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Contents
AboutThisBook
1 Introduction 9
MigrationwithVMwareConverter 9 VMwareConverterEditions 10 CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachines 11 HotandColdCloning 11 LocalandRemoteCloning 11 CloningModes 14 MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImages 15 ConvertingVirtualMachines 15 ConfiguringVirtualMachines 15 ConvertingandExportingVirtualAppliances 15 ManagingTasks 15 NewinConverter3.0.3 16
2 SystemRequirements 17
ApplicationRequirements 17 MemoryRequirementsforColdCloning 18 VirtualMachineandSystemImageRequirements 19 RestoringVCBImagesinConverter 20 SupportedDestinations 21 ConfiguringPermissionsforVirtualCenterUsers 21 LevelofInternationalizationSupport 21 HowConvertingAffectsSettings 22 ChangestoVirtualHardware 22 TCP/IPPortRequirements 23 RemoteHotCloningTroubleshootingTips 23 CommonRequirementsforWindowsOperatingSystems 23
3 InstallingandUninstalling 25
InstallingConverter 25 Uninstalling,Modifying,orRepairing 26 InstallingConvertertoRuninInstallLessMode AddingorChanginganEnterpriseLicense 27 PerformingaScriptedInstall 27 27
4 ConvertingMachines 29
SelectingaConversionProcedure 29 ConvertinginInstallLessMode 30 CreatingaSeparateDiskforEachVolume 30 VirtualApplianceOverview 30 StarttheWizardforaConversion 32 SelectaSource 32 SelectaPhysicalMachineSource 32 SelectaVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachineSource
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SelectaVirtualApplianceSource 34 SelectaStandaloneVirtualMachineorBackupImageSource 35 ChooseaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachine 36 ChooseanESXServerManagedbyVirtualCenterDestination 36 ChooseanESXServerVirtualMachineDestination 37 ChooseanOVFVirtualApplianceDestination 38 ChooseaStandaloneVirtualMachineDestination 39 ChooseaWorkstationVirtualMachineDestination 40 CustomizeaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystem 40 InstallVMwareTools 41 CustomizetheIdentityoftheNewVirtualMachine 41 RemoveSystemRestoreCheckpoints 42 CompletetheConversionTaskCreation 42
5 UsingtheConverterBootCDforLocalColdCloning 45
ColdCloningandtheConverterBootCD 45 StarttheWizardforaConversion 45 SelectSourceData 46 ChoosingaDestinationforaNewVirtualMachine 47 UnsupportedClusters 47 ChooseaVirtualCenterServerVirtualMachineDestination 47 ChooseanESXServerVirtualMachineDestination 48 ChooseaStandaloneVirtualMachineDestination 48 CustomizeaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystem 49 InstallVMwareTools 49 CustomizetheIdentityoftheNewVirtualMachine 50 RemoveSystemRestoreCheckpoints 51 CompletetheConvertTaskCreation 51 UsingpeTooltoModifytheConverterBootCD 52
6 ConfiguringVMwareVirtualMachines 55
StartingConfiguration 55 SelectaVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachineasSource 55 SelectaStandaloneVirtualMachineastheSource 56 CustomizingaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystem 56 CompletetheConfiguration 58
7 ManagingTasks 59
MultipleTasks 59 TaskView 59 TaskList 59 Toolbar 60 DetailsView 61 SummaryTab 61 TaskProgressTab 61 StartingandCancelingTasks 61 ForceaQueuedTasktoRun 62 CancelaTask 62 DeleteaTask 62 LookingatProgressandtheLogs 62 ViewaTasksProgress 62 ExportandViewtheLog 63 EditingTasks 63 EditaTask 63
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EditaFailedTask 64 ManagingHowTasksRun 64 ControltheNumberofTasksRunningConcurrently 64 ChangetheRunOrder 64 ChangetheNumberofTasksDisplayedintheTaskList 65 ChangeWhichTasksAreDisplayedintheTaskList 65
Appendix:Migrationwithp2vToolCommandLineInterface
UsingtheExperimentalp2vToolCommandLineInterface SyntaxandOptions 67 SourceMachinesandDestinationMachines 69 RestoringVCBImages 69 MigrationXMLInputFileExamples 70 q [query]OptionXMLOutputFileExample 74 VCBRestoreXMLInputFileExamples 75 OVFXMLOutputFileExamples 76 67
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About This Book
Thisbook,theVMwareConverterUsersManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingandusing VMware Converter.
Intended Audience
Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMwareConverter.VMware Converter userstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopmentandtestingorworkwithmultipleoperating systemsorcomputingenvironments:softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorun demos,andanyonewhowantstocreatevirtualmachines.Anothersetofusersincludesanyonewhoneedsto nonintrusivelycopyandtransformphysicalsystemsintoVMwarevirtualmachines,eitherlocallyor remotely.
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VMware Education Services

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Introduction
VMwareConverterprovidesascalablesolutiontomigratephysicaltovirtualandvirtualtovirtualmachines. Converterisoptimizedformassmigrations,butisequallyeffectiveforsinglemachineconversions.Converter importsvirtualmachinesfaster,withfewermanualstepsrequired,andfewersourcehardwarelimitations thanothermethods.Withitsabilitytohotclone,Convertercanconvertavirtualmachinewithnodowntime onitssourcephysicalmachine. ConvertercombinesandexpandsthefunctionalityavailableinVMwareP2VAssistantandVirtual Machine Importer.IteasesinteroperabilityamongVMwarehostedproducts(VMware Workstation,VMware ACE, VMware Fusion,VMware Server,andVMware Player), VMwareVirtualCentermanaged ESX Server3.xand2.5.x,andunmanagedVMwareESX Server3.x,andVMwareESXServer3i Installableand VMware ESXServer3iEmbedded.ItalsorestoresVMwareConsolidatedBackup(VCB)imagesintoVMware virtualmachines. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: MigrationwithVMwareConverteronpage 9 CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachinesonpage 11 MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImagesonpage 15 ManagingTasksonpage 15 NewinConverter3.0.3onpage 16
Migration with VMware Converter

WithVMwareConverter,youconvertvirtualmachinesfromdifferentsourceformatsintooneofseveral VMwareproductdestinations.Usetheapplicationtoaccomplishthefollowingtasks: ConvertphysicalmachinesforuseacrossdifferentVMwareproductformats. ConvertvirtualmachinesforuseacrossdifferentVMwareproductformats. MovevirtualmachinesacrossdifferentVMwareproductplatforms. ImportandexportofvirtualappliancesfromalocalfilesystemordownloadthemfromaURL CreateVMwarevirtualmachinesfromVCBimages. CreateVMwarevirtualmachinesfromthirdpartyformats. Reducethetimeneededtopopulatenewvirtualmachineenvironments. Migratelegacyserverstonewhardwarewithnoneedtoreinstalloperatingsystemsorapplication software. Performmigrationsacrossheterogeneoushardware. Proactivelyreadjustdisksizes,types,andpartitionstomaximizeutilizationofstorageresources.
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Placevolumesonseparatedisksandmigratethedisksacrossindependentdatastores. Startandmanagemultipleconcurrentmigrations. Viewaudittrails. Figure 11illustrateshowVMwareConvertercreatesandmigratesVMwarereadyvirtualmachinesfroma broadrangeofsources. Figure 1-1. VMware Converter Source and Destination Machines
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VMware Converter Editions

VMwareConvertercomesintwoeditions,StarterandEnterprise. Table 1-1. Starter and Enterprise Editions Features
VMware Converter Starter Environment DesignedforsinglemigrationstoVMware productssuchasVMwareInfrastructure3, VMwarePlayer,VMwareWorkstation,and VMwareServer. Freedownload. VMware Converter Enterprise Designedformultipleconcurrentmigrations toVMwareInfrastructure3andhosted products. Licensedasapartofasupportand subscriptioncontractwiththeVMware VirtualCenter server. Localhotcloningtohostedproductsand ESX Server.Remotehotcloningtohosted productsandESXServer.Localcoldcloning (VMwareConverterBootCD)tohosted productsandESX Server. Multiple,concurrentmigrations.Setupand scheduleaconversion.
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Localhotcloningtohostedproducts (Workstation,VMwarePlayer,GSXServer, VMwareServer)andESXServer.Remotehot cloningtohostedproductsonly. Singlemigrationatatime.Setupand scheduleaconversion.
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Cloning and System Reconfiguration of Physical Machines

Cloningistheprocessofcreatingacloneddisk,wherethecloneddiskisavirtualdiskthatisanexactcopyof thesourcephysicaldisk.Thisinvolvescopyingthedataonaphysicalsourcemachinesharddiskand transferringthatdatatoatargetvirtualdisk(thenewcloneddisk). Systemreconfigurationistheprocessofadjustingthemigratedoperatingsystemtoenableittofunctionon virtualhardware.Thisadjustmentisperformedonthetargetvirtualdiskaftercloningandenablesthetarget virtualdisktofunctionasabootablesystemdiskinavirtualmachine. ConvertercreatesanewVMwarevirtualmachinebasedonasourcephysicalmachine.Themigrationprocess isnondestructive,soyoucancontinuetousetheoriginalsourcemachine.However,torunaconverted VMwarevirtualmachineonthesamenetworkasthesourcephysicalmachine,youmustmodifythenetwork nameandIPaddressononeofthemachines,sothephysicalandvirtualmachinescancoexist. NOTEYoucannotmoveOEMmediabetweenphysicalmachines.Thelicenseisattachedtotheserverwhen purchasedfromtheOEMandcannotbereassigned.OnlyretailandvolumeLicensescanbereassignedtonew physicalservers.IfyoumigrateanOEMimage,youneedaWindowsServerEnterpriseorDatacenter Edition licenseontheESXServertorunmultiplevirtualmachines.
Hot and Cold Cloning

Convertersupportshotcloningandcoldcloning.Hotcloning,alsocalledlivecloningoronlinecloning,entails cloningthesourcemachinewhileitisrunningitsoperatingsystem.Coldcloning,alsocalledofflinecloning, entailscloningthesourcemachinewhenitisnotrunningitsoperatingsystem.Incoldcloning,theuserreboots thesourcemachinefromaCDthathasitsownoperatingsystem,fromwhichtheVMware Converter applicationruns.Coldcloningleavesnofootprintonthesourcemachine. NOTEWhenhotcloningdualbootsystems,youcancloneonlythedefaultoperatingsystemtowhich boot.inipoints.Toclonethenondefaultoperatingsystem,changeboot.initopointtotheotheroperating systemandreboot.Afteryouarebootedintotheotheroperatingsystem,youcaninstallConverterandhot cloneit.
Local and Remote Cloning

Forlocalcloning,migrationisperformedwithConverterrunningonthesourcemachine.Withremotecloning, thesourcemachinecanbeaccessedwithouthavingtophysicallytouchit,aslongasitisrunning.
Remote Hot Cloning Workflow

Thefollowingworkflowisanexampleofhotcloning,inwhichthephysicalmachinebeingclonedexperiences nodowntime.YouusetheConverterwizardtosetupamigrationtaskandVMware Converterautomatically performsallofthecloningtasks.
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Remote Hot Cloning of a Physical Machine 1 Converterpreparesthesourcemachineforaconversion. Converterinstallstheagentonthesourcemachineandtheagenttakesasnapshotofthesourcevolumes.

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Local Cold Cloning Workflow

Thefollowingworkflowisanexampleofcoldcloning,inwhichyouclonethesourcemachinewhenitisnot runningitsoperatingsystem.YousetupamigrationbyusingtheConverterwizardavailableonthe Converter BootCD.AfteryouboottheConverterBootCDandusetheapplicationonittodirectthecourseof themigration,Converterautomaticallyperformsallofthecloningtasksuntilrebootingthesourcemachineto returntoitsoriginaloperatingsystem. Local Cold Cloning of a Physical Machine 1 Converterpreparesthesourcemachineimage. BootthesourcemachinefromtheVMwareConverterBootCDanduseConvertertodefineandstartthe migration.ConvertercopiesthesourcevolumesintoaRAMdisk.
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Convertercompletestheconversionprocess. Converterinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachineand personalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).
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Cloning Modes
Converterimplementstwocloningmodes:diskbasedcloningandvolumebasedcloning.
Volume-Based Cloning
Convertersupportsvolumebasedcloningforhotandcoldcloningandforimportationofexistingvirtual machines. Involumebasedcloning,allvolumesinthedestinationvirtualmachinearebasicvolumes,regardlessofthe typeinthecorrespondingsourcevolume.Filelevelorblocklevelvolumebasedcloningisperformed, dependingonyoursizeselections: VolumebasedfilelevelcloningPerformedwhenanysizesmallerthantheoriginalisselected. VolumebasedblocklevelcloningPerformedwhenthevolumesizeismaintainedorextended. Dependingonthecloningmode,sometypesofsourcevolumesmightnotbesupportedasfollows: Coldcloning(ConverterBootCD)supportsalltypesofdynamicvolumes,butdoesntsupport Windows NT 4faulttolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesissupported. VirtualmachineimportingsupportsbasicvolumesandalltypesofdynamicvolumesexceptRAID.It doesntsupportWindows NT 4faulttolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesis supported.Onlymasterbootrecord(MBR)disksaresupported.GUIDpartitiontable(GPT)disksarenot supported. HotcloningsupportsalltypesofsourcevolumesrecognizedbyWindows,exceptWindows NT 4 faulttolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesissupported.
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Disk-Based Cloning
Convertersupportsdiskbasedcloningforcoldcloningandforimportationofexistingvirtualmachines. Diskbasedcloningtransfersallsectorsfromalldisks,preservingallvolumemetadata.Thedestinationvirtual machinereceivesthesamevolumes,ofthesametypeasthoseofthesourcevirtualmachine.Diskbased cloningsupportsalltypesofbasicanddynamicdisks.
Migrating Existing Virtual Machines and System Images

WithConverter,youcanmovevirtualmachinesbetweenhostedproducts(productsthatrunasapplications onphysicalmachineswithoperatingsystems)andmanagedproducts(baremetalVMwareproductsthat provideathinsoftwarelayer(thehypervisor)thatenablesthemtorundirectlyonthephysicalmachine).
Converting Virtual Machines

ConverterletsyoumoveVMwarevirtualmachinesbetweenWorkstation,VMware Player,VMware ACE, VMwareFusion,ESXServer,ESXServer3iEmbedded,ESXServer3iInstallable,GSX Server,andVMware Server.ItalsoimportsvirtualmachinesfromMicrosoftVirtual ServerandVirtual PC.
Configuring Virtual Machines

ForVMwarevirtualmachineswhosedisksarepopulatedbyrestoringfromabackupofaphysicalhostorby someotherdirectmeansofcopying,ConverterpreparestheimagetorunonVMwarevirtualhardware.
Converting and Exporting Virtual Appliances

ConvertersupportsconvertingandexportingvirtualappliancesstoredinOpenVirtual MachineFormat(OVF andOVA).YoucanimportavirtualappliancetoruninanexistingESXServerorWorkstationvirtualmachine, oryoucanexportanexistingVMwarevirtualmachinetoanOVFvirtualappliancetoshareoverthenetwork.
Managing Tasks
Converterprovidesataskmanagertomanagemigrationsforasingleconversionorformultiple,concurrent conversions.AfteryoucreateataskbyusingtheConverterwizardtosetuphowyouwanttoimporta machine,usetheTaskViewofthemanagertodothefollowing: Startorstopaconversion. Changetherunorder. Forceaqueuedtasktorun. Controlthenumberofjobsrunningsimultaneously. Filtertheviewofwhattasksaredisplayed. Editatask. Viewatasksprogress. Cancelatask. Editandrestartafailedtask. Deleteatask. Viewanaudittrail.
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New in Converter 3.0.3

Thisreleasesupportsthefollowing: MicrosoftVista32bitand64bitoperatingsystems VirtualappliancesinOVFversion0.9 Migrationofvolumesacrossindependentdatastores
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System Requirements
ThischapterdescribestherequirementstobefulfilledbeforeoperatingConverteranddescribesthe compatibilitiesandinteroperabilitiesamongthesystemsonwhichandwithwhichitworks. Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections: ApplicationRequirementsonpage 17 MemoryRequirementsforColdCloningonpage 18 VirtualMachineandSystemImageRequirementsonpage 19 RestoringVCBImagesinConverteronpage 20 SupportedDestinationsonpage 21 ConfiguringPermissionsforVirtualCenterUsersonpage 21 LevelofInternationalizationSupportonpage 21 HowConvertingAffectsSettingsonpage 22 ChangestoVirtualHardwareonpage 22 TCP/IPPortRequirementsonpage 23 RemoteHotCloningTroubleshootingTipsonpage 23
Application Requirements
ConverteranditsagentrunonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems: Windows NTSP6+(withInternetExplorer5orhigher) Windows2000 Windows200332bitand64bit WindowsXPProfessional32bitand64bit WindowsVista32bitand64bit Convertercanruninvirtualmachinesthatusethelistedoperatingsystemsasguestoperatingsystems. TheVMwareConverterBootCDrunsonitsowncopyofWindowsPreinstallationEnvironment(WinPE). NOTEAlthoughConverteroperatesonWindowsonly,afterthemigration,youcantransferthevirtual machinetotheVMwaresupportedhostplatformofyourchoice.
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ToconfigurevirtualmachinesonWindows2000andWindowsNT,theoperatingsystemmustbe Windows 2000orWindowsNT,asshowninTable 21.AlthoughConverterallowsconversionofasource imagewithalateroperatingsystemversionwhenrunningonthesesystems,(forexample,conversionofa WindowsXPsourcetoaWindows2000host),Convertercannotreconfiguretheimages.Similarly,when exportingtoanOVFvirtualappliance,Convertercannotreconfigurethesourceimage. Table 2-1. Operating System Compatibility
Compatible OS on the System Running Converter Source Machine OS WindowsNTServer Windows2000 WindowsXP Windows2003 WindowsVista Windows NT Server X Windows 2000 X X Windows XP X X X X X Windows 2003 X X X X X Windows Vista X X X X X
Converterhasthefollowingspacerequirementsforinstallation:
Installation Component Installersize Installedfiles Minimumbootdriverequirement (ifinstalledonbootdrive) Minimumbootdriverequirement (ifinstalledonanotherdrive) Value 30.1MB 65MB 120MB 105MB
Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning

