Introduction To Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone - VMware VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 User Manual

Introduction to VMware vCenter
Converter Standalone
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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone is a scalable solution to convert virtual and physical machines to
VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server
environment.
Converter Standalone 4.3 eases the exchange of virtual machines among the following products.
VMware hosted products can be both conversion sources and conversion destinations.
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VMware Workstation
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VMware Fusion™
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VMware Server
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VMware Player
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Virtual machines running on an ESX instance that vCenter Server manages can be both conversion sources
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and conversion destinations.
Virtual machines running on unmanaged ESX hosts can be both conversion sources and conversion
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destinations.
This chapter includes the following topics:
"Migration with Converter Standalone,"
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"Converter Standalone Components,"
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"Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines,"
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"Types of Data Cloning Operations,"
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"Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images,"
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"System Settings Affected by Conversion,"
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"Changes to Virtual Hardware,"
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