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Table 2-3. Supported Sources (Continued)
Source Type
Hyper-V Server virtual
machines
Third-party virtual machines or
system images
Sources that run Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can be converted to ESX 3.5 Update 5, ESX 4.0, or
later destinations. ESX 3.5 Update 4 or earlier versions do not support Windows 7.
Conversion Limitations for Powered-On Machines
When you convert a powered-on machine, some conversion features might not be available for certain source
operating systems.
For a list of limitations dependent on the source operating system, see
Table 2-4. Limitations for Powered-On Machine Conversion
Source Operating System
Windows XP and later
Linux
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.
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Sources
Powered-off virtual machines with the following guest operating systems:
Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64), SP1, SP2, and R2
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Windows Server 2008 (x86 and x64) SP2 and R2 SP2
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Windows 7 (except Home editions)
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Windows Vista SP1 and SP2 (except Home editions)
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Windows XP Professional SP2, SP3, and x64 SP2
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and SP2
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4 (x86 and x64)
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Acronis True Image Echo 9.1, 9.5, and Acronis True Image 10 and 11 (Home product)
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(.tib).
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (formerly LiveState Recovery) 6.5, 7.0, 8.0,
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and 8.5, LiveState Recovery 3.0 and 6.0 (only .sv2i).
Norton Ghost version 10.0, 12.0, and 14.0 (.sv2i format only).
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Parallels Desktop 2.5, 3.0, and 4.0 (.pvs and .hdd). Compressed disks are not
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supported.
Parallels Workstation 2.x (.pvs). Compressed disks are not supported. Parallels
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Virtuozzo Containers are not supported.
StorageCraft ShadowProtect Desktop, ShadowProtect Server, ShadowProtect Small
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Business Server (SBS), ShadowProtect IT Edition, versions 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2
(.spf).
Microsoft VHD format for the following sources:
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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (.vmc)
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Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and 2005 R2 (.vmc)
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Limitations
Synchronization is supported only for volume-based cloning at the block level.
Only volume-based cloning at the file level is supported.
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Only managed destinations are supported.
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You can convert multiboot virtual machines only if GRUB is installed as the boot
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loader. LILO is not supported.
LVM logical volumes are converted to basic volumes on the destination virtual
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machine.
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