ForcoldcloningwiththeConverterBootCD,thesourcephysicalmachinemusthaveatleast264MBof memory.VMwarerecommends364MBofmemory.Table 22showsthelimitationsplacedoncoldcloningif youuselessthantherecommendedmemoryrequirement. Table 2-2. Boot CD Cold Cloning Memory Requirements
Source Physical Machine Memory Lessthan264MB Greaterthanorequalto264MBbutlessthan296MB Greaterthanorequalto296MBbutlessthan364MB Converter Boot CD Cannotperformacoldclone. Canperformacoldclone,butcannotuseaRAMdisk. CanperformacoldclonewithaRAMdisk,althoughusing networkshareissuggested.TheRAMdisksizeismemory minus264MB. CanperformacoldclonewithaRAMdisk. TheRAMdisksizeismemoryminus264MB,uptoalimitof 124MB.
Greaterthanorequalto364MB
Foracoldclone,theVMwareConverterBootCDcanbestartedfrom,andclone,machineswithstorage controllersandnetworkadaptersthatMicrosoftlistsassupportedinWindows2003.Withthisrequirement met,ConvertercanclonemachinesrunningoperatingsystemsnotedintheApplicationRequirementssection.
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Chapter 2 System Requirements
Virtual Machine and System Image Requirements

Convertercanconvertthefollowingvirtualmachinetypes: Workstation6.x,Workstation5.x,andWorkstation4.x VMwareFusion1.x ESXServer3.x ESXServer3iversion3.5InstallableandESXServer3iversion3.5Embedded ESXServer2.5.x(iftheserverismanagedwithVirtualCenter2.x) GSXServer3.x VMwareServer1.x, VirtualCenter2.x MicrosoftVirtual PCversion7andlater AnyversionofMicrosoftVirtual Server ConvertercanconvertthefollowingvirtualmachinetypestoOVForOVAvirtualappliances: ESXServeroravirtualmachinethatismanagedbyVirtualCenter Workstation Convertercanconvertthefollowingsystemimagetypes: VCB AcronisTrueImage9 SymantecBackupExecSystemRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery)6.5and7.0, LiveStateRecovery3.0and6.0,andNortonGhostversion9.0,10.0,and12.0(.sv2ifiles) StorageCraftShadowProtect Requirements: Virtualmachinesmustbepoweredoffbeforeyouconvertthem.Youcannotconvertsuspendedvirtual machines. VirtualmachinesfromMacintoshversionsofVirtual PCarenotsupported. TheoperatingsystemonthesourceVirtual PCorVirtual ServervirtualmachinemustbeaWindows guestoperatingsystemsupportedbytheintendedVMwareplatform(forexample,Workstation 5or6). SeetheGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforalistofsupportedoperatingsystems. ConvertersupportsVirtual PCandVirtual ServervirtualmachineswithmostWindowsoperating systemsearlierthanWindows NT4.0andwithnonWindowsoperatingsystems(forexample,Linuxand DOS)forcloningonly.Converterdoesnotsupportconfiguringforthesesystems. ConvertercanconvertShadowProtectandBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages,withthefollowing limitations: Dynamicdisksarenotsupported. Allimagesforthebackupofamachinemustbeinasinglefolderwithnootherimagesplacedthere. Forvolumebasedcloning,allvolumesinthediskuptotheactiveandsystemvolumesmustbe backedup.Forexample,ifadiskhasfourpartitions,14,withpartition2astheactivevolumeand partition3asthesystemvolume,thebackupmustinclude1through3. Forincrementalimages,upto16incrementalbackupsaresupported. Imagesofsystemswithlogicaldrivesarenotsupportedifthelogicaldriveisalsoasystemoractive volume(ShadowProtectonly).
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Restoring VCB Images in Converter

VCBenablesyoutobackupentireESXServervirtualmachines,storingthebackupbyusingWorkstation disks,a.vmxfile,andacatalogfile.ConvertercanrestoreVCBimagesintoESXServers,andconverttheminto VMwarestandalonevirtualmachines. ConvertersupportsrestoringVCBimagesofanyguestoperatingsystemtype.Fortheoperatingsystemslisted inApplicationRequirementsonpage 17,Converterenablesyoutoselectandresizevolumesandcustomize theidentityfortherestoredvirtualmachine.Forallotherguestoperatingsystems,Convertersupportsonly restoringthedisks. Converterdoesnotmaintainthe.nvramfile,northeVMwarelogfiles.Onlydisksarepreserved. Converterdoesnotreadtheoriginallocationsettingsfromthecatalogfile.Torestoretothesamelocation,find informationsuchasdatastore,hostname,foldername,andresourcepoolinthecatalogfileandenteritinthe Conversionwizard.Inaddition,Converterdoesnotreadtheoriginaldisplaynamefromthecatalogfile.Ifyou wanttousethesamenameanddontrememberit,youcanlookitupinthecatalogfile.Youcanreadthe catalogfileasaplaintextfile.
Information Not Preserved When Using Converter for Managed Product Destinations
Whenrestoringimagesformanagedproductdestinations(ESXServers,forexample),Converterdoesnot preservecertainhardwarebackinginformationfromtheoriginalimage,butrathersubstitutesdefaultsettings. Thesearetheaffectedareas: CDROMDefaultstodevicetype:hostdevice. FloppyDefaultstodevicetype:hostdevice. NetworkadaptersDefaultstothelistofnetworkadaptersintheGUI.TheMACaddressisnot preserved.Itisregeneratedbythedestinationhost. SerialportDefaultstophysicalserialportondestinationhostmachine. ParallelportDefaultstophysicalparallelportondestinationhostmachine. Whenrestoringimages,theConverterGUIdoesnotpreservecertainothervirtualmachinepropertiesfrom theoriginalimage,butsubstitutesdefaultsettings.Theaffectedareasare UUIDThevirtualmachinesBIOSandlocation,identifiedbyuuid.biosanduuid.location,arenot preserved,butregeneratedbythehostmachine. DiskresourceallocationDefaultstothevaluesavailableonthehostwhenthevirtualmachineis created.
Information Not Preserved for Hosted Product Destinations

WhenimportingaVCBimagetoahostedproductdestination(Workstation,forexample),Convertercannot guaranteethatvirtualmachinepropertiescanbepreserved.ThisisbecauseConverterhandlesthisasanormal migration,notarestore. FormoreinformationaboutVCBimages,seetheVirtualMachineBackupGuide.
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Supported Destinations
Convertercancreatevirtualmachinesthatarecompatiblewiththefollowing: Workstation6.x,Workstation5.x,andWorkstation4.x VMwareFusion1.x VMwareACE2.xandVMwareACE1.x VMwarePlayer2.xandVMwarePlayer1.x ESXServer3.x ESXServer3iInstallableandESXServer3iEmbedded ESXServer2.5.x(supportonlybyimportingthroughaVirtualCenter2.xserverthatmanagesESX Server) GSXServer3.x VMwareServer1.x VirtualCenter2.x OVFandOVAvirtualappliances NOTEWorkstation4virtualmachinesarecompatiblewithVMwareGSXServer3.0,ESXServer2.x,and ACE 1.x.
Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users

ToconvertvirtualmachinestoVirtualCenterwithConverter,youmusthavethefollowingVirtualCenter permissionssetatthedatacenterlevel: Datastore>BrowseDatastore VirtualMachine>InventoryandVirtualMachine>Configuration VirtualMachine>Interaction>PowerOn(neededonlyifyouchoosetopoweronthetargetvirtual machineafterconversion) VirtualMachine>Provisioning>AllowDiskAccess Resource>AssignVirtualMachineToResourcePool Formoreinformationaboutsettingpermissions,seetheVMwareInfrastructure3QuickStartGuide.
Level of Internationalization Support

Converterisnotfullyinternationalizationcompliant.Certainmigrationshavesomerequirementsforusing EnglishASCIIinvariousentries,asshowninTable 23. Table 2-3. Internationalization Compliance in GUI Data Entry
Source Physicalmachine (localorremoteclone, hotorcoldclone) Destination ESXServerorVirtualCenter virtualmachine Standalonevirtualmachine ESXServerorVirtualCenter virtualmachine Standalonevirtualmachine Internationalization Limits EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename EnglishASCIIvirtualmachinename EnglishASCIIdestinationpath Standalonevirtualmachine EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename EnglishASCIIdestinationpath EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename
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Table 2-3. Internationalization Compliance in GUI Data Entry (Continued)

Source ESXServerorVirtualCenter virtualmachine Destination ESXServerorVirtualCenter virtualmachine Standalonevirtualmachine Internationalization Limits EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename EnglishASCIIdestinationpath EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename
StandalonevirtualmachinesincludeVMwareWorkstation,VCB,AcronisTrueImage 9,MicrosoftVirtual PC andVirtual Server,andSymantecBackupExecServerRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery)6.5and7.0, LiveState Recovery3.0and6.0,andNortonGhost 9,10,and12(.sv2ionly)images. NOTEInConverter,SysprepandhotfixpathsarelimitedtoEnglishASCIIcharacters.
How Converting Affects Settings

TheVMwarevirtualmachinecreatedbytheConvertercontainsanexactcopyofthediskstatefromyour sourcephysicalmachine,virtualmachine,orsystemimage,withtheexceptionofsomehardwaredependent drivers(andsometimesthemappeddriveletters).Thefollowingsettingsfromthesourcecomputerremain identical: Operatingsystemconfiguration(computername,securityID,useraccounts,profiles,preferences,andso forth) Applicationsanddatafiles Eachdiskpartitionsvolumeserialnumber Becausethetargetandthesourcevirtualmachinesorsystemimageshavethesameidentities(name,SID,and soon),runningbothonthesamenetworkcanresultinconflicts.Toredeploythesourcevirtualmachineor systemimage,ensurethatyoudonotrunboththesourceandtargetimagesorvirtualmachinesonthesame networkatthesametime. Forexample,ifyouuseConvertertotesttheviabilityofrunningaVirtual PCvirtualmachineasaVMware virtualmachinewithoutfirstdecommissioningtheoriginalVirtual PCmachine,youmustresolvethe duplicateIDproblem.YoucanresolvethisproblembyusingtheoptionalcustomizationstepintheConverter wizard.
Changes to Virtual Hardware

MostmigratedapplicationsfunctioncorrectlyintheVMwarevirtualmachinebecausetheirconfigurationand datafileshavethesamelocationasthesourcevirtualmachine.However,applicationsmightnotworkifthey dependonspecificcharacteristicsoftheunderlyinghardwaresuchastheserialnumberorthedevice manufacturer. Whentroubleshootingaftervirtualmachinemigration,beawarethatthefollowinghardwarechangesmight occur: CPUmodelandserialnumbers(ifactivated)canbedifferentafterthemigration.Theycorrespondtothe physicalcomputerhostingtheVMwarevirtualmachine. Ethernetadaptercanbedifferent(AMDPCNetorVMXnet)withadifferentMACaddress.Eachinterface IPaddressmustbeindividuallyreconfigured. Graphicscardcanbedifferent(VMwareSVGAcard). Thenumberofdisksandpartitionsremainsthesame,buteachdiskdevicecanhaveadifferentmodeland differentmanufacturerstrings.
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Primarydiskcontrollerscanbedifferentfromthesourcemachinescontrollers. Applicationsmightnotworkiftheydependondevicesthatarenotavailablefromwithinavirtual machine.
TCP/IP Port Requirements

Table 24liststheportsConverterusesintheconversionprocess. Table 2-4. Converter Port Requirements
Communication Path Converterapplicationtoremotephysicalmachine ConverterapplicationtoaVirtualCenterserver ConverterapplicationtoESXServer3.x PhysicalmachinetoaVirtualCenterserver PhysicalmachinetoESXServer3.x Port 445,139 443 443 443 443,902
Remote Hot Cloning Troubleshooting Tips

Thefollowinginformationcanhelpyouavoidissuesrelatedtopermissionsandnetworkaccesswhen performinghotcloning.
Common Requirements for Windows Operating Systems

ToensuresuccessfulremotehotcloningofWindowsplatforms,makethefollowingchecksonthesource machinebeforeyoulaunchtheapplication: EnsurethatSimpleFileSharingisturnedoff. EnsurethatfileandprintersharingisnotblockedbyWindowsFirewall.
Turning off Simple File Sharing on Windows Platforms

Tocontrolpermissionsforindividualusers,youmustturnoffSimpleFileSharing.However,turningSimple FileSharingoffdoesnotturnofftheSharedDocumentsfeature.UsetheSimpleFileSharingUI,locatedinthe foldersproperties,toconfigurebothshareandfilepermissions. Table 25showstheSimpleFileSharingbehaviorforspecificWindowsoperatingsystems. Table 2-5. Simple File Sharing Behavior
Operating System WindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemsjoinedtoa workgroup WindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemsjoinedtoa domain File Sharing SimpleFileSharingUIisturnedonbydefault. Usestheclassicfilesharingandsecurityinterfaceonly.
To turn off Simple File Sharing in Windows XP Professional 1 2 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>FolderOptions. IntheFolderOptionspage,clicktheViewtabanddeselectUseSimpleFileSharing(Recommended).
Foradditionalinformationaboutturningsimplefilesharingonoroff,seetheMicrosoftTechNetWebsite.
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Ensure that File and Printer Sharing is not Blocked by Windows Firewall
IfConverterfailstoconnecttoaremoteWindowsXPmachineandissuesabad username/password error message,ensurethatfileandprintersharingisnotblockedbyWindowsFirewall. To check the Windows Firewall blocks 1 2 3 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools>LocalSecurityPolicy. OntheLocalSecuritySettingspage,selectNetworkaccess:SharingandSecuritymodelforlocal accounts. MakesurethatClassiclocalusersauthenticateasthemselvesisselected.
Fortroubleshootinginformationaboutfileandprintersharing,seetheMicrosoftTechNetWebsite.
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Installing and Uninstalling
ThischapterdescribesthebasicstepsforinstallinganduninstallingConverter,forboththeStarterand Enterpriseeditions. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: InstallingConverteronpage 25 Uninstalling,Modifying,orRepairingonpage 26 InstallingConvertertoRuninInstallLessModeonpage 27 AddingorChanginganEnterpriseLicenseonpage 27 PerformingaScriptedInstallonpage 27
Installing Converter
YoucaninstallConverterontoaphysicalmachineorvirtualmachine.ThetypicalsetupinstallsbothConverter anditsConverteragent.However,youcanchooseacustominstallationtoinstalloneortheothercomponent byitself. To install Converter 1 MakesuretheConvertersystemrequirementsaremet. SeeSystemRequirementsonpage 17. 2 3 DownloadthelatestversionofConverterfromtheVMwareWebsite. Navigatetothefolderthatcontainstheinstallerfileyoudownloadedanddoubleclickthe VMware-converter-3.x.x-<xxxxx>.exe file. Inthisexample,<xxxxx>isthenameofthebuild.ThisfileisontheapplicationCDorinthelocal directorytowhichyoudownloadedtheinstaller. APreparingtoInstalldialogboxappearsmomentarilyandtheConverterInstallationwizardopenswith aWelcomepage. 4 5 6 ClickNext. IntheEndUserLicenseAgreementpage,clickIacceptthetermsintheLicenseAgreementandclick Next. SelectthelocationfolderforConverterintheDestinationFolderpageandclickNext. ThedefaultlocationisC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Converter.Toinstallinanotherlocation, clickChangeandbrowseforthenewlocation. 7 SelectaTypicalinstallationorCustominstallationandclickNext.
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IntheCustomSetuppage,choosewhichcomponentstoinstall,eitherConverterManageror Converter Agentorboth,andclickNext. Ifyouinstallbothcomponents,youcanmanagetheimportofphysicalorvirtualmachinestoany authorizedlocation. InstallingConverterAgentpreparesthelocalphysicalmachineforimport.Whenusedwiththe Converter Manager,italsoenablestheimportationofthefullrangeofmachinetypes. IfyouinstallonlyConverterManager,youcanusethatmachinetoimportonlyremotephysicalmachines. IfyouinstallonlyConverterManageronamachinerunningWindows2000orWindowsNT,theCustom Setuppageintheinstallerwarnsyoutorebootthesystem.However,thisisunnecessary.Youcanignore thewarning.
OntheReadytoInstalltheProgrampage,clickInstall. Messagesappearthatindicatetheprogressoftheinstallation. IfyouclickCancelduringtheinstallation,theinstalledfilesarerolledbackandtheoperatingsystemis returnedtoitsoriginalstate.
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ChoosewhethertorunConverternow. TheRunVMwareConverternowcheckboxisselectedbydefault.Tofinishinstallationbutnotlaunch theapplicationatthistime,deselectthecheckboxbeforeclickingFinish. IfyoursystemisrunningWindows 2000orWindows NTandConverteragentisinstalled,youmust restartyoursystembeforeyoucanuseConverter.
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Uninstalling, Modifying, or Repairing

