedure Download the latest Linux version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site. The filename is similar to the build. Go to the directory to which you downloaded the installer archive. -
Page 33: Perform A Client-Server Installation In Linux
Make sure your Linux distribution is supported and that system requirements are met. You must have root privileges. Procedure Download the latest Linux version of Converter Standalone from the VMware Web site. The filename is similar to the build. Go to the directory to which you downloaded the installer archive. -
Page 34: Uninstall Converter Standalone In Linux
Prerequisites You must have root privileges. Procedure sudo /usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-converter.pl A message appears that informs you that Converter Standalone is successfully removed. What to do next Now you can use Converter Standalone to convert physical or virtual machine sources to virtual machine or virtual appliance destinations. -
Page 35: Connect To A Remote Converter Standalone Server
What to do next You can now use the remote Converter Standalone server to set up and manage conversion tasks. VMware, Inc. Chapter 3 Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone command from the directory you extracted from the installation Action Select Administration >... - Page 36 User's Guide VMware, Inc.
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Page 37: Converting Machines
Standalone virtual machines include VMware virtual machines, backup images, and third-party virtual machines such as VMware Workstation, VMware Server, VCB, Acronis True Image, Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server, Symantec Backup Exec Server Recovery (formerly known as LiveState Recovery), LiveState Recovery, StorageCraft, Parallels Desktop for... -
Page 38: Select A Powered-On Machine Source
You can select from several source options for the type of machine to convert. If you are converting a virtual machine that runs on a VMware DRS cluster that vCenter Server manages, set VMware DRS Power Management (DPM) to manual to avoid DPM powering off the ESX hosts used by Converter Standalone. -
Page 39: Select A Vmware Infrastructure Virtual Machine Source
Procedure On the Specify Source page, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the Select source type drop-down menu. Provide the IP address or host name and credentials to authenticate with the ESX host or the VMware vCenter Server. Click Next. -
Page 40: Procedure
User's Guide From the inventory list, select the virtual machine to convert. (Optional) If you are connected to a VMware vCenter Server, select an option from the Specify machine with drop-down menu. Option Hosts and Clusters View VM and Templates View VM List (Optional) To view more details about the machine you are converting, click View Source Details. -
Page 41: Select A Virtual Appliance Source
You can now select the destination for your new virtual machine. Select a Virtual Appliance Source You can convert a virtual appliance to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine or a standalone virtual machine, such as Workstation 6.x. The data you can view on the Appliance details page depends on the OVF version of the source you selected. - Page 42 Server manages, select an ESX host within the cluster. When you use a VMware DRS cluster as a destination, set VMware DRS Power Management (DPM) to manual. This setting avoids DPM powering off the ESX hosts that Converter Standalone uses. When the conversion process completes, restore DPM to its original settings.
- Page 43 Resource.Assign Virtual Machine To Resource Pool Network.AssignToVM Procedure On the Destination Type page, select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine from the drop-down menu. Enter the required information. From the drop-down menu, select the destination server or enter its IP address or host name if it is not listed.
- Page 44 You can convert to a standalone virtual machine or a Workstation virtual machine to run in VMware Workstation 5.0, 6.0 or 6.5; VMware Fusion 1.0 or 2.0; VMware Player 1.0, 2.0 or 2.5; VMware ACE 2.0 or 2.5; or VMware Server 1.0 or 2.0.
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Page 45: View Setup Options For A New Virtual Machine
Converter Standalone server. Click Next. You selected to create a standalone virtual machine to run on one of the supported VMware products. What to do next On the View/Edit Options page, you can make more precise settings to the conversion task. -
Page 46: Select The Destination Folder
Customize a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine When you convert to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine, you can adjust some of its attributes. If you start the conversion process without changing any attributes, Converter Standalone applies the default conversion settings. - Page 47 You can locate source disks to different datastores on managed destinations (VMware ESX, ESXi, or vCenter Server). A linked clone allows you to create a VMware virtual machine that shares the virtual disk of the source virtual...
- Page 48 Table 4-2. Destination Disk Types Destination VMware Infrastructure virtual machine VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine Distribute Disks over Several Datastores For managed destinations, disk-based cloning allows you to copy virtual disks to different datastores within your virtual environment.
- Page 49 (Optional) To change the datastore to accommodate the and select the datastore from the drop-down menu. This menu appears only for virtual machine destinations in a VMware virtual infrastructure. Click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. Click Finish to add the task to the task list.
- Page 50 On the View/Edit Options page, click Data to copy in the left pane. From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy and click Advanced. “Create or Delete a Target Disk,” on page 50 “Move a Source Volume to a VMware, Inc.
