Supported Destination Types - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 User Manual

Certain limitations are applicable when you convert Linux virtual machine sources.
Only disk-based cloning is supported for Linux guest operating systems.
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Configuration or customization is not supported for Linux guest operating systems.
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You cannot install VMware Tools on Linux guest operating systems.
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Conversion Limitations for Third-Party Virtual Machines or System Images
Converter Standalone can convert third-party virtual machines, system images, ShadowProtect images, and
BackupExec System Recovery images. These conversions have limitations.
Third-Party Virtual Machines and System Images
Third-party virtual machines and system images have the following limitations.
Virtual machines created with Macintosh versions of Virtual PC are not supported.
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The operating system on the source Virtual PC or Virtual Server virtual machine must be a Windows guest
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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.
Converter Standalone supports Virtual PC and Virtual Server virtual machines with most Windows
operating systems earlier than Windows NT 4.0 and with non-Windows operating systems (for example,
Linux and DOS) only for cloning. Converter Standalone does not support configuring for these systems.
Parallels Virtuozzo containers are not supported.
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ShadowProtect and Backup Exec System Recovery
ShadowProtect and Backup Exec System Recovery have the following limitations.
Dynamic disks are not supported.
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All images for the backup of a machine must be in a single folder. The source folder must not contain
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images that are not part of the backup.
For volume-based cloning, all volumes in the disk up to the active and system volumes must be backed
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up. For example, if a disk has four partitions, 1 through 4, with partition 2 as the active volume and
partition 3 as the system volume, the backup must include partitions 1 through 3.
For incremental images, up to 16 incremental backups are supported.
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ShadowProtect images of systems with logical drives are not supported if the logical drive is also a system
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or active volume.

Supported Destination Types

With Converter Standalone, you can create virtual machines compatible with VMware hosted and managed
products.
Table 2-5 shows the destinations that Converter Standalone supports.
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