InadditiontousingtheMicrosoftWindowsAddorRemoveProgramsutilityfromthecontrolpageto uninstallConverter,youcanusetheVMwareConverterinstallerwizard. TheinstallerwizardhastheadditionalcapabilitytoallowyoutomodifyorrepairVMware Converter. To uninstall, modify, or repair 1 TostarttheVMwareConverterinstaller,gotothefolderthatcontainstheinstallerfileanddoubleclick theVMware-converter-3.x.x-<xxxxx>.exe file. Inthisexample,<xxxxx>isthenameofthebuild.ThisfileisontheApplicationCDorinthelocal directorytowhichyoudownloadedtheinstaller. TheConverterinstallationwizardopenswithaWelcomepage. 2 3 ClickNext. IntheProgramMaintenancepage,selectModify,Repair,orRemove. SelectModifytochangetheinstalledcomponentsofVMwareConverter. ThistakesyoutotheCustomSetuppageofthewizardwhereyoucanmakechanges.SeeToinstall Converteronpage 25. SelectRepairtohavethewizardverifyandreinstallanydamagedcomponentsoftheConverter. TheCustomSetuportheReadytoRepairpageappearswithoutanymentionoffiledeletion. SelectRemovetouninstallVMwareConverter. OntheReadytoRemovepage,youcanremoveallrelatedfilesandregistryentriescreatedby VMwareConverterandremovethelicensefilefortheEnterpriseedition,ifyouhaveit.
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ClickNext. WhenthewizardfinishesremovingorrepairingtheConverter,youmighthavetorestartyoursystem beforeyoucanuseVMwareConverter.Ifso,adialogboxappears.
Installing Converter to Run in Install-Less Mode

YoucanconvertarunningremotephysicalmachinewithouthavingConverterinstalledonthemachinefrom whichyoudirectthemigration.Thisiscalledinstalllessmode.ForthisyouhaveConverter Managerona networkshare,mountitfromthesystemfromwhichyoudirectthemigration,andruntheexecutablefilefrom there. SeeConvertinginInstallLessModeonpage 30.
Adding or Changing an Enterprise License

TousetheEnterpriseeditionofConverter,youmustaddyourlicense,whichiswiththesupportand subscriptioncontractfortheVirtualCenter Server. To add an Enterprise license 1 2 3 4 StarttheVMwareConverterapplication. Inthemainmenu,chooseAdministration>LicensingInformation. ClickAddLicenseintheLicenseInformationdialogbox. Inthebrowser,findandselectthelicensefileandclickOpen. Ifthelicenseisvalid,theLicenseInformationdialogboxshowstheexpirationdateforthelicense. 5 ClickClose.
To change an Enterprise license 1 2 3 4 StarttheVMwareConverterapplication. ChooseAdministration>LicensingInformationinthemainmenu. ClickChangeLicenseintheLicenseInformationdialogbox. Inthebrowser,findandselectthelicensefileandclickOpen. Ifthelicenseisvalid,theLicenseInformationdialogboxshowstheexpirationdateforthelicense. 5 ClickClose.
Performing a Scripted Install

Toperformapushinstall,installConverterbyusingtheDeploymentconsole.TwoConverterjobs,distribute P2VInstalleranduninstallp2v,aresetupastasksunderJob:System Jobs:Config Jobs. Usingdistributep2vinstallerstartsVMware-converter-3.x.x-<xxxxx>.exe(where<xxxxx>isthename ofthebuild).UsetheoptionslistedinTable 31. Table 3-1. Scripted Install Command-Line Options
Option INSTALLDIR=[path] ADDLOCAL=[feature(,feature. . .)] REBOOT=\REALLYSUPPRESS\ /qn /q Action Pathtotheinstaller. Installsthelistedfeatures.ForConverter,theoptionsareP2VGUI, P2VAgent,andALL(casesensitive). Ifarebootisrequired,itissuppressed. Quiet,noUI. Quiet,withprogressinformation,nouserinteraction.
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Table 3-1. Scripted Install Command-Line Options (Continued)

Option PROPERTY=[property value] REMOTEINSTALL=1 msiexec /quiet/uninstall {[uninstall key]} Action Setsthevalueofpropertytoproperty value. Preventstheinstallerfrombeingupgraded. UninstallsConverter,usingtheuninstallkeyforConverterfoundinthe registry.Tofindtheuninstallkey,inRegEdit,usethepath HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\ CurrentVersion\Uninstall,choosethetopkeyinthelistandusethe downarrowuntiltherightpaneshowstheinformationforVMware Converter. ListsMSIcommands.
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Converting Machines
ThischapterdescribeshowtocreateaConvertertasktoconvertphysicalmachines,virtualmachines,virtual appliances,andsystemimagesfromavarietyofsourcesintoavarietyofdestinationsusinglocalandremote hotcloning. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: SelectingaConversionProcedureonpage 29 StarttheWizardforaConversiononpage 32 SelectaSourceonpage 32 ChooseaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachineonpage 36 CustomizeaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystemonpage 40 CompletetheConversionTaskCreationonpage 42
Selecting a Conversion Procedure

Theprocedureforyourconversioncanvary,dependingonyourvirtualmachinesourceanddestination choices.Theapproachyoutakeforcreatingyourvirtualmachineisdeterminedbythefollowingfactors: ThetypeofsourceyouareconvertingAphysicalcomputer,aVMwareInfrastructurevirtualmachine (ESXServer),avirtualappliance,orastandalonevirtualmachine. ThetypeofdestinationyouareconvertingtoESX Server,ESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,a virtualappliance,oraVMwarestandalonevirtualmachine. Standalonevirtualmachinesincludemachines,suchasWorkstation,VMware Server,VCB, Acronis True Image 9,MicrosoftVirtualPCandVirtualServer,Symantec BackupExecServer Recovery (formerlyLiveState Recovery)6.5and7.0,LiveState Recovery3.0and6.0,andNortonGhost 9,10,and12 (.sv2i only)images. Thefollowingtypesofdiskconversionareavailable,dependingonyoursourceanddestinationmachines: ConvertalldisksandmaintainsizeChoosethisoptiontoconvertalldisksunchanged.Thisistheonly choiceifthevirtualmachineyouareconvertinghasaLinuxguestoperatingsystem. SelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspaceChoosethisoptiontospecifyaspecificsize. CreateaseparatediskforeachvolumeChoosethisoptiontocreateaseparatediskforeachvolume. (Theactiveandsystemvolumesarenotseparatediftheyresideonthesamedisk.)Thenyoucanmigrate disksacrossindependentdatastores. Whenyouexportavirtualappliance,youmustselectalldisksforaconversionandmaintainthesizeofallthe disksonthetargetmachine.
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Converting in Install-Less Mode

Installlessmodeentailsconvertingarunningremotephysicalcomputerwithoutinstallingthe VMware Convertermanagerontothemachinefromwhichyouareinitiatingthemigration.Torunin installlessmode,temporarilyinstalltheConverterManageronamachineandcopythefilesintheinstall directorytoanetworkshare.Afterthisyoucanmountthenetworksharefromanothermachineandrunthe executablewithouthavingtoinstallitonthatparticularmachine. AfterstartingtheConverterManagerfromthemountednetworkshare,followtheproceduresforconverting aremotephysicalcomputerassource.
Creating a Separate Disk for Each Volume

Toeasestoragemanagement,ConverterprovidestheoptionontheSourceDatapagetomigrateallvolumes excepttheactiveandsystemvolumestoseparatedisks.Convertingindividualvolumestocorresponding virtualdisksandplacingtheindividualdisksacrossseparatedatastoresgivesyoumoredirectcontrolover storagelimitations. Theoptiontocreateaseparatediskforeachvolumeisavailableforallsources,exceptOVFsourceimages.The destinationcanbeaVMwareInfrastructure(ESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter)orahosted destination(Workstation).Forhosteddestinations,alldisksarestoredinthesamelocation. IfyouselectCreateaseparatediskforeachvolume,ontheAdvancedDatastorepagethenewdisksare displayedintheorderinwhichthevolumesontheSource Datapagearedisplayed.Theactiveandsystem disksarealwayslistedfirstandcanbeonthesameorondifferentdisks,dependingontheiroriginal configuration.Toverifythenewdisktowhichavolumeisassigned,comparethenewsizeforeachvolumeon theSourceDatapagewiththedisksizeontheDatastorepage. To migrate volumes across independent datastores on VMware Infrastructure virtual machines 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 OntheSourceDatapage,selectthevolumestoconvertandspecifytheirsize. SelectCreateaseparatediskforeachvolumeandclickNext. TypetheIPaddressoftheVirtualCenterserverorthehostwhereyouwanttostoreyourvirtualmachine. Loginasadministrator,enteryouradministratorpassword,andclickNext. Typeanameforthenewmachine,selectthefolderlocationforthenewmachine,andclickNext. OntheHostorClusterpage,selectahost,cluster,orresourcepoolfromwhichthevirtualmachineisto runandclickNext. OntheAdvancedDatastorepage,selecttheappropriatedatastoreforstoringeachdiskandclickNext.
Virtual Appliance Overview

ConvertersupportsinstallingandcreatingvirtualappliancesstoredinOVFversion0.9.Anapplianceisa preconfiguredvirtualmachinethattypicallyincludesapreinstalledguestoperatingsystemandother software.Importingvirtualappliancesallowsyoutoaddpreconfiguredvirtualmachinestoyour VirtualCenter,ESX Server,orWorkstationinventory. Importingavirtualapplianceissimilartodeployingavirtualmachinefromatemplate.However,youcan importavirtualappliancefromanylocalfilesystemaccessiblefromthesourcemachineorfromaremoteWeb server.Localfilesystemscanincludelocaldisks(suchasC:),removablemedia(suchasCDsorUSBkeychain drives),andsharednetworkdrives. OVFisnotabootableformat.Therefore,youcannotbootthefileinavirtualizationplatforminitscurrentstate. Youmustimporttheappliancetoeitherahostedormanageddestinationtobootit. InadditiontoimportingvirtualapplianceswithConverter,youcanalsoimportOVFvirtualappliancestoESX ServeroraVirtualCenterserverbyusingVIclient2.5.
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EveryOVFvirtualappliancecontainsan.ovffilewithmetadatathatdescribesthevirtualappliance.AnOVF virtualappliancecanbepackagedasan.ovafilewherethe.ovafileisatarredfilethatcontainsallthefilesin theOVFvirtualappliance.
Importing Virtual Appliances

YoucanimportvirtualappliancestoESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenterortoWorkstation standaloneimages. IfyouselectavirtualappliancetoinstallfromaURL,thefilesaredownloadedthroughHTTPthencloned totheireventualdestination. Iflicenseagreementsarepackagedwiththeappliance,theEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)page appears. Importingasingle.ovafileprovidesawaytodownloadthevirtualapplianceinasingletarredfileandis recommendedforphysicalmediadistribution. URLdownloadsaresupportedforvirtualappliancesthatcontainfileslessthan2GB. Forallvirtualappliances,the.ovffileisfirstparsedbeforetherestofthepackagetoidentifythe remainingfilesinthepackageandtoensurethatthepackagecanbeimported.Ifthepackagecannotbe imported,thedownloadprocessstops.
Creating Virtual Appliances

Whenyoucreateavirtualapplianceduringtheexportprocess,youcanincludethefollowinginformationin thevirtualappliance: Convertergeneratesdefaultmetadataforthe.ovffilethatprovidesinformationaboutthevirtual appliance.Youcanedittheexistingmetadata. Whenyoucreateavirtualapplianceduringtheexportprocess,youcandeterminewhichlicensesto include. Converterprovidestheoptiontocreateamanifestfile,whichisatextfilethatcontainsaSHAIdigestof eachofthefilesintheOVFpackage. ConverterprovidestheadditionaloptiontopackagetheOVFvirtualapplianceasan.ovafile. YoucannotperformreconfigurationorcustomizationwhenyoucreateanOVFvirtualappliance. However,whenyouimportavirtualappliancetoadestination(eitherhostedormanaged), reconfigurationisperformedonthetargetvirtualmachine.
Unsupported Scenarios
Thefollowingscenariosarenotsupported: Selectingasubsetofthevolumesorresizingthevolumes.Youmustselectallvolumesforanimportand maintainthesizeofallthevolumesonthetargetmachine. ExportingfromOVFtoOVF.Thatis,whenbothsourceanddestinationarevirtualappliances. Exportingphysicalmachinesorthirdpartybackupimagesorvirtualmachineimagestoavirtual appliance. ExportingWindows2000virtualmachineswithscsiport.sysdriverversion5.0.2195.7017toavirtual appliance ExportingWindowsNT4SMPvirtualmachinestoavirtualappliance AlthoughConverterdoesnotsupportthepreviousscenarios,ineachcaseyoucanuseConvertertofirst convertthesourcemachinetoaVMwarevirtualmachine,thenconvertthatmachinetoavirtualappliance.
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Start the Wizard for a Conversion

TostarttheConversionwizard,launchtheVMwareConverterapplication,clickConvertMachineinthe applicationmenu,andclickNext. TheSourcepageintroducestheTableofContentspane,displayingthethreestepconversionprocess: Step1:Source,Step2:Destination,Step3:Customization. TheLogInfobutton oneachwizardpageextendsthepagetoshowthetemporaryConverterlogfiles.Retrieve thelogfilesassoonasneeded.SeeExportandViewtheLogonpage 63.
Select a Source
Afteryoustartthewizard,chooseoneofthefollowingsourcemachinetypes: PhysicalcomputerAnycomputeronanetwork. VMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachineESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter. VirtualApplianceAn .ovf or.ovavirtualappliance. OtherAstandalonevirtualmachineorbackupimage,suchasWorkstation,VCBimages,orthirdparty virtualmachinesordiskimages.
Select a Physical Machine Source

Usethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisalocalorremotephysicalcomputer.Thisprocedureisalso applicableifyouarerunningininstalllessmodeandyoursourcesystemisaremotephysicalcomputer. Ifthemachineislocal,theConverteragentmustbeinstalledonit.Youarepromptedbeforestartingthe conversion. To select the source physical computer and choose the disks to convert 1 2 3 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectPhysicalComputerfromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. OntheSourceLoginpage,chooseanactionthatcorrespondstoyourmachinetypeandclickNext.
Machine Type Remote Action ClickAremotemachineandtypethenameorIPaddressofthemachine(orchoosea machinefromthedropdownmenu).TypetheDOMAIN\usernameandpasswordfor themachine. ClickThislocalmachine.Theauthorizationissettothecurrentuserinthiscaseand cannotbechanged.
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OntheSourceDatapage,deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoconvert. Forhotcloningaphysicalcomputer,Converterenablesvolumebasedcloningonly.Ifyoudeselectthe systemvolumeoractivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage.
Whenperformingvolumebasedcloning,selectIgnorepagefileandhibernationfiletoexcludethese files. Becausethesefilesarenotcopiedtothedestinationvirtualmachine,themachineiscreatedwithmorefree space.Youcanchoosenottoignorethesefiles.
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SpecifythevolumesizeforeachvolumeintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenusandclickNext.
Option MaintainSize MinSize <TypeSizeinGB> <TypeSizeinMB> Description Keepstheoriginalsizevolume. Convertsjusttheusedportionfromthe volume,withasmallamountofspaceadded. Enteraspecificsizeingigabytes. Enteraspecificsizeinmegabytes.
(Optional)Toconvertindividualvolumestocorrespondingvirtualdisks,selectCreateaseparatediskfor eachvolume.
Select a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine Source

UsethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisavirtualmachinefromESX ServerorESXServermanagedby VirtualCenter. To select the source VMware Infrastructure virtual machine and choose the disks to convert 1 2 3 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachineinthedropdownmenuandclickNext. OntheSourceLoginpage,specifytheESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCentercontainingthe virtualmachineyouwanttoconvertandenteryourusernameandpassword. TheESX/VCServerdropdownmenuispopulatedwiththeidentifiersorlocationsofthelast10systems accessed.Enteranewidentifier.
Server ESXServer ESXServermanagedby VirtualCenter Action Choosethevirtualmachineyouwanttoconvertfromthelistofthosefoundonthe ESXServermachineyouaccessed. SpecifythesourceforyourvirtualmachineintheVirtualCentervirtualmachine inventorybrowserandclickNext. IntheViewdropdownmenu,searchthebrowserthroughoneoftwoviewsofthe inventory:thedefaultHosts&ClustersviewortheVirtualMachines&Templates view.
(Optional)Toconvertalldisksunchanged,makesurethatConvertalldisksandmaintainsizeisselected ontheSourceDatapageandclickNext. Convertalldisksandmaintainsizeistheonlychoiceifthevirtualmachineyouareconvertinghasa Linuxguestoperatingsystem.Pagefileandhibernationfileareignoredduringcloning. Otherwise,clickSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspace.
Deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoconvert. Ifyoudeselectthesystemvolumeoractivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage.
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SpecifythevolumesizeforeachvolumeintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenuandclickNext.
(Optional)Toconvertindividualvolumestocorrespondingvirtualdisks,selectCreateaseparatediskfor eachvolume.
Select a Virtual Appliance Source

YoucanimportavirtualappliancetoaVMwareInfrastructurevirtualmachineorastandalonevirtual machine,suchasWorkstation6.x. To import a virtual appliance 1 2 3 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectVirtualAppliancefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. Navigatetothe.ovfor.ovavirtualappliancelocation.
Field Filesystem URL Action Browseforthesourcevirtualmachineorimage,selectthefile,andclickOpen. YoucanusetheFilesoftypefieldtofilterthedisplayedfilesbyfileextension. EntertheURLofthevirtualapplianceyouwanttoconvert,orviewtheVMware VirtualApplianceMarketplaceforthelatestvirtualappliances.
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ClickNext. OntheSourceDatapage,clickNext. Bydefault,Convertalldisksandmaintainsizeisselected.Youmustmaintainthesourcedatainits originalform.
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OntheDestinationpage,clickNexttogototheDestinationTypepage. ChooseadestinationforyourvirtualappliancefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. Enterthedestinationvirtualmachineinformation.