- Page 51 This option is available only for managed destinations with more than one datastore. Prerequisites Select a managed destination and go to the View/Edit Options page. VMware, Inc. Description Maintains the original source disk size. Copies only the used space of the source volume.
- Page 52 You can create thin provisioned disks only for managed destinations that support thin provisioning. Procedure Select a valid source and a VMware infrastructure destination. On the View/Edit Options page, click Data to copy in the left pane and select the cloning mode.
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Page 53: Change Device Settings On The New 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 as files. -
Page 54: Change Network Connections On The Destination
Converter Standalone shuts down the source services at the beginning of the conversion and configures the destination services to start according to your settings. Contains a list of all services on the source machine. Contains a list of all destination services. VMware, Inc. -
Page 55: Advanced Customization Options
On the View/Edit Options page, click Advanced options. Select Synchronize changes that occur to the source during cloning. (Optional) VMware recommends that you select Power off source machine as well and specify the services to stop on the source during conversion. - Page 56 On the Advanced Customization page, you can install VMware Tools. VMware Tools enhance the performance of your destination virtual machine. You can install VMware Tools to ESX, vCenter Server, Workstation 6.0 and 6.5, VMware Fusion 1.0 and 2.0, VMware Player 2.0 and 2.5, and ACE 2.0 and 2.5 destinations.
- Page 57 You must set up the sysprep files before you can customize Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP sources. You must save the sysprep files to \VMware vCenter Converter Standalone details on the sysprep location for different operating systems, see Procedure On the View/Edit Options page, click Advanced options.
- Page 58 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. Enter the Windows License Information VMware recommends entering licensing information for all destination virtual machines that are subject to licensing. Some new virtual machines do not require a license.
- Page 59 On the View/Edit Options page, click Advanced options and select Configure guest preferences for the virtual machine. Click Next to access the guest operating system settings. In the options list to the left, select Workgroup/Domain. The workgroup and domain settings appear to the right. VMware, Inc. Chapter 4 Converting Machines...
- Page 60 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. Remove System Restore Checkpoints For source machines running in Windows XP or later, VMware recommends that you remove all System Restore checkpoints, regardless of the cloning mode, unless you want the target virtual machine to be a replica of the source system.
- Page 61 Customize a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine When you convert to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine, you can adjust some of its attributes. If you start the conversion process without changing any attributes, Converter Standalone applies the default conversion settings.
- Page 62 Click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. Click Finish to add the conversion task to the task list. You created a conversion task to produce a new standalone virtual machine or VMware Workstation virtual machine. Customize a Virtual Appliance You can edit the target attributes when you convert a virtual machine source to a virtual appliance.
- Page 63 Converter Standalone supports only the Type (Optional) Type a description of the new property in the corresponding text box. VMware, Inc. Chapter 4 Converting Machines text box, but you can change it if necessary. text box cannot be empty.
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Page 64: View The Summary Of A Conversion Task
(Optional) To change a task setting, click Back until you reach the relevant setup page. Click Finish to add the conversion task to the task list. Finish is active only when task validation is complete. This might take several minutes. Your conversion task is added to the task list. VMware, Inc. -
Page 65: Configuring Vmware Virtual Machines
You cannot configure OVF images. Configure a Virtual Machine You can configure files from a VMware standalone virtual machine, from an ESX server or vCenter Server virtual machine, or from a VMware Server virtual machine. A physical machine cannot be a configuration source. - Page 66 Procedure Save the Sysprep files to the specified location. Destination OS or Guest OS Sysprep Files Location for Windows Windows 2000 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data \VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\2k Windows 2003 %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data server (32 bit) \VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\sysprep\svr2003 Windows 2003...
- Page 67 Select a Source to Configure You can select a VMware virtual machine as the source for a configuration task. Procedure On the Specify Source page, select a source type from the drop-down menu. (Optional) Select VMware Infrastructure virtual machine as the configuration source if your source system is a virtual machine that runs on an ESX host or on an ESX host managed by vCenter Server.
- Page 68 This procedure is applicable to ESX Server; vCenter Server; Workstation 5.0, 6.0, and 6.5; VMware Fusion 1.0 and 2.0; VMware Player 1.0, 2.0, and 2.5; VMware Server 1.0 and 2.0; and VMware ACE 1.0, 2.0, and 2.5 sources. You can customize the following information:...
- Page 69 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the configuration task. Enter the Windows License Information of a Configured Virtual Machine VMware recommends that you enter licensing information for all virtual machines that are subject to licensing. Prerequisites To perform a configuration task, you must save the Sysprep files to the corresponding location on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs.