Virtual Machine Type VMwareInfrastructure virtualmachine Standalonevirtualmachine Action Specifytheserverandlogincredentials. Specifythevirtualmachinenameandlocation. Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andmustbeunique withinthevirtualmachinefolder.Itcancontainalphanumericcharacters andtheunderscore(_)andhyphen().
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Select a Standalone Virtual Machine or Backup Image Source

Usethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisalocalorremotestandalonevirtualmachineorvirtualappliance. Forexample,youcanselectavirtualmachinefromVMwareWorkstation(.vmxor.vmtn),VMware Fusion, VMwareServer,VMwareGSX Server,aMicrosoftVirtual PC,MicrosoftVirtual Server(.vmc),ora Symantec Backup ExecSystem Recovery(.sv2i),LiveStateRecovery,Norton Ghost(.sv2ionly),or StorageCraftShadowProtect(.spf)image. To select a source standalone virtual machine and choose the disks to convert 1 2 3 4 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectOtherinthedropdownmenuandclickNext. Browseforthesourcevirtualmachineorimage. IntheFilenamefield,selecttheconfigurationfileforthemachineyouwanttoconvertandopenthefile. YoucanusetheFilesoftypefieldtofilterthedisplayedfilesbyfileextension. IfthesourcevirtualmachineisWindows NTSMP,Convertermightrequirefilesfromservicepacksorhot fixes.Inthiscase,theNewVirtualMachineReconfigurationpageappears. Thewizardshowswhichfilesitrequires.TheNextbuttonremainsdisableduntileveryitemhasacheck besideit. IfyouarerunningConverteronasystemrunningMicrosoftWindows 2000orlater,andyouare convertingaMicrosoftWindows NT4.0virtualmachineorimage,awarningmessageadvisesthatthe conversionprocesswillupgradeanyNTFSpartitionsintheresultingvirtualmachinetoanewerversion oftheNTFSfilesystem.Toavoidupgradingyourfilesystem,clickNointhedialogboxandclickCancel inthewizardpagetoendtheconversion.RuntheConverterfromacomputerrunningWindows NTto convertthevirtualmachineorimage. 5 IntheFilecolumn,selecttheconfigurationfile,insertthemediacontainingthatfile,andclickHaveDisk. Ifthefileisonyoursystemornetwork,clickHaveDiskandbrowsetoselectthefile. Converterreadsthefileandputsacheckmarkintherowifsuccessful. Repeatthisstepforeachrequiredfile,andwhenfinished,clickNext. Ifthesourcevirtualmachineisnotpasswordprotected,thewizardpresentstheSourceDatapage.Ifthe sourcevirtualmachineispasswordprotected,theVirtualMachineLoginpageappears.Typethe passwordandclickNext. 6 Deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoconvert. Ifyoudeselectthesystemvolumeoractivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage. Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:
Option Convertalldiskswithoutchanging them.Pagefileandhibernationfile areignoredduringcloning. Createalinkedclone. Convertdiskswhenthevirtual machineyouareconvertinghasa LinuxguestOS. Resizethevolumes. Convertindividualvolumesto correspondingdisks. Description MakesureConvertalldisksandmaintainsizeisselectedontheSource DatapageandclickNext. SelectConvertalldisksandmaintainsize. SelectConvertalldisks.
ClickSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspace. SelectCreateaseparatediskforeachvolume. Foradditionalinformation,seeCreatingaSeparateDiskforEach Volumeonpage 30.
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SpecifythevolumesizeforeachvolumeintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenuandclickNext.
Choose a Destination for the New Virtual Machine

Youcanconvertyoursourcemachinetothefollowingdestinations: ESXServermanagedbyVirtualCentervirtualmachine ESXServervirtualmachine OVFvirtualappliance Standalonevirtualmachine Workstationvirtualmachine IfyouareconvertingyourvirtualmachinetoruninESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,andyouwantto haveaclusterasthedestination,theclustersVMwareDRSsettingsmustbesettomanual.Converterdoesnot support,asdestinations,clustersinwhichtheDRSissettopartiallyorfullyautomated.
Choose an ESX Server Managed by VirtualCenter Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter. To select an ESX Server managed by VirtualCenter destination for a converted virtual machine 1 2 3 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. OntheDestinationLoginpage,logintotheVirtualCenterserverdestinationandfollowthesesteps: a b c 4 5 Choosethedestinationserverinthedropdownmenuortypethenameoftheserverifitisnotlisted. Typeyourusernameandthepasswordforthedestinationserver. ClickNext.
OntheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage,assignanametothevirtualmachine. IntheVirtualMachineInventoryLocationpane,chooseafolderintheVirtualCenterinventory. TheVirtualCenterinventorymightcontainmultiplehosts,clusters,anddatacenters.
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ClickNext. OntheHost&Clusterpage,specifytheresourcesfortheconvertedvirtualmachine,asfollows: a b c Selectthehost,cluster,orresourcepoolwithinahostorclusterfromwhichtorunthevirtual machine. Ifyouselectaclusterinmanualmode,ontheHostpagechoosethespecifichostforthevirtual machine. ClickNext.
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(Optional)Todistributedisksoverseveraldatastoresortoplacethevirtualmachineconfigurationfileand eachdiskonaseparatedatastore,dothefollowing: a b ClickAdvancedtoseethelistofdisksandthevirtualmachineconfigurationfile. Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus. Ifinsufficientspaceisavailable,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredamount.
OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkandclick Next. TheNetworkspaneldisplaysthenetworksavailableatthedestinationlocationindropdownmenus.The numberofadapterstomapcanbesetinadropdownmenuaswell.
Choose an ESX Server Virtual Machine Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninESXServer. To select an ESX Server destination for a converted virtual machine 1 2 3 4 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenu. ClickNext. OntheDestinationLoginpage,logintotheESXServerdestination,asfollows: a b c 5 Typethenameoftheserverorchooseadestinationserverinthedropdownmenu. Typeyourusernameandthepasswordforthedestinationserver. ClickNext.
OntheVirtualMachineNamepage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine. IfavirtualmachinewiththesamenameexistsforESX Server,VMware Converterdisplaysawarning messageandasksyoutoselectanothername.
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ClickNext. OntheHostpage,choosethespecifichostforthevirtualmachine(clusterinmanualmodeonly)andclick Next. SpecifythedatastoreforthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfilesanddisksandclickNext. Alldatastoresandtheiravailablespaceappearinthispanel.Youmustchooseadatastoreordatastores largeenoughtocontaintheselecteddisks.
(Optional)Todistributedisksoverseveraldatastoresortoplacethevirtualmachineconfigurationfileand eachdiskonaseparatedatastore,followthesesteps: a b ClickAdvancedtoseethelistofdisksandthevirtualmachineconfigurationfile. Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus. Ifinsufficientspaceisavailable,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredamount.
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Choose an OVF Virtual Appliance Destination

YoucanexportavirtualmachinetoanOVFvirtualappliancetomakeitavailabletootheruserstoimportinto theirinventory. To export a virtual appliance 1 2 3 StarttheVMwareConverterapplication,clickConvertMachineintheapplicationmenu,andclickNext. OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. ChooseasourcemachinefromthedropdownmenuontheSourceTypepage. Donotchooseavirtualapplianceoraphysicalmachine. 4 5 6 7 OntheSourceDatapage,ensurethatConvertalldisksandmaintainsizeisselectedandclickNext. OntheDestinationpage,clickNexttomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectVirtualAppliancefromthedropdownmenuandclicknext. Enterthevirtualappliancenameandbrowseforalocation. Thelocationcanbelocaloraremotemachinepathsharedoverthenetwork. YoucancreateOVFpackagescontainingmonolithiccompressed.vmdkfilesonly.Thefilescanexistin thesamefolderorcanbecontainedinasingletarred.ovafile. 8 Enterthedetailsofyourvirtualappliance.ClickAdvancedtoeditthedetails. a ClickthecheckboxnexttotheinformationtoincludeinyourOVForOVApackage. Youcanincludetheproductname,URL,version,vendor,vendorURL,andanyannotations. b 9 ClickthetrianglenexttoaselectiontoexpanditandclickEdittoedittheinformation.
Bydefault,ConvertercreatesanetworkforyoucalledVMNetwork.Ifyouwanttocreateyourown networks,ontheAdvancedmetadatadetailspage,createandeditthenetworksavailableforyourvirtual applianceforlatermapping. BrowsetoalicenselocationtodisplayfortheEndUserLicenseAgreement. Youcanselectfromzerotomultiplelicenses.Clicktheupordownarrowstochangetheorderinwhich thelicensesarelisted.
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Choose a Standalone Virtual Machine Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninWorkstation,VMware Fusion, VMware Player,VMware Server,VMware ACE,orGSX Server. To select a standalone virtual machine destination for a converted virtual machine 1 2 3 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectOtherVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. IntheVirtualMachineNameandLocationpage,typeanamefortheconvertedvirtualmachineand browsetoenterthedestinationlocation. Ifthesourceisaremotephysicalcomputer,aConnectAsbuttonappears.Specifyanetworkmountable locationaccessibletoboththesourcemachineandthemachinerunningtheConverterapplication. 4 Selectatypeofvirtualmachinetocreate. ThevirtualmachineyouselectmustworkwithoneoftheseVMwareproductgroups: Workstation6.x,VMwareFusion1.x,VMwarePlayer2.x,VMwareACE2.x Workstation5x,VMwareServer1.x,VMwarePlayer1.x Workstation4.5.x,ACE1.x,GSXServer3.x 5 6 ClickNext. Inthedropdownmenu,selectacloningoptionforthenewvirtualmachine. Choosethewaytheconvertercreatestheclone,dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination: CreateafullcloneCreatesaVMwarevirtualmachinewithnodependenciesontheoriginalvirtual machineorsystemimage.Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspace nowforbetterperformancebutton.IfyouclickAllowvirtualdiskfilestoexpand,thevirtualdisks filesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesizeofthesourcedisksfromwhichthey werecloned. TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,selectSplitdiskinto2GBfiles. TheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformanceoptioncreatesadiskfilethatcanbelarger thantheusedspaceofthesource.Forexample,thesourcediskmightbea16GBdiskofwhichonly 2GBisusedforthefile,butconvertingthefilewiththeAllocateoptioncreatesa16GBdisk.Takethis intoaccountwhenyoulookatfreespacebeforeyouconvert. CreatealinkedcloneCreatesaVMwarevirtualmachinethatsharesthevirtualdiskofthesource virtualmachineorsystemimage. LinkedclonesareusefulforproofofconceptonnonVMwareimage,suchas.sv2iand.vmc. Forlinkedclones,thevirtualmachinecreatedbytheConverteriscorruptedifthesourceismodified aftertheconversion.ThisistrueforlinkedclonesconvertedfromVirtual PCandVirtual Server machinesandfromLiveStateimages.InthecaseofVirtual PCandVirtual Serversourcevirtual machines,theactofpoweringthesourcevirtualmachinesoninVirtual PCorVirtual Servermodifies them,andcorruptsthelinkedclones. 7 8 ClickNext. IntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,assignanametothevirtualmachine. Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andmustbeuniquewithinthevirtualmachine folder.Itcancontainalphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen(). 9 10 BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick Next. OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNAT networkandclickNext.
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Choose a Workstation Virtual Machine Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareperformingaWorkstationtoWorkstationconversion. To select a Workstation destination for your converted virtual machine 1 2 3 OntheDestinationpage,clickNexttomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectOtherVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. OntheVirtualMachineNameandLocationpage,typeanamefortheconvertedvirtualmachineand browsetoenterthedestinationlocation. Ifthesourceisaremotephysicalcomputer,aConnectAsbuttonappears.Specifyanetworkmountable locationaccessibletoboththesourcemachineandthemachinerunningtheConverterapplication. 4 Selectatypeofvirtualmachinetocreate. ThevirtualmachineyouselectmustworkwithoneoftheseVMwareproductgroups: Workstation6.x,VMwareFusion1.x,VMwarePlayer2.x,VMwareACE2.x Workstation5x,VMwareServer1.x,VMwarePlayer1.x Workstation4.5.x,ACE1.x,GSXServer3.x 5 6 ClickNext. Inthedropdownmenu,selectImportandconvert(fullclone),ifavailable. Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthaveoptionsinhowyouallocatediskspace forthenewvirtualmachine: Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetter performancebutton.Thisoptiongivessomewhatbetterperformanceforyourvirtualmachine.Ifyou clickAllowvirtualdiskfilestoexpand,thevirtualdisksfilesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,until theyreachthesizeofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned. TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,ensurethattheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckboxis selected. 7 8 ClickNext. OntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,typethenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine. Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andmustbeuniquewithinthevirtualmachine folder.Itcancontainalphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen(). 9 10 BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick Next. OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNAT networkandclickNext.
Customize a New Virtual Machines Guest Operating System

OntheConversionwizardCustomizationpage,youcanchoosetoinstallVMwareTools,customizeaguest operatingsystem,removeSystemRestorecheckpoints,oranycombinationoftheseoptions,dependingonthe guestoperatingsystem. ConverterdoesnotsupportcustomizationforWindowsNT. To skip the options on the Customization page and go to the Ready to Complete page 1 2 EnsurethatallcheckboxesaredeselectedandclickNext. ContinuewithCompetetheConvertTaskCreationonpage41.
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Install VMware Tools

InstallingVMwareToolsisapplicableonlyforESXServer,VirtualCenter,Workstation 6,VMware Fusion 1, VMware Player 2,andACE 2destinations. 1 2 OntheCustomizationpage,ensurethatInstallVMwareToolsisselected. ClickNextorselectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachinetocontinuewithcustomization.
Customize the Identity of the New Virtual Machine

Usethisproceduretocustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachine. Youcancustomizethefollowingfields: Changethecomputerinformationforidentifyingavirtualmachineonanetwork. Enterserverlicenseinformation. Changethetimezoneforavirtualmachine. Modifythepropertiesforeachnetworkinterface. To customize the identity of a new virtual machine 1 OntheCustomizationpage,selectCustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachineandclickNext. Thetableofcontentsexpandstoshowthetopicsinthissectionofinstallation. 2 OntheComputerInformationpage,customizeanyofthesefields: ComputerNameAuniquenametoidentifythevirtualmachineonthenetwork.Validcharacters includeAZ,az,09,andthehyphen.Underscoreisnonstandard,butConverterpermitsitsuse.The computernamecannothavemorethan63charactersorconsistonlyofnumerals. OwnerNameValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.A63characterlimitapplies. OrganizationValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.A63characterlimitapplies. GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentifier.Bydefault,the securityIDispreselectedforWindowsVistasystems. LocationofSysprepFilesIftheapplicationdeterminedthislocation,thetexteditboxshowsit.If thisfieldisblank,youmustspecifyavalidlocationbeforegoingtothenextpanel.Thisactiondoes notapplytoWindowsVistasystems. 3 4 ClickNext. OntheWindowsLicensepage,entertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,if necessary,andclickNext. YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage. TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxappliesonlytoMicrosoftWindows 2000Serverand MicrosoftWindows 2003Serveroperatingsystems.TheServerLicenseModebuttonsaredisabledifthe checkboxisnotselected.ThisactiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVistasystems. 5 ChooseatimezonefromthedropdownmenuontheTimeZonepageandclickNext. Ifnetworkinterfacesneedtobeset,theNetworkInterfaceSettingspageappears. 6 (Optional)Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterface SettingpageandclickCustomize. TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifyoumodifyoneormorenetworkadapters.Clickthisbuttontoreturn allsettingsforalladapterstothedefault. Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNext.
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(Optional)OntheNetworkPropertiesdialogbox,modifythepropertiesofanynetworkadapters.
Field General DNS Description UsethistabonlytomanuallyentertheIPaddressand DNSserveraddress. SpecifytheDNSconnectionsbyenteringDNSsuffixes. ForeachDNSsuffixyouenter,clickAdd. IfyouareenteringmultipleDNSsuffixes,use MoveUpandMoveDowntospecifytheorderinwhich avirtualmachineistousetheconnections. WINS SpecifytheprimaryandsecondaryWINSaddressesbytypingthe IPaddressesintheentryboxes.
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ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingpageandclickNext. OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,selecthowthevirtualmachineparticipatesinanetwork. WorkgroupValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15 characters. WindowsServerDomainThetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09, space,period(dot),andthehyphen.Eachlabeldelineatedbyadotcanbe63characterslong,andthe entiretextstringcanbeupto254characterslong.Ausernameandpasswordarerequired.
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Remove System Restore Checkpoints

VMwarerecommendsthatyouremoveallSystemRestorecheckpoints,regardlessofthecloningmode,unless youwantthetargetvirtualmachinetobeareplicaofthesourcesystem.RemovingallSystemRestore checkpointspreventsthetargetmachinefromrevertingtoapreconversionstate.Restoringacheckpointinthe targetvirtualmachinethatwascreatedbeforecloningthesourcemachinecandamagethesystemandcause thetargetvirtualmachinetobecomeunbootable. To remove System Restore checkpoints for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 OntheCustomizationpage,selectRemoveallsystemrestorecheckpoints. SystemRestoreisenabledonWindowsVistaandWindowsXPsystemsbydefault.ForWindowsVista,ifyou aredoingvolumebasedfilelevelcloning,SystemRestorecheckpointsareautomaticallyremovedfromthe targetvirtualmachine,regardlessofthecheckbox.Ifyouaredoingdiskbasedcloningorvolumelevel blockbasedcloning,deselectingthecheckboxinstructsConvertertokeeptheSystemRestorecheckpointsin thetargetvirtualmachine. Formoreinformationaboutcloningmodes,seeCloningModesonpage 14.
Complete the Conversion Task Creation

ThefinalpageintheConversionwizardistheReadytoCompletepage.ClickFinishtoclosethewizardand displaytheTaskViewwiththeconversionjobinthetasklist.YoucanviewtheprogressintheTaskProgress tab.UsersoftheEnterpriseandStartereditionsofConvertercanreturntoaqueuedjobandeditthesettings. SeeChapter 7,ManagingTasks,onpage 59.Startereditionuserscanconvertonlyonemachineatatime. IfWindowsdiscoversnewhardwareandasksyoutoreboot,selectNosothatcustomizationsettingsare applied.Ifyoucustomizedthenewvirtualmachine,afteritispoweredon,youmustwaitforitto automaticallyreboottwicebeforethecustomizationsettingsareappliedandyoucansafelylogin. Customizationsettingsarenotappliedtoyourvirtualmachineifyoumanuallyrestartit.
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To complete the task creation if the destination machine is an ESX Server machine 1 2 Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine. (Optional)Tohavethenewvirtualmachinepoweredonaftertheconversioniscomplete,selectPoweron thenewVirtualMachineaftercreation.
To complete a task creation if a source machine is remote 1 2 ReviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachineandclickFinish. WhenyouseetheWarning:RebootSourceMachinedialogbox,clickYestorebootthemachine. Ifthesourcemachineisremote,youmustrebootittoremovetheConverteragentinstalledonit. To complete task creation in all other cases ReviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachineandclickFinish.
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Using the Converter Boot CD for Local Cold Cloning
Thischapterdescribeshowtocoldclonealocalphysicalmachinetoavarietyofdestinations.Coldcloning requirestheVMwareConverterBootCD,whichisavailableintheEnterpriseeditiononly. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: ColdCloningandtheConverterBootCDonpage 45 StarttheWizardforaConversiononpage 45 SelectSourceDataonpage 46 ChoosingaDestinationforaNewVirtualMachineonpage 47 CustomizeaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystemonpage 49 CompletetheConvertTaskCreationonpage 51 UsingpeTooltoModifytheConverterBootCDonpage 52
Cold Cloning and the Converter Boot CD

Coldcloning,alsocalledofflinecloning,entailscloningthesourcemachinewhenitisnotrunningitsoperating system.Incoldcloning,yourebootthesourcemachinefromaCDthathasitsownoperatingsystem(WinPE) andincludesthestandaloneVMwareConverterEnterpriseapplication.Coldcloningleavesnofootprinton thesourcemachine.
Start the Wizard for a Conversion

UsethisproceduretostarttheConverterConversionwizardfromtheVMware Converter Boot CD. To boot off the CD, set options, and start the application 1 2 3 InserttheConverterBootCDinthesourcemachineandrestartthecomputer. Within10seconds,pressanykeytobootintotheoperatingsystemontheCD. (Optional)IntheNetworkConfigurationdialogbox,changethelocationforthetemporaryfiles, includingthelogs. Bydefault,temporaryfilesarestoredinRAMdisk.AftertheVMwareConverterapplicationislaunched, youcannotmodifythetemporaryfilesdirectory. 4 (Optional)IntheAdvancedtabintheNetworkConfigurationdialogbox,setavalueforthe Speed & Duplexpropertyofeachnetworkadapter. TheVMwareConverterapplicationlaunches.
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To specify a static IP address or map network drives 1 2 3 4 Onthemainmenu,chooseAdministration>NetworkConfiguration. ClicktheappropriatebuttonontheNetworkPropertiestabtoenterthestaticaddressesandclickApply. ClicktheNetworkDrivestabandmapthedrivestothenetworkshare. ClickConnect. Ifnecessary,entertheDOMAIN\usernameandpasswordtoconnecttoaspecificnetworkshareandclick OK. 5 ClickOKtoreturntotheapplication.
To start the wizard 1 2 ClickConvertMachine. ClickNext. TheSourcepageintroducestheTableofContentspane,displayingthethreestepconversionprocess: Step1:Source,Step2:Destination,Step3:Customization.
Select Source Data

Choosewhichofthesourcemachinesvolumestoconvertandspecifytheirsizeinthenewvirtualmachine. Youcanalsoconvertalldisksunchanged. To choose the disks or volumes to convert 1 2 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttomovetotheSourceDatapage. Specifywhethertochangeormaintaintheconverteddisks. Toconvertalldisksunchanged,makesurethatImportalldisksandmaintainsizeisselectedonthe SourceDatapageandclickNext.Thisistheonlychoiceifthevirtualmachineyouareconvertinghasa Linuxguestoperatingsystem. Toresizetheconverteddisks,clickSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspace. a b Deselectanyvolumesthatarenottobeconverted. SpecifythevolumesizeforeachvolumeintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenuandclickNext.
Description Keepstheoriginalsizevolume. Convertsjusttheusedportionfromthe volume,withasmallamountofspaceadded. Enteraspecificsizeingigabytes. Enteraspecificsizeinmegabytes.
Option MaintainSize MinSize <TypeSizeinGB> <TypeSizeinMB>
Enteringavaluelessthantheminimumsizeresultsinawarningmessage.
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Choosing a Destination for a New Virtual Machine

Yourdestinationvirtualmachinecanbeoneoftwocategories: ESXServerSeeChooseaVirtualCenterServerVirtualMachineDestinationonpage 47 WorkstationSeeChooseaStandaloneVirtualMachineDestinationonpage 48
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IfyouareconvertingyourvirtualmachinetoruninESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,andyouwantto haveaclusterasthedestination,theclustersVMwareDRSsettingsmustbesettomanual.Converterdoesnot supportasdestinationsclustersinwhichtheDRSissettopartiallyautomatedorfullyautomated.
Choose a VirtualCenter Server Virtual Machine Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter. To select the destination for a converted virtual machine 1 2 3 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. OntheDestinationLoginpage,logintotheVirtualCenterserverdestinationandfollowthesesteps: a b c 4 5 Choosethedestinationserverinthedropdownmenuortypethenameoftheserverifitisnotlisted. Typeyourusernameandthepasswordforthedestinationserver. ClickNext.
OntheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage,assignanametothevirtualmachine. IntheVirtualMachineInventoryLocationpane,chooseafolderintheVirtualCenterinventory. TheVirtualCenterinventorymightcontainmultiplehosts,clusters,anddatacenters.
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ClickNext. OntheHostorClusterpage,specifytheresourcesfortheconvertedvirtualmachine,asfollows: a b c Selectthehost,cluster(forVirtualCenterserversonly),orresourcepoolwithinahostorclusterfrom whichtorunthevirtualmachine. Ifyouselectaclusterinmanualmode,ontheHostpagechoosethespecifichostforthevirtual machine. ClickNext.
(Optional)Todistributedisksoverseveraldatastoresortoplacethevirtualmachineconfigurationfileand eachdiskonaseparatedatastore,dothefollowing: a b ClickAdvancedtoseethelistofdisksandthevirtualmachineconfigurationfile. Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus. Ifinsufficientspaceisavailable,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredamount.
OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkandclick Next. TheNetworkspaneldisplaysthenetworksavailableatthedestinationlocationindropdownmenus.The numberofadapterstomapcanbesetinadropdownmenuaswell.
ContinuewithCustomizeaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystemonpage 49.
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Choose an ESX Server Virtual Machine Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninESX Server. To select the destination for a converted virtual machine 1 2 3 4 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenu. ClickNext. OntheDestinationLoginpage,logintotheESXServerorVirtualCenterserverdestination,asfollows: a b c 5 Choosethedestinationserverinthedropdownmenuortypethenameoftheserverifitisnotlisted. Typeyourusernameandthepasswordforthedestinationserver. ClickNext.
OntheVirtualMachineNamepage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine. IfavirtualmachinewiththesamenameexistsforESX Server,VMware Converterdisplaysawarning messageandasksyoutoselectanothername.
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ClickNext. OntheHostpage,choosethespecifichostforthevirtualmachine(clusterinmanualmodeonly)andclick Next. SpecifythedatastoreforthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfilesanddisksandclickNext. Alldatastoresandtheiravailablespaceappearinthispanel.Youmustchooseadatastoreordatastores largeenoughtocontaintheselecteddisks.
(Optional)Todistributedisksoverseveraldatastoresortoplacethevirtualmachineconfigurationfileand eachdiskonaseparatedatastore,followthesesteps: a b ClickAdvancedtoseethelistofdisksandthevirtualmachineconfigurationfile. Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus. Ifinsufficientspaceisavailable,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredamount.
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OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkandclick Next.
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Choose a Standalone Virtual Machine Destination

UsethisprocedureifyouareconvertingthevirtualmachinetoruninWorkstation4.x,5.x,or6.x, VMware Fusion,VMware Player,VMware Server,VMware ACE1or2,orGSX Server. To select a destination for a converted virtual machine 1 2 3 OntheDestinationpage,clickNexttomovetotheDestinationTypepage. ClicktheVMwarestandalonevirtualmachinebuttonandclickNext. OntheVMName&Locationpage,typeanamefortheconvertedvirtualmachineandbrowsetoenter thedestinationlocation.
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Selectatypeofvirtualmachinetocreate: Workstation6.x,VMware Fusion1.x,VMware Player2.x,VMware ACE2.x Workstation5x,VMwareServer,VMwarePlayer Workstation 4.x,VMwareACE 1.x,GSX Server 3.x.
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ClickNext. Selecttheconversionoptionsforafullclone,ifavailable. Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthaveoptionsinhowyouallocatediskspace forthenewvirtualmachine: Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetter performancebutton.Thisoptiongivessomewhatbetterperformanceforyourvirtualmachine.Ifyou clicktheotherbutton,thevirtualdisksfilesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesize ofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned. TheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformanceoptioncreatesadiskfilethatcanbelarger thantheusedspaceofthesource.Forexample,thesourcediskmightbea16GBdiskofwhichonly 2GBisusedforthefile,butconvertingthefilewiththeAllocateoptioncreatesa16GBdisk.Takethis intoaccountwhenyoulookatfreespacebeforeyouconvert. TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,ensurethattheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckboxhas beenselected.
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ClickNext. OntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,assignanametothevirtualmachine. Thenamecanbe80characterslong,iscasesensitive,andbeuniquewithinthevirtualmachinefolder.It cancontainalphanumericcharactersandtheunderscore(_)andhyphen().
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BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick Next. OntheNetworkspage,mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNAT networkandclickNext.
Customize a New Virtual Machines Guest Operating System

OntheConversionwizardCustomizationpage,youcanchoosetoinstallVMwareTools,customizeaguest operatingsystem,removeSystemRestorecheckpoints,oranycombinationoftheseoptions,dependingonthe guestoperatingsystem. ConverterdoesnotsupportcustomizationforWindowsNT. To skip the options on the Customization page and go to the Ready to Complete page 1 2 EnsurethatallcheckboxesaredeselectedandclickNext. ContinuewithCompetetheConvertTaskCreationonpage41.
Install VMware Tools

InstallingVMwareToolsisapplicableonlyforESXServer,VirtualCenter,Workstation 6,VMware Fusion 1, VMware Player 2,andACE 2destinations. 1 2 OntheCustomizationpage,ensurethatInstallVMwareToolsisselected. ClickNextorselectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachinetocontinuewithcustomization.
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Customize the Identity of the New Virtual Machine

Usethisproceduretocustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachine. Youcancustomizethefollowingfields: Changethecomputerinformationforidentifyingavirtualmachineonanetwork. Enterserverlicenseinformation. Changethetimezoneforavirtualmachine. Modifythepropertiesforeachnetworkinterface. To customize the identity of a new virtual machine 1 OntheCustomizationpage,selectCustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachineandclickNext. Thetableofcontentsexpandstoshowthetopicsinthissectionofinstallation. 2 OntheComputerInformationpage,customizeanyofthesefields: ComputerNameAuniquenametoidentifythevirtualmachineonthenetwork.Validcharacters includeAZ,az,09,andthehyphen.Underscoreisnonstandard,butConverterpermitsitsuse.The computernamecannothavemorethan63charactersorconsistonlyofnumerals. OwnerNameValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.A63characterlimitapplies. OrganizationValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.A63characterlimitapplies. GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentifier.Bydefault,the securityIDispreselectedforWindowsVistasystems. LocationofSysprepFilesIftheapplicationdeterminedthislocation,thetexteditboxshowsit.If thisfieldisblank,youmustspecifyavalidlocationbeforegoingtothenextpanel.Thisactiondoes notapplytoWindowsVistasystems. 3 4 ClickNext. OntheWindowsLicensepage,entertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,if necessary,andclickNext. YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage. TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxappliesonlytoMicrosoftWindows 2000Serverand MicrosoftWindows 2003Serveroperatingsystems.TheServerLicenseModebuttonsaredisabledifthe checkboxisnotselected.ThisactiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVistasystems. 5 ChooseatimezonefromthedropdownmenuontheTimeZonepageandclickNext. Ifnetworkinterfacesneedtobeset,theNetworkInterfaceSettingspageappears. 6 (Optional)Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterface SettingpageandclickCustomize. TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifyoumodifyoneormorenetworkadapters.Clickthisbuttontoreturn allsettingsforalladapterstothedefault. Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNext.
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(Optional)OntheNetworkPropertiesdialogbox,modifythepropertiesofanynetworkadapters.
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ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingpageandclickNext. OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,selecthowthevirtualmachineparticipatesinanetwork. WorkgroupValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15 characters. WindowsServerDomainThetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09, space,period(dot),andthehyphen.Eachlabeldelineatedbyadotcanbe63characterslong,andthe entiretextstringcanbeupto254characterslong.Ausernameandpasswordarerequired.
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Remove System Restore Checkpoints

VMwarerecommendsthatyouremoveallSystemRestorecheckpoints,regardlessofthecloningmode,unless youwantthetargetvirtualmachinetobeareplicaofthesourcesystem.RemovingallSystemRestore checkpointspreventsthetargetmachinefromrevertingtoapreconversionstate.Restoringacheckpointinthe targetvirtualmachinethatwascreatedbeforecloningthesourcemachinecandamagethesystemandcause thetargetvirtualmachinetobecomeunbootable. To remove System Restore checkpoints for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 OntheCustomizationpage,selectRemoveallsystemrestorecheckpoints. SystemRestoreisenabledonWindowsVistaandWindowsXPsystemsbydefault.ForWindowsVista,ifyou aredoingvolumebasedfilelevelcloning,SystemRestorecheckpointsareautomaticallyremovedfromthe targetvirtualmachine,regardlessofthecheckbox.Ifyouaredoingdiskbasedcloningorvolumelevel blockbasedcloning,deselectingthecheckboxinstructsConvertertokeeptheSystemRestorecheckpointsin thetargetvirtualmachine. Formoreinformationaboutcloningmodes,seeCloningModesonpage 14.
Complete the Convert Task Creation

ThefinalpageintheConversionwizardistheReadytoCompletepage.ClickFinishtoclosethewizardand displaytheTaskViewwiththeconversionjobinthetasklist.YoucanviewtheprogressintheTaskProgress tab.Youcanreturntoaqueuedjobandeditthesettings.BecauseBootCDdoesnotsupportconcurrent conversions,youcanconvertonlyonemachineatatime. IfWindowsdiscoversnewhardwareandasksyoutoreboot,selectNosothatcustomizationsettingsare applied.Ifyoucustomizedthenewvirtualmachine,afteritispoweredon,youmustwaitforitto automaticallyreboottwicebeforethecustomizationsettingsareappliedandyoucansafelylogin. Customizationsettingsarenotappliedtoyourvirtualmachineifyoumanuallyrestartit.
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To complete the task creation if the destination machine is an ESX Server machine 1 2 Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine. (Optional)Tohavethenewvirtualmachinepoweredonaftertheconversioniscomplete,selectPoweron thenewVirtualMachineaftercreation.
To complete task creation in all other cases ReviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachineandclickFinish.
Using peTool to Modify the Converter Boot CD

VMwareprovidespeToolasacustomtoolforaddingWindowsdriverstotheConverterBootCDISOimage, alongwithothermodifications.UsingpeTool,youcanaddstoragedevicedriversandnetworkdevicedrivers. ToaddanewnetworkdrivertotheISOimage,usethefollowingcommand: petool -i <Conv_boot_cd.iso> -n <driver_folder_path> YoucanaddexecutablebinariesandVNCpackagesandperformtheotheractionslistedinTable 51. Table 5-1. peTool Options
Option -h [--help] -i [--image] Action Produceshelpmessages Specifiesimagefile. SpecifiestheWinPECDimagetobemodified.Anexample: -i c:\coldclone.iso.TheoriginaloftheISOimageissavedwitha.bak extension.Inthisexample,itwouldbesavedascoldclone.bak. -b [--binary] Addsbinaryfiles. Foraddingexecutablebinaries.Mustbefollowedbyoneormorefullpaths andnamesofbinaryfiles.Thebinaryfileiscopiedtothe\Programs directory. -B [--start_binary] Addsbinaryfilesandautomaticallystart. Similarto-b,exceptthattheaddedbinariesexecutewhenWinPEbootsup thesystem. -v [--vnc] AddsVNCpackage. SpecifiesaVNCpackagetobeadded.Itisfollowedbyanexecutable binarywiththeVNCpackageyouwanttostartup (%<relative_path&filename>,thesameformatasdescribedin-P),and, optionally,followedbya%<predefined_VNC_password>.Forexample, -v c:\RealVNC%vnc4.exe%123.ThiscopiestheVNCpackageat c:\RealVNCandstartsthevnc4.exeundertheRealVNCdirectoryafter bootup.ThepasswordforVNCis123. Ifyousetthisoption,thefirewallisturnedoff,andthepressanykeyto bootfromCDoptionduringbootupisremoved. -p [--package] Addssoftwarepackages. Thismustbefollowedbyoneormorefullpathsandnamesofsoftware packages.Thepackagesarecopiedtothe\Programsdirectory. -P [--start_package] Addssoftwarepackagesandstart. Specifiesanexecutablebinary,insidethepackage,thatyouwanttostart afterbootup.Theformatis -P <software_package_directory>%<relative_path&filename>. Forexample,ifthepackageyouaddisinsideadirectorycalled c:\RealVNCandtheexecutablebinaryyouwanttostartupisvnc4.exe undertheRealVNCdirectory,specify-P c:\RealVNC%vnc4.exe. -f [--disable_firewall] Disablesfirewall. DisablesthefirewallafterWinPEbootsup.
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Option -d [--storage_driver] Action Addsstoragedevicedrivers. Mustbefollowedbyoneormorefulldirectorypathsthatcontainthe targetdevicedrivers.TheoriginalConverterBootCDISOimagedoesnot containthesedrivers.Usethisoptiontospecifythedriversfromonesyou alreadyhave. -n [--network_driver] Addsnetworkdevicedrivers. Mustbefollowedbyoneormorefulldirectorypathsthatcontainthe targetdevicedrivers. -t [--tmp] Specifiesatemporarydirectory. SpecifiesthetemporarydirectoryforpeTool.Ifthedirectorydoesnotexist, peToolcreatesit.Withoutthisoptionspecified,peToolchoosesthedefault tempfileindicatedbyWindows.
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Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
FollowtheproceduresinthischapterifyouhaveVMwarevirtualmachineswhosediskswerepopulatedby restoringfromabackupofaphysicalhostorbysomeotherdirectmeansofcopyingavirtualmachinesdisks. ConfiguringsuchmachineswithConverterenablesthemtobootinVMwareproducts. OVFimagescannotbeconfigured. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: StartingConfigurationonpage 55 CustomizingaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystemonpage 56 CompletetheConfigurationonpage 58
Starting Configuration
Aconfigurationsourcecannotbeaphysicalmachine.YoucanconfigurefilesonlyfromaVMwarestandalone virtualmachineorfromanESX ServerorVirtualCentervirtualmachine. To start the Configuration Wizard 1 2 3 StarttheVMwareConverterapplication. ClickConfigureMachineintheapplicationmenu. ClickNext.
Select a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine as Source

UsethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisaVMwareESXServerorVirtualCenterservermachine. To select a source ESX Server virtual machine to configure 1 2 3 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualmachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. TypeorchoosetheESXServercontainingthevirtualmachinetobeconfigured. TheServerdropdownmenuispopulatedwiththeidentifiersorlocationsofsystemsthatwereloggedin topreviously.Youcantypeanewidentifier. 4 SelectavirtualmachinetoconfigurefromthelistofthosefoundontheESXServermachineyoulogged intoandclickNext.
To select a source VirtualCenter Server virtual machine to configure 1 2 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualmachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.
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TypeorchoosetheVirtualCenterservercontainingthevirtualmachinetobeconfigured. TheServerdropdownmenuispopulatedwiththeidentifiersorlocationsofsystemsthatwereloggedin topreviously.Youcantypeanewidentifier.
SpecifythesourceforyourvirtualmachineintheVirtualCentervirtualmachineinventorybrowser,and clickNext. Youcansearchthebrowserthroughoneoftwoviewsoftheinventory,thedefaultHosts&Clustersview ortheVirtualMachines&Templatesview,intheViewdropdownmenu.
Select a Standalone Virtual Machine as the Source

UsethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisastandaloneVMwarevirtualmachine(thatis,onethatisavirtual machinefromVMwareWorkstation 4.x,5.x,or6.x,VMwareServer,orVMwareGSX Server). To select the source standalone virtual machine to configure 1 2 3 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage. SelectOtherfromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. Browseforthesourcevirtualmachineorimage,selectthefile,andclickOpen. ThefiletypechoicesarelimitedtoVMwareWorkstationFiles(*.vmx). 4 ClickNext. Ifthesourcevirtualmachineyouselectispasswordprotected,theVirtualMachineLoginpageappears. 5 TypethepasswordandclickNext. Ifthesourcevirtualmachineisnotpasswordprotected,thewizardskipsthispageanddisplaysthe Customizationpage.
Customizing a New Virtual Machines Guest Operating System

OntheConfigureWizardCustomizationpage,youcancustomizetheidentityoftheconfiguredvirtual machineandremoveSystemRestorecheckpoints. ThisprocedureisapplicableonlytoESXServer,VirtualCenter,Workstation 6,VMware Fusion 1, VMware Player2,andAce2destinations. Youcancustomizethefollowinginformation: Computerinformationthatidentifiesthevirtualmachineonanetwork Serverlicense Virtualmachinetimezone Networkinterfaceproperties WorkgroupandWindowsServerDomain To customize a configured virtual machine 1 2 OntheCustomizationpage,selectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachineandclickNext. OntheComputerInformationpage,customizeanyofthesefields: ComputerNameAuniquenametoidentifythevirtualmachineonthenetwork.Validcharacters includeAZ,az,09,andthehyphen.Underscoreisnonstandard,butConverterpermitsitsuse.The ComputerNamecannothavemorethan63charactersandcannotconsistonlyofnumerals. OwnerNameValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.A63characterlimitapplies. OrganizationValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.A63characterlimitapplies.
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GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentifier. LocationofSysprepFilesIftheapplicationdeterminedthislocation,thetexteditboxshowsit.If thisfieldisblank,youmustspecifyavalidlocationbeforegoingtothenextpanel. 3 4 ClickNext. OntheWindowsLicensepage,entertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,if necessary,andclickNext. YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage. TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxappliesonlytoMicrosoftWindows 2000 Serverand Microsoft Windows 2003 Serveroperatingsystems,andtheServerLicenseModeradiobuttonsare disabledifthecheckboxisnotselected.ThisactiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVistasystems. 5 OntheTimeZonepage,chooseatimezonefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext. Ifnetworkinterfacesneedtobeset,theNetworkInterfaceSettingspageappears. 6 (Optional)Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterface SettingpageandclickCustomize. TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifyoumodifyoneormorenetworkadapters.Clickthisbuttontoreturn allsettingsforalladapterstothedefault. Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNext. 7 (Optional)OntheNetworkPropertiesdialogbox,modifythepropertiesofanynetworkadapters.
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Complete the Configuration

ThefinalpageintheConfigurewizardistheReadytoCompletepage.ClickFinishtoclosethewizardand displaytheTaskViewwiththeconversiontaskinthetasklist.YoucanviewtheprogressintheTaskProgress tab.Youcanalsoreturntoaqueuedtaskandeditthesettings.SeeChapter 7,ManagingTasks,onpage 59. IfWindowsdiscoversnewhardwareandasksyoutoreboot,clickNosothatcustomizationsettingsare applied.Ifyoucustomizedthenewvirtualmachine,afteritispoweredon,youmustwaitforitto automaticallyreboottwicebeforethecustomizationsettingsareappliedandyoucansafelylogon. Customizationsettingsarenotappliedtoyourvirtualmachineifyoumanuallyrestartit. To complete the conversion for an ESX Server machine 1 2 Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine. (Optional)Tohavethenewvirtualmachinepoweredonaftertheconversioniscompleted,selectPower onthenewVirtualMachineaftercreation.
To complete the task if the source machine is remote 1 2 ReviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachineandclickFinish. WhenyouseetheWarning:RebootSourceMachinedialogbox,clickYestorebootthemachine. YoumustrebootthemachinetoremovetheConverteragentinstalledonit. To complete the conversion for all other cases ReviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachineandclickFinish.
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Managing Tasks
Converterprovidesataskmanagerformanagingmigrationsandconfigurations.Thiscanbeforasingle conversionorformultiple,concurrentmigrationsintheEnterpriseedition.Afteryoucreateataskusingthe Converterwizardtosetuphowyouwanttoconvertorconfigureamachine,youcanusetheTaskViewof Convertermanagertomanagetheorderoftasks,tolimitthenumberofconcurrenttasks,toeditthetasks,to lookattheprogressofatask,andmore. Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections: MultipleTasksonpage 59 TaskViewonpage 59 DetailsViewonpage 61 LookingatProgressandtheLogsonpage 62 EditingTasksonpage 63 ManagingHowTasksRunonpage 64
Multiple Tasks
TheEnterpriseeditionofConvertercanrununlimitedmultipleconcurrentconversions,butyoucanlimitthe number.Whiletasksarerunning,youcancontinuetoaddnewtaskstothequeue,editunstartedorcanceled tasks,andfixfailedtasks.
Task View
TheupperhalfofthetaskmanagerwindowistheTaskView.Itincludesthetasklist,containinginformation aboutthevarioustasks,andthetoolbar,withwhichyoucanstartthewizardsandmanagethetasksinthelist.
Task List
Thetasklistpresentsthefollowinginformation: IDUniquesystemgeneratedidentifierforthetask. DescriptionBriefexplanationofthetask,basedonhowyousetitupintheconverterwizard.Convert aphysicalmachineisanexample. SourceIPaddress,location,orotherdescriptorofthesourcemachineorimage. DestinationIPaddress,location,orotherdescriptoroftheconvertedvirtualmachine. ProgressPercentageofcompletionthatataskhasattained.
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StatusStateofthetask.Fivepossiblestatesexist: InProgress(Running)Intheprocessofconvertingorconfiguringamachine. Queued#<>Thetaskisqueuedtorunassoonaspossible,initiallybasedonIDnumberand maximumnumberofconcurrenttasksallowed.Thepositioninthewaitingqueueisindicatedafter the#. FailedThetaskwasunsuccessfulduetosomeerror. CompletedThetaskwassuccessful. CanceledTherunningorqueuedtaskwascanceledbytheuserofthesystem. StartTimeDateandtimewhenthetaskstartedrunning. EndTimeDateandtimewhenthetaskcompleted,canceled,orfailed. Clickanyoftheheadersinthetasklisttosortthelistbythatattribute.
Toolbar
Thetoolbarcontainsthefollowingcommandsandbuttonsforyoutouse: ConvertMachineClicktoinvoketheConversionwizard.SeeChapter 4,ConvertingMachines,on page 29. ConfigureMachineClicktoinvoketheConfigurewizard.SeeChapter 6,ConfiguringVMwareVirtual Machines,onpage 55. CancelTask( StartTask( DeleteTask( )SeeCancelaTaskonpage 62. )SeeStartingandCancelingTasksonpage 61. )SeeDeleteaTaskonpage 62.
FilterBySeeChangetheNumberofTasksDisplayedintheTaskListonpage 65. RunOrderSeeChangetheRunOrderonpage 64. Figure 7-1. Task View and the Details View of the Converter Task Manager
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Details View
WhenyouselectataskinthetasklistoftheTaskView,youcanseedetailsofthatparticulartaskintheDetails Viewinthelowerhalfofthescreen.TheDetailsViewhastwotabs:SummaryandTaskProgress.
Summary Tab
TheSummarytabappearsbydefaultwhenyouselectataskinthetasklist.Itshowsasummaryoftheoptions anddetailspertainingtotheselectedtask,asconfiguredinthewizard.Theinformationfallsintothree categories:Sourcesysteminformation,destinationsysteminformation(notusedinConfigureMachine tasks),anddestinationcustomization. AnEditlinkappearsintheupperleftcorneroftheSummarytab.UseittoreopentheConvertMachineor ConfigureMachinewizardtomakemodificationstothetask.Thislinkisavailableonlyifthetasksstatusis queued,failed,orcanceled.SeeEditaTaskonpage 63.
Task Progress Tab

TheTaskProgresstabdisplaysthestepsinvolvedintheconversionforthattaskandthestatusofeachstep. Forataskthatisrunning,thetabshowswhichstepiscurrentlyinprogressandthetimethestepstarted.The percentageofcompletionforthetaskandanestimateoftimeremainingappearsinthetasklist. Whenthetaskisfinished,orstopsrunningbecauseitiscanceled,thesystemdisplaysanotewithinformation onwheretofindthelogsforthetask.AnothersourceforthesameinformationistheLogInformationlinkat thetopofthetab. Converterdoesnotstorethetaskprogressinformationbeyondthecurrentsession.Ifyouclosetheapplication andrestartit,theTaskProgresstabdisplays[InformationUnavailable]forpreviouslyfinishedtasks,and doesnotcontainaLogInformationlink. Figure 7-2. Completed Task
Starting and Canceling Tasks

Ifnoothertasksareinqueue,ataskstartsimmediatelyafterfinishingthestepsintheConversionwizard.If othertasksareinqueue,ataskisputattheendofthequeueandcanrunassoonasitisable.Insomecases thatcanbeimmediately,dependingonthesettingofthenumberoftasksthatcanrunconcurrently.See ControltheNumberofTasksRunningConcurrentlyonpage 64. Formoreinformationaboutchangingtherunorderforatask,seeChangetheRunOrderonpage 64.For moreinformationaboutforcingaqueuedtasktorun,seeForceaQueuedTasktoRunonpage 62.
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Force a Queued Task to Run

Tooverridetheorderofthequeuedtasks,ortooverrideanylimitonthenumberoftasksthatcanberun concurrently,youcanforceaqueuedtasktorunfromthetoolbar. ForStartereditionusers,youcanforceonlythefirsttasktorun. To force a task to run ChoosethetaskinthetasklistoftheTaskViewandclicktheStartTaskbutton( ).
Cancel a Task
Youcancancelataskinthequeueoroneinprogress.Afterataskiscanceled,itlosesitsplaceinthequeue, displaying fortheStartTimeinthetasklistandthetimeofcancellationintheEndTimecolumn. Cancelingataskinprogressdoesnotsuspendit.Cancelingataskbacksitoutoftheconversionandreverts thesourcemachinetoitsoriginalstate.Tocontinuethetasklater,youcaneditthetask,butyoumustrestart fromthebeginning.SeeEditaTaskonpage 63. To cancel a task 1 ChooseataskinthetasklistoftheTaskView. Shiftclickorcontrolclicktochoosemorethanonetask. 2 ClicktheCancelbutton( ).
Delete a Task
Thedeletecommandremovesataskfromthetasklist.Thecommandworksonanytaskexceptforonein progress.Arunningtaskmustbecanceledbeforeitcanbedeleted. Itisalsopossibletoclearalltasksfromhistory,exceptforthosecurrentlyrunning. To delete a specific task 1 ChoosethetaskinthetasklistoftheTaskView. Shiftclickorcontrolclicktochoosemorethanonetask. 2 Clickthedeletebutton( ).
To clear all tasks from history 1 2 ChooseAdministration>ClearAllTasksinthemainmenu. ClickYes.
Looking at Progress and the Logs

ConverterdisplaystheprogressoftasksintheTaskViewandtheDetailsView. Ifproblemsarisethatcausethetasktofail,youcanreviewinformationinthelogs.Also,whenyoutrytoedit afailedtask,theEditwizardshowstheproblemareas.SeeEditaFailedTaskonpage 64.
View a Tasks Progress

AlthoughyoucangetageneralsenseofatasksprogressbylookingatitsrowinthetasklistoftheTaskView, youcangetamorecompletepicturebyviewingtheTaskProgresstabintheDetailsView. To view a tasks progress in the Details View Choosetherowinthetasktableforthetaskyouwanttoview. TheTaskProgresstabforthattasksappearsintheDetailsView.SeeTaskProgressTabonpage 61.
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Export and View the Log

YoumustexportthelogtextfiletoreaditortosendacopytoVMwaretechnicalsupport. To export a copy of a log file 1 2 3 ChooseFile>ExportLogsinthemainmenu. SelectalocationandsavethelogtextfilesintheExportLogsdialogbox. Openthelogfilewithatexteditor.
UFAD and Client Log File Locations

ThefollowingpathsdescribethelocationoftherecommendedlogsforyoutoviewandsendtoVMware support,ifnecessary. UFADlogsarelocatedinthefollowingdirectories: Windows NT %WINDIR%\vmware-temp\vmware-converter* All other systems %WINDIR%\Temp\vmware-temp\vmware-converter* Clientlogsarelocatedin%TEMP%\vmware-temp\vmware-client*. SendthesefilestosupportusingFile>ExportLogs.ForConverterBootCD,mapanetworkdriveusingthe networkconfigurationtoolanduseFile>ExportLogs.SeeChapter 5,UsingtheConverterBootCDforLocal ColdCloning,onpage 45. Thesearealsothefilelocationsontheremotemachineifyouarerunningaremotehotclone.Tosendthese logsfromaremotemachinetoVMwaresupport,youmustmanuallycompressandsendthem.
Editing Tasks
Youcanedittaskswithaqueued,completed,failed,orcanceledstatus.
Edit a Task
AslongasataskisnotinprogressyoucanusetheEditwizardtochangeconversionsettings.Afteryouedit atask,itgoestotheendofthequeue.Tomovethetaskupthequeue,usetheRunOrderbuttoninthetoolbar. SeeChangetheRunOrderonpage 64. To edit a queued or canceled task from the Summary tab 1 Choosearowinthetasklist. TheTaskProgresstabforthattaskappearsintheDetailsview. 2 3 4 ClicktheSummarytab. ClicktheEditlinktostarttheConverterEditwizard. Selectthepagelinkthatcontainstheinformationorsettingstoedit. Repeatasnecessary. Forminoredits,youneeddealwiththespecificpagesonly,andnottheunaffectedones.However,inthe caseofeditsinwhichyouchangethesourceordestination,Converterresetsalltheremainingpagesin theproceduretotheirdefaults.Youmustgothrougheachremainingpagetocompletetheconversiontask creation. 5 ClickFinish.
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Edit a Failed Task

Editingafailedtaskhasafewdifferencesfromeditingaqueuedorcanceledtask. To edit a failed task 1 Choosearowinthetasktable. TheTaskProgresstabforthattaskappearsintheDetailsview. 2 3 ClicktheSummarytab. ClicktheEditlinkintheTaskProgresstabtostarttheConverterEditwizard. Forplacesinwhichproblemsoccur,thetableofcontentsdisplayswarningiconsbesidethepagename, whichappearsinred.TheEditwizardtakesyoudirectlytothefirstpagewithaproblem.Alllinksbeyond thefirsterroraredisableduntilyouresolvetheproblem. 4 5 6 7 Selectapagelink. Edittheinformationorsettings. Repeatasnecessary. ClickFinish.
Managing How Tasks Run