- Page 70 On the View/Edit Options page, click Advanced conversion options and select Configure guest preferences for the virtual machine. Click Next to access the guest operating system settings. Description For individual user licenses. For a concurrent user license. Specify the Maximum Connections number when you select this option. VMware, Inc.
- Page 71 Windows Server Domain Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the configuration task. VMware, Inc. Chapter 5 Configuring VMware Virtual Machines Description Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space, and the hyphen (-). Maximum length is 15 characters.
- Page 72 (Optional) To change a task setting, click Back until you reach the relevant setup page (View/Edit Options or Specify Source). Click Finish to add the configuration task to the task list. Finish is active only when task validation is complete. This might take several minutes. VMware, Inc.
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Page 73: Managing Conversion And Configuration Tasks
You must submit a conversion or configuration task to view it in the task list. Add a Task to the Task List VMware vCenter Converter Standalone runs 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 74 User's Guide Add a Task to the Task List VMware vCenter Converter Standalone runs 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 75 The Task list and the Task Details pane show the progress of tasks. If problems arise that cause the task to fail, you can also review information in the log files. VMware, Inc. Chapter 6 Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks...
- Page 76 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 77 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 78 If you select Failed and Past week filters, the resulting task list contains their combined output: All tasks with failed status that were active within the last 24 hours All tasks with failed status that were completed in the past 7 days VMware, Inc.
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Page 79: Glossary
In VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, cloning a local physical machine while it is running in WinPE from the vCenter Converter Boot CD, not from its own operating system. See also compute resource A managed object that represents either a single host or a cluster of hosts available for backing virtual machines. - Page 80 (for example, a physical disk, a RAID, or a SAN) for virtual machine files. destination virtual machine In VMware vCenter Converter, the migrated virtual machine at its final location. disabled A state in which actions and features are deactivated. The feature is turned off by a choice the user makes.
- Page 81 An operating system that runs on the host machine. See also hot cloning In VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, cloning a local or remote physical machine while it is running in its own operating system. See also hot fix An installable file that resets a user’s password, renews an expired virtual machine, or enables a copy-...
- Page 82 The linked clone stores changes to the virtual disks in a separate set of files. See also local cloning The process of making a copy of a virtual machine residing in the system on which VMware vCenter Converter is running, or making a copy of the physical machine itself for conversion to a virtual machine.
- Page 83 Making a copy of a virtual machine or a physical machine accessed over the network by VMware vCenter Converter. See also local VMware, Inc. virtual memory.
- Page 84 SSH to provide authentication. See also Shell). SDK (software development kit) A set of tools for programmers who are developing software for a particular platform. A VMware SDK might include an API, an IDL, client stubs, sample code, and documentation. server (1) A system capable of managing and running virtual machines.
- Page 85 It is a quick and efficient method for broadcasting messages over a network. See also TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet vCenter Converter Boot CD (VMware vCenter Converter Boot CD) The means by which a user can perform a local cold clone of a physical machine. When the physical machine is booted from the vCenter Converter Boot CD, the Converter application runs on WinPE.
- Page 86 The specification of which virtual devices, such as disks and memory, are present in a virtual machine and how they are mapped to host files and devices. In vConverter, VMware virtual machines whose disks have been populated by restoring from a backup or by some other direct means of copying undergo configuration to enable them to boot in VMware products.
- Page 87 50 options 67 overview 65 selecting a source 67 selecting the options 67 selecting VMware Fusion source 67 selecting VMware Player source 67 selecting VMware Server source 67 selecting Workstation source 67 starting the Wizard 65 Sysprep files locations 66...
- Page 88 56 synchronizing source with destination 55 Windows sources 13 Hyper-V, source 21 installation space requirements 20 installing VMware vCenter Converter Standalone in Linux 32, 33 in Windows 29 Windows command-line installation 31 Introduction 9 linked clones, defined 17...
- Page 89 See hot cloning operating systems, support 19 other VMware virtual machine, as source 40 customizing 62 format for virtual appliances 18 product properties 63 properties 41 Parallels Desktop, source 21, 40 port requirements 26 powered-on machine conversion limitations 22...
- Page 90 TCP/IP port requirements 26 thin provisioning 52 uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone in Linux 34 in Windows 30 uses for VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 9 VCB, See VMware Consolidated Backup vCenter Server, destination 23, 42 vCenter Server support 21 version support 21...
- Page 91 Index Xen, source 21 VMware, Inc.
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