Converterprovidesavarietyofoptionsforhowyoucanviewandmanagetasks.
Control the Number of Tasks Running Concurrently

IntheEnterpriseeditionofConverter,youcansetthenumberoftasksthatcanrunatatime.Thedefaultis Unlimited.However,youcansetthemaximumtobeanywherefrom0to255.Ifyousetthemaximumto0, everytaskthatjoinsthequeuemustbestartedmanually. IfyouareusingtheStarteredition,themaximumis1.Runningconcurrenttasksisnotanoption. To set the number of tasks that can run concurrently 1 2 3 Onthemainmenu,chooseAdministration>MaximumConcurrentTasks. IntheMaximumConcurrentTasksdialogbox,chooseortypeanumber. ClickOK.
Change the Run Order

Youcanchangetheorderoftasksinthequeue.Whenyouareintheprocessofchangingtherunorder,queued tasksdonotstartrunning. To change the run order 1 2 ClicktheRunOrderbuttoninthetoolbar. IntheRunOrderdialogbox,choosethetaskyouwanttomoveinthequeue,andusetheupordown arrowbuttontochangeitsposition. Youcanalsochangeataskspositionbydragging. Shiftclickorcontrolclicktochoosemorethanonetask. 3 ClickOK.
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Change the Number of Tasks Displayed in the Task List

AfterusingConverterforalengthoftime,thenumberoftasksarchivedcangrowtobeverylarge.To minimizeclutterinthetasklistyoucanlowerthenumberoftasksthatappear. Tasksinprogressandtasksinqueuetorunarenotaffectedbythisselection.Theyarealwaysdisplayedinthe tasklist. To limit the number of archived tasks displayed in the Task View 1 2 Onthemainmenu,chooseView>TasksDisplayed. Choosealevelofdisplay,usingtheTasksDisplayeddropdownmenu,andclickOK.
SeealsoDeleteaTaskonpage 62.
Change Which Tasks Are Displayed in the Task List

Youcanfiltertasksinthetasklistbystatus. To filter the tasks displayed in the Task View 1 2 ChoosetheFilterBydropdownmenuinthetoolbar. Chooseatasktype. Youcanselectmorethanonestatustofilterby.Inthiscase,thedropdownmenudisplays<Multiple>. Ifyoualreadylimitedthenumberoftasksdisplayed,anyfilteryouchooseisappliedontopofthatsubset oftasks.
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Appendix: Migration with p2vTool Command-Line Interface
Using the Experimental p2vTool Command-Line Interface

VMwareprovidesp2vToolasatoolformigratingphysicalandvirtualsourcemachineswithacommandline interface(CLI).SupportforthisCLIisexperimental.Userscannotfilesupportrequests(Sirs)toVMwarefor p2vToolrelatedissues. YouneedanEnterpriselicensetousep2vTooltomigratemachines.TheoneexceptionisrestoringaVCB image.Inthiscase,p2vToolcanexecutethequery,verify,import,andpostprocessoptionswithoutalicenseif itdetectsthatthesourceisaVCB image. TheXMLschemap2v.xsdisshippedwiththeConverter3.0.2executable. Thisappendixincludesthefollowingtopics: SyntaxandOptionsonpage 67 SourceMachinesandDestinationMachinesonpage 69 RestoringVCBImagesonpage 69 MigrationXMLInputFileExamplesonpage 70 q [query]OptionXMLOutputFileExampleonpage 74 VCBRestoreXMLInputFileExamplesonpage 75 OVFXMLOutputFileExamplesonpage 76
Syntax and Options

Withp2vTool,youcanperformmigrationsbyusingeitherashortorlongformat.Forexample,toimporta machinedescribedintheXMLfilep2v.xml,typeoneofthefollowingcommands: Shortformat p2vtool -i -s p2v.xml Longformat p2vTool --import --source p2v.xml Onlyoneactionoption,canbespecifiedforeachexecutionorcommandline,asfollows: --query --verify --import --postprocess Upto10instancesofp2vToolcanrunsimultaneously. YoucanperformtheactionsidentifiedbytheoptionslistedinTable A1.
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Option -? [--help] Action Produceshelpmessage. Liststheoptionsforthep2vToolcommandlineinterface. -q [--query] Retrievessourcecomputerinformation. ReturnsanXMLdescriptionofthesourcemachine.Runthe-qoption againstanyproperlyformattedinputXMLfilethatspecifiesasource. RunningthisbeforeimportingcanhelpyouinsettinguptheXMLfilefor doingtheimport.Thisoptionrequiresthe-soptiontoidentifythesource computer.ToviewtheXMLoutputonyourmonitor,usethe-doption also.Toprintittoafile,usethe-ooption.SeeExample A5and Example A9. -v [--verify] Verifiesthatthesourcecomputercanbeimportedtothedestination computer. Forconfirmingtheavailabilityofthesourcemachineandtheavailability ofthedestinationmachinewithsufficientroomonittoreceivethe migratedmachine.Thisoptionrequiresthe-soptiontoidentifyaninput XMLfilethatspecifiesacompleteimportjob(donotuseitwithaninput XMLfilethatspecifiesapostprocessonlyjob).ToviewtheXMLoutputon yourmonitor,usethe-doptionalso. -i [--import] Performsamigration. Forinitiatingthemigration.Thisoptionrequiresthe-soptiontoidentify thesourcecomputerandtheparametersoftheoperationinthep2v.xml file. -p [--postprocess] Performspostprocessingofthevirtualmachine. Forimagecustomizationorreconfigurationparametersofamachinenot involvedinamigration.(Postprocessingcanbedoneaspartofan-i migrationifpostProcessingParamsarespecifiedintheinputXMLfile.) Thisoptionrequiresthe-soptiontospecifytheinputXMLfiletobe appliedagainstthesource. PostprocessingisnotperformedwhenyoucreateOVFvirtualappliances. Youperformpostprocessingonthetargetvirtualmachinewhenyou importavirtualappliancetoasupporteddestination.Itisnotperformed onOVFimages,includingOVFimagesyoucreatebyusingthe-ioption. -s [--source] arg (=p2v.xml) InputsanXMLfile. TheXMLfilethatdefinesthemigrationortheobjectoftheactivitystarted bytheactionoption.SeeMigrationXMLInputFileExamplesonpage 70 andVCBRestoreXMLInputFileExamplesonpage 75forexamples. -o [--output] arg -d [--dump] -l [--lic] PrintsoutputXMLtospecifiedfile. PrintsoutputXMLtoconsole. Printsthelicense. Displaysinformationonexistinglicensetype,versionnumber,issueddate, expirydate,andnumberofconcurrentjobsallowed. -n [--newlic] arg Changesalicense. Toaddorchangeanexistinglicense,providethepathofthefilecontaining thelicenseyouwanttoaddoruse.
NOTEIfyoudonotprovidetheusernameorpasswordforaccessingasourceordestinationmachineinthe p2v.xmlfile,p2vToolpromptsforthenameorpasswordtobeentered.
Canceling a Task
Anongoingp2vTooltaskiscancelledifyoupressCtrl+C.
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Source Machines and Destination Machines

Youcanusep2vToolwithlive,hosted,andmanagedsourcemachinesorvirtualappliances,andhostedand manageddestinationmachinesorvirtualappliances. Alivemachinecanonlybeasourceandhastheseattributes: Canbeaphysicalmachineoravirtualmachine. Performsaliveimportthatavoidshavingtoshutdownthesourcemachine. Mustbepoweredonatthetimeofimport. Ahostedmachinecanbeasourceordestinationandhastheseattributes: Isaflatfilevirtualmachine,typicallyfromaVMwareWorkstationproductorasupportedbackupformat. Mustbeaccessiblefromthelocalmachinesoperatingsystem.(Itcanbeonanetworkshare,butthe networksharemustbemountedbeforerunningp2vTool.) Ifusedasasource,thevirtualmachinemustbepoweredoffatthetimeofimport. Amanagedmachinecanbeasourceordestinationandhastheseattributes: VirtualmachinesrunningonanESXServermachine. TheservercanbespecifiedasanESXServermachineortheVirtualCenterserverthatismanagingit. Ifusedasasource,thevirtualmachinemustbepoweredoffatthetimeoftheimport. Avirtualappliancecanbean.ovffileoran.ovafilethatcontainsagroupoffiles.Youcaninstallavirtual appliancefromanylocalorremotefilesystemaccessiblefromthesourcemachineorfromaremotemachine pathsharedoverthenetwork. Withp2vTool,youcanmigratevolumestoseparatedisks.SettheattributeseparateDisk=trueinthe volumeCloneInfonodeforeachvolumeyouwanttoplaceonaseparatedisk.Donotsetthisattributefor activeorsystemvolumes.SeeExample A5,ImportingaManagedSourcetoaManagedDestination, ExplicitlySpecifyingOptionalParameters,onpage 72andExample A9,XMLOutputforthep2vTool-q [--query]Option,onpage 74.
Restoring VCB Images

VCBenablesitsuserstobackupentireESXServervirtualmachines,storingthebackupusingWorkstation disks,a.vmxfile,andacatalogfile.Thep2vToolcanrestoreVCBimagesintoESXServer3.xmachines,both standaloneandthosemanagedbyVirtualCenter,andcanalsoimportthemtohostedproducts. Thep2vTooldoesnotpreservecertainvirtualmachinepropertiesunlesssettingsfortheattributesthatcan preservethepropertiesareincludedintheinputXMLfile.Preservingthesepropertiesisapplicableonlytoa managedproductdestination.Table A2showstheattributesthatneedattentiontopreservetheseproperties. ForaVMwarehostedproductdestination,donotsettheattributes,becausevirtualmachinepropertiesarenot preserved. Table A-2. Settings to Preserve Properties
Node ImportParams Attribute keepIdentity preserveDeviceBackingInfo Settings Defaultisfalse.Settotrue topreservethevirtual machineidentity Defaultisfalse.Settotruetopreservethedevicebacking informationforCDROM,floppy,serialport,andparallel port. Defaultisfalse.Settotruetousethenetworkadapter informationfromthesource.
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Migration XML Input File Examples

HereareexamplesofXMLinputfilesforthevariouscombinationsofsourcesanddestinationsinap2vTool import. Example A-1. Importing a Live Physical Machine Source to a Managed Destination
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="2.1" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd" uninstallAgentOnSuccess="0"> <source> <liveSpec> <creds host="a-running-machine.company.com" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </liveSpec> </source> <dest> <managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" /> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
Example A-2. Importing a Live Local Machine to a Managed Destination

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <liveSpec /> </source> <dest> <managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine">  <creds host="another-vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" /> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
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Example A-3. Importing a Managed Source to a Hosted Destination

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <managedSpec vmId="a-virtual-machine">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </source> <dest> <hostedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine" path="d:\My Virtual Machines" /> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_WS_5X" /> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
Example A-4. Importing a Managed Source to a Managed Destination

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <managedSpec vmId="a-virtual-machine">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </source> <dest> <managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine">  <creds host="another-vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" /> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
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Example A-5. Importing a Managed Source to a Managed Destination, Explicitly Specifying Optional Parameters
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <managedSpec vmId="a-virtual-machine">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </source> <dest> <managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine" datastore="storage2" folder="my-vms" cluster="vc-cluster-3" host="an-ESX-host-attached-to-dest-vc-server" resourcePool="vc-resource-pool-1">  <creds host="dest-vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" diskType="VMFS" clonePagefile="false">  <volumesToClone> <volumeCloneInfo volumeId="{computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},1}" resize="true" separateDisk="false" newSize="10000000000" /> <volumeCloneInfo volumeId="{computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},2}" resize="false" separateDisk="true" >/ </volumesToClone> <diskLocations> <diskLocation disk="#storage2" /> <diskLocation disk="#storage3" /> </diskLocations> </importParams> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
Example A-6. Importing a Hosted Source to a Managed Destination

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source>  <hostedSpec path="d:\My Virtual Machines\a-virtual-machine\a-virtual-machine.vmx" password="" /> </source> <dest> <managedSpec vmName="a-new-virtual-machine">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED" /> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
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Example A-7. Reconfiguring a Hosted Source

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source>  <hostedSpec path="d:\My Virtual Machines\a-virtual-machine\a-virtual-machine.vmx" password="" /> </source> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
Example A-8. Reconfiguring a Managed Source

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <managedSpec vmId="my-vm">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </source> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams /> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
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-q [--query] Option XML Output File Example

Example A-9. XML Output for the p2vTool -q [--query] Option
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <p2v uninstallAgentOnSuccess="0" version="3.2" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v3/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v3/sysimage/p2v p2vOutput.xsd" xsi:type="P2VOutput"> <source> <managedSpec vmId="a-virtual-machine">  <creds host="vc-server" username="Administrator" password="adminPassword" /> </managedSpec> </source> <dest> <managedSpec datastore="storage2" folder="my-vms" host="an-ESX-host-attached-to-dest-vc-server" resourcePool="vc-resource-pool-1" vmName="a-new-virtual-machine"> <creds host="vc-server" password="" port="0" username="Administrator"/> </managedSpec> </dest> <sourceInfo> <osInfo displayName="Windows XP Professional" edition="Workstation/Professional" guestOsId="winXPProGuest" is64Bit="false" majorVersion="5" minorVersion="1" osFamily="WINDOWS" spLevel="2" vendor="Microsoft"/> <disks> <diskInfo capacity="400088457216" deviceNumber="0" id="disk={9ba2498e79b590fd75d62d8b65fa945c367c0fea}"/> <diskInfo capacity="160041885696" deviceNumber="1" id="disk={5c822bdfe4346fded26a0a0854198ded817c6666}"/> <diskInfo capacity="320072933376" deviceNumber="2" id="disk={961925382f53577de35e883c6987f0bc8486d21}"/> </disks> <volumes> <volumeInfo capacity="160039240704" diskDeviceNumber="0" drive="c:" id="attVol={computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},1}" isActiveVolume="true" isFilesystemUnderstood="true" isSystemVolume="true" used="11500454912"/> <volumeInfo capacity="160039240704" diskDeviceNumber="1" drive="d:" id="attVol={computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},2}" isActiveVolume="false" isFilesystemUnderstood="true" isSystemVolume="false" used="134157943808"/> <volumeInfo capacity="262147866624" diskDeviceNumber="2" drive="f:" id="attVol={computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},3}" isActiveVolume="false" isFilesystemUnderstood="true" isSystemVolume="false" used="122588069888"/> <volumeInfo capacity="57922421760" diskDeviceNumber="2" drive="g:" id="attVol={computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},4}" isActiveVolume="false" isFilesystemUnderstood="true" isSystemVolume="false" used="29163381760"/> <volumeInfo capacity="240046571520" diskDeviceNumber="0" drive="i:" id="attVol={computer={d7e40f6d3ddd078441daab8676a2ed13d2fe8bd2},5}" isActiveVolume="false" isFilesystemUnderstood="true" isSystemVolume="false" used="74944512"/> </volumes> <nics> <nicInfo network=""/> <nicInfo network=""/> </nics> </sourceInfo> <compatibilityReport> <compatibility compatibilityWarning="IMPORT_OK_NO_INSTALL_TOOLS"/> </compatibilityReport> </p2v>
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VCB Restore XML Input File Examples

HerearetwoexamplesofXMLinputfilesforap2vToolrestoreofaConsolidatedBackupimagetoamanaged VMwareproduct. Example A-10. Restoring a VCB Image to an ESX Server 3.x Host Through VirtualCenter
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!-Restore a VCB image to an ESX 3.x machine through VirtualCenter --> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source>  <hostedSpec password="" path="C:\MyVirtualMachine\myvcbimage.vmx" /> </source> <dest> <managedSpec datastore="MYVMFS3" folder="" host="my_esx3_host" resourcePool="myrsrpool" vmName="vcbrestore"> <creds host="myVCServer" password="" port="" username="admin" /> </managedSpec> </dest>   <importParams clonePagefile="false" diskType="VMFS" keepIdentity="true" preserveDeviceBackingInfo="false" targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED">  <nicMappings preserveNicsInfo="true" /> </importParams> <postProcessingParams installTools="false" powerOnVM="true" /> </p2v>
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Example A-11. Restoring a VCB Image to an ESX Server 3.x Host Directly
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>  <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source>  <hostedSpec password="" path="F:\VirtualMachine\vbcwin2k3\win2k3ent.vmx" /> </source> <dest> <managedSpec datastore="MYVMFS3" folder="" host="" resourcePool="" vmName="vcbrestore"> <creds host="my_esx3_host" password="" port="" username="root" /> </managedSpec> </dest>   <importParams clonePagefile="false" diskType="VMFS" keepIdentity="true" preserveDeviceBackingInfo="false" targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED">  <nicMappings preserveNicsInfo="true" /> </importParams> <postProcessingParams installTools="false" powerOnVM="true" /> </p2v>
OVF XML Output File Examples

HereareexamplesofXMLoutputfilesforap2vToolimportofanOVFvirtualappliancetoaWorkstation destinationandancreationofanOVFpackagetoaWorkstationsource. Example A-12. Importing an OVF Virtual Appliance to a Workstation Destination
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v3/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v3/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <ovfSpec path="C:\targetVms\bugs\246223\246223.ovf"/> </source> <dest> <hostedSpec vmName="ba" path="T:\target-tests\test"/> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_WS_6X"/> <postProcessingParams> <reconfigParams/> </postProcessingParams> </p2v>
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Example A-13. Creating an OVF Package from a Workstation Source

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <p2v version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v3/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v3/sysimage/p2v p2v.xsd"> <source> <hostedSpec path="T:\BrowserAppliance\BrowserAppliance.vmx"/> </source> <dest> <ovfSpec vmName="ovfToolTarget" path="C:\targetVms\p2vTool"/> </dest> <importParams targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_WS_5X"> <ovfExportEnvelope ovf_or_ova="ova"> <ovfProductSection ovfProduct="Vmware Converter" ovfProductUrl="www.converter.com" ovfVendorUrl="www.vmware.com" ovfVendor="VMware Inc" ovfVersion="3.0.3" ovfFullVersion="3.0.3-beta" ovfApplianceUrl="www.converterappliance.com"> </ovfProductSection> <ovfEulaSection ovfLicenseInfo="This is the converter license" ovfLicense="This is the converter License dora ipsi logan sim"> </ovfEulaSection> <ovfOperatingSystemSection ovfOperatingSystemDescription="This is the Ubuntu guest OS for Browser Appliance."> </ovfOperatingSystemSection> <ovfAnnotationSection ovfAnnotation="Enter your favorite virtual appliance annotation here"> </ovfAnnotationSection> </ovfExportEnvelope> <nicMappings> <nicMapping network="VMNetwork"/> </nicMappings> </importParams> </p2v>
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BIOS(basicinput/outputsystem) FirmwarethatcontrolsmachinestartupandmanagescommunicationbetweentheCPUandother devices,suchasthekeyboard,monitor,printers,anddiskdrives. bridgednetworking Inhostedproducts,atypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenavirtualmachineandthehostsphysical network.Withbridgednetworking,avirtualmachineappearstobeanadditionalcomputeronthesame physicalEthernetnetworkasthehost.Seealsohostonlynetworking,NAT(networkaddresstranslation).
child Amanagedentitygroupedbyafolderobjectoranothermanagedentity. clone (n.)Aduplicateofavirtualmachine.(v.)Tomakeacopyofavirtualmachine.Whenacloneiscreated, VirtualCenterprovidesanoptionforcustomizingtheguestoperatingsystemofthatvirtualmachine. Hostedproductsdistinguishbetweenfullclonesandlinkedclones.Seealsofullclone,linkedclone. coldcloning InVMwareConverter,makingacopyofalocalphysicalmachinewhileitisrunninginWinPEfromthe VMwareConverterBootCD,notfromitsownoperatingsystem.Seealsohotcloning. concurrentmigrations InVMwareConverter,theTaskManagersabilitytodirecttheconversionandmigrationofmultiple virtualmachinesatthesametime. configuration Seevirtualmachineconfiguration. currentvirtualmachine (1)Avirtualmachineofthelatestversionsupportedbytheproductinuse. (2)Inhostedproducts,thevirtualmachinethathasfocusintheserviceconsole. customization Theprocessofapplyingnewcharacteristicvaluestoavirtualmachineasitisbeingdeployedfroma templateorclonedfromanotherexistingvirtualmachine.
datastore Virtualrepresentationsofcombinationsofunderlyingphysicalstorageresourcesinthedatacenter.A datastoreisthestoragelocation(forexample,aphysicaldisk,aRAID,oraSAN)forvirtualmachinefiles. destination InVMwareConverter,themachinetowhichoneimportsavirtualmachine,whethermigratedor convertedfromaphysicalmachine.
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destinationvirtualmachine InVMwareConverter,themigratedvirtualmachineatitsfinallocation. DHCP(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol) Acommunicationsprotocolthatenablesdynamicaddressing.Thesoftwarerelievesadministratorsofthe taskofassigninganIPaddresstoeachdevicethatconnectstoanetwork. diskmode Apropertyofavirtualdiskthatdefinesitsexternalbehavior(howthevirtualizationlayertreatsitsdata) butiscompletelyinvisibletotheguestoperatingsystem. DNS(DomainNameSystem) AnInternetdataqueryservicethattranslateshostnamesintoIPaddresses.AlsocalledDomainName ServerorDomainNameService.
Ethernetswitch Aphysicalswitchthatmanagesnetworktrafficbetweenmachines.Aswitchhasmultipleports,eachof whichcanbeconnectedtoamachineortoanotherswitchonthenetwork.SeealsoVMotion. EULA(enduserlicenseagreement) Thesoftwarelicensethatdetailsanyrestrictionsplacedonusers.
fullclone Acompletecopyoftheoriginalvirtualmachine,includingallassociatedvirtualdisks.Seealsolinked clone. growabledisk Atypeofvirtualdiskinwhichthediskspaceisnotpreallocatedtoitsfullsize.Itsfilesstartoutsmallin sizeandgrowasdataiswrittentothedisk. guestoperatingsystem Anoperatingsystemthatrunsinsideavirtualmachine.Seealsohostoperatingsystem.
host (1)Aphysicalcomputercapableofrunningvirtualmachines.Alsocalledthehostmachineorhost computer.(2)InVMwareConverter,thephysicalcomputeronwhichtheVMwareConvertersoftwareis installed. hostagent Softwarethat,wheninstalledonavirtualmachinehost,performsactionsonbehalfofaremoteclient. hostbasedlicensing InESXServersoftware,oneoftwomodesforlicensingVMwaresoftware.Licensefilesresideonthehost andfeatureavailabilityistiedstrictlytothehostinwhichthefileresides.Seealsoserverbasedlicensing. hostedproducts VMwareproducts(includingWorkstation,VMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,VMwareACE,andLab Manager)thatrunasapplicationsonphysicalmachineswithoperatingsystemssuchasMicrosoft WindowsorLinux.Bycomparison,ESXServerisabaremetalproduct,whichprovidesathinsoftware layer(thehypervisor)thatenablesittorundirectlyonthephysicalmachine. hostonlynetworking Inhostedproducts,atypeofnetworkconnectionbetweenavirtualmachineandthehost.Withhostonly networking,avirtualmachineisconnectedtothehostonaprivatenetwork,whichnormallyisnotvisible outsidethehost.Multiplevirtualmachinesconfiguredwithhostonlynetworkingonthesamehostare onthesamenetwork.Seealsobridgednetworking,NAT(networkaddresstranslation).
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hostoperatingsystem Anoperatingsystemthatrunsonthehostmachine.Seealsoguestoperatingsystem. hotcloning InVMwareConverter,cloningalocalorremotephysicalmachinewhileitisrunninginitsownoperating system.Seealsocoldcloning. hotfix Aninstallablefilethatresetsauserspassword,renewsanexpiredvirtualmachine,orenablesa copyprotectedvirtualmachinetorunfromanewlocation.
licensefile Atextfiledeterminingthelicensemodeandentitlementtolicensedfeatures. licensekey Anencryptedblockoftextwithinalicensefile,thatdeterminesentitlementtoonespecificlicensed feature. licensemode ThemethodusedforlicensingVMwaresoftware.Seealsohostbasedlicensing,serverbasedlicensing. linkedclone Acopyoftheoriginalvirtualmachinethatmusthaveaccesstotheparentvirtualmachinesvirtualdisks. Thelinkedclonestoreschangestothevirtualdisksinaseparatesetoffiles.Seealsofullclone. localcloning MakingacopyofavirtualmachineresidinginthesystemonwhichVMwareConverterisrunning,or makingacopyofthephysicalmachineitselfforconversiontoavirtualmachine.Seealsoremotecloning. LUN(logicalunitnumber) Anidentifierforadiskvolumeinastoragearray.
managedproducts AbaremetalVMwareproduct,likeESXServer,thatprovidesathinsoftwarelayer(thehypervisor)that enablesittorundirectlyonthephysicalmachine.Bycomparison,hostedVMwareproducts(including Workstation,VMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,VMwareACE,andLabManager)areonesthatrunas applicationsonphysicalmachineswithoperatingsystemssuchasMicrosoftWindowsorLinux. migration Theprocessofmovingavirtualmachinebetweenhosts.UnlessVMotionisused,thevirtualmachine mustbepoweredoffwhenyoumigrateit.SeealsomigrationwithVMotion,migrationwithVMware Converter. migrationwithVMotion Theprocessofmovingavirtualmachinethatispoweredonandhasmetselectedrequirements,including theactivationofVMotiononboththesourceandtargethosts.Whenyoumigrateavirtualmachineusing VMotion,theoperationsofthevirtualmachinecancontinuewithoutinterruption.Seealsomigrationwith VMwareConverter. migrationwithVMwareConverter Theprocessofmovingavirtualmachinethatispoweredofffromalocalorremotehost,while reconfiguringthefileformat,ifnecessary,toaccommodatethedestinationmachine.Seealsomigration withVMotion. NAT(networkaddresstranslation) Inhostednetworking,atypeofnetworkconnectionthatenablesyoutoconnectyourvirtualmachinesto anexternalnetworkwhenyouhaveonlyoneIPnetworkaddressandthataddressisusedbythehost computer.Seealsobridgednetworking,hostonlynetworking.
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NIC(networkinterfacecard) Anexpansionboardthatprovidesadedicatedconnectionbetweenacomputerandanetwork.Alsocalled anetworkadapter.
OpenVirtualMachineFormat(OVF) Adistributionformatforvirtualappliancesthatusesexistingpackagingtoolstocombineoneormore virtualmachinestogetherwithastandardsbasedXMLwrapper.Thisformatgivesthevirtualization platformaportablepackagecontainingallrequiredinstallationandconfigurationparametersforvirtual machines,whichallowsanyvirtualizationplatformthatimplementsthestandardtocorrectlyinstalland runvirtualmachines. physicaldisk Inhostedproducts,aharddiskinavirtualmachinethatismappedtoaphysicaldiskdriveorpartition onthehostmachine.Seealsovirtualdisk. provisioning TheprocessofcreatingafunctioningvirtualmachinebyassigningresourcessuchasCPU,memory,and virtualhardwareandthendeployingasystemimage.
rawdisk Seephysicaldisk. remotecloning MakingacopyofavirtualmachineoraphysicalmachineaccessedoverthenetworkbyVMware Converter.Seealsolocalcloning. serverbasedlicensing AmodeoflicensingVMwaresoftwareinwhichalllicensekeysareadministeredbyalicenseserver, whichmanagesacentrallicensepool.Featureentitlementischeckedoutandreturnedondemand.See alsohostbasedlicensing. source InVMwareConverter,themachinefromwhichoneimportsorcreatesavirtualmachine. sourcevirtualmachine InVMwareConverter,thevirtualmachinetobeimported,atitsoriginallocation. standalonevirtualmachine AvirtualmachinethatrunsinWorkstation,VMwareServer,andVMwarePlayer.Sourcevirtualmachines fromMicrosoftVirtual PC,MicrosoftVirtual Server,andSymantecBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages arealsoconsideredstandalones.Seealsosourcevirtualmachine.
task Amanagedobjectrepresentingthestateofalongrunningoperation. TCP(TransmissionControlProtocol) Areliabletransferprotocolusedbetweentwoendpointsonanetwork.TCPisbuiltontopoftheInternet Protocol(IP).SeealsoTCP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol). TCP/IP(TransmissionControlProtocol/InternetProtocol) Asetofprotocols,thedefactolanguageoftheInternet,designedtoenablecommunicationbetween networksregardlessofthecomputingtechnologiesthattheyuse.TCPconnectshostsandprovidesa reliableexchangeofdatastreamswithguaranteeddelivery.IPspecifiestheformatofpacketsandhandles addressing.
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template Amasterimageofavirtualmachine.Thistypicallyincludesaspecifiedoperatingsystemanda configurationthatprovidesvirtualcounterpartstohardwarecomponents.Optionally,atemplatecan includeaninstalledguestoperatingsystemandasetofapplications.Settingavirtualmachineasa templateprotectsanylinkedclonesorsnapshotsthatdependonthetemplatefrombeingdisabled inadvertently.TemplatesareusedbyVirtualCentertocreatenewvirtualmachines.Seealsolinkedclone.
virtualappliance Asoftwaresolutionthatiscomposedofoneormorevirtualmachines,ispackagedasaunitbyan appliancevendor,andisdeployed,managed,andmaintainedasaunit. virtualdisk Afileorsetoffilesthatappearsasaphysicaldiskdrivetoaguestoperatingsystem.Thesefilescanbeon thehostmachineoronaremotefilesystem.Seealsogrowabledisk,physicaldisk. virtualhardware Thedevicesthatmakeupavirtualmachine.Thevirtualhardwareincludesthevirtualdisk,removable devicessuchastheDVDROM/CDROMandfloppydrives,andthevirtualEthernetadapter. virtualmachine Avirtualizedx86PCenvironmentinwhichaguestoperatingsystemandassociatedapplicationsoftware canrun.Multiplevirtualmachinescanoperateonthesamehostsystemconcurrently. virtualmachineconfiguration Thespecificationofwhichvirtualdevices,suchasdisksandmemory,arepresentinavirtualmachineand howtheyaremappedtohostfilesanddevices.InVMwareConverter,VMwarevirtualmachineswhose diskshavebeenpopulatedbyrestoringfromabackuporbysomeotherdirectmeansofcopyingundergo configurationtoenablethemtobootinVMwareproducts.Seealsovirtualmachine. virtualmachineconfigurationfile A.vmxfilecontainingavirtualmachineconfiguration,whichiscreatedwhenyoucreatethevirtual machine.Itisusedtoidentifyandrunaspecificvirtualmachine. virtualmemory Anextensionofasystemsphysicalmemory,enabledbythedeclarationofapagefile. VirtualSMP Thetechnologythatenablesavirtualmachinetodosymmetricmultiprocessing.VirtualSMPenablesyou toassigntwovirtualprocessorstoavirtualmachineonanyhostmachinethathasatleasttwological processors. VMotion AfeaturethatenablesyoutomoverunningvirtualmachinesfromoneESXServersystemtoanother withoutinterruptingservice.Itrequireslicensingonboththesourceandtargethosts.VMotionis activatedbytheVirtualCenteragent,andtheVirtualCenterservercentrallycoordinatesallVMotion activities.SeealsomigrationwithVMotion. VMwareInfrastructure Asoftwaresuite,includingESXServerandVirtualCenter,thatvirtualizesservers,storage,and networkingandenablesmultipleunmodifiedoperatingsystemsandtheirapplicationstorun independentlyinvirtualmachineswhilesharingphysicalresources.Thesuitedeliverscomprehensive virtualization,management,resourceoptimization,applicationavailability,andoperationalautomation capabilities.SeealsoEthernetswitch. VMwareTools Asuiteofutilitiesanddriversthatenhancestheperformanceandfunctionalityofyourguestoperating system.KeyfeaturesofVMwareToolsincludesomeorallofthefollowing,dependingonyourguest operatingsystem:anSVGAdriver,amousedriver,theVMwareToolscontrolpanel,andsupportforsuch
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featuresassharedfolders,draganddropinWindowsguests,shrinkingvirtualdisks,time synchronizationwiththehost,VMwareToolsscripts,andconnectinganddisconnectingdeviceswhilethe virtualmachineisrunning.
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Acronis True Image 19 adding an Enterprise license 27 adding drivers to the Converter Boot CD 52 Agent, See VMware Converter Agent
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destination ESX Server 36, 47 virtual appliances 38 Workstation or other standalone 39, 48 Details View, the 61 disk-based cloning 15 DNS, specifying the connections 42, 51, 57 drivers, adding to the Converter Boot CD 52 duplicate ID 22
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canceling a task 62 changing an Enterprise license 27 changing number of tasks displayed 65 changing the run order 64 clearing all tasks from history 62 clones full 39 linked 39 cloning by edition 10 cold, defined 11 defined 11 disk-based 15 hot, defined 11 local, defined 11 remote, defined 11 clusters not supported as destinations 36 specifying for destination 36, 47 cold cloning defined 11 memory requirements 18 command line interface, p2vTool 67 completing import task creation 42, 51 configuring Windows operating systems 18 controlling number of tasks running 64 conversion options for a standalone virtual machine 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36
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editing failed task 64 task 63 Enterprise edition adding a license 27 changing a license 27 errors, viewing in the logs 63 ESX Server as destination 36, 47 as source 33 exporting the log 63
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failed task, editing a 64 FAT file systems 40, 49 File and Printer Sharing 24 filtering tasks displayed 65 folder, location of application 25
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license, adding 27 live cloning. See hot cloning local cloning defined 11 log exporting and viewing 63 location of 32, 63 Log Info button 32
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managing jobs with the Task View 15, 59 manifest file 31 Master Boot Record (MBR) disks 14 maximum number of tasks 64 memory requirements for Boot CD 18
source ESX Server 33 starting the wizard to edit a task 63 Storage Craft ShadowProtect 19, 35 Summary Tab, the 61 system reconfiguration 11 System Restore checkpoints removing 57 System Restore Checkpoints, removing 42, 51 System Restore, removing checkpoints 57
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table of contents pane 32, 46 task completing import creation 42, 51 editing 63 editing failed 64 Task List 59 task manager canceling a task 62 changer number of tasks displayed 65 changing run order 64 clearing all tasks from history 62 deleting a task 62 Details View 61 filtering tasks by status 65 number of concurrent tasks 64 starting and canceling tasks 61 Summary tab 61 Task Progress tab 61 Task Progress tab, the 61, 62 Task View, managing migrations with 15, 59 tasks filtering display of 65 maximum concurrent 64 run order 64 TCP/IP ports 23 toolbar 60 troubleshooting tips, remote hot cloning 23
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network, same for source and destination machines 11
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offline cloning. See cold cloning Open Virtual Machine Format, see OVF 15 operating system system that Boot CD runs on 17 OVF format for virtual appliances 30
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p2vTool input XML file examples 70 options 67 output XML file example 74 p2vTool output file example, -query option 74 p2vTool XML input file examples migration 70 ports required for conversion 23 progress, viewing 62
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remote cloning defined 11 troubleshooting tips 23 removing System Restore checkpoints 57 removing VMware Converter 26 repairing VMware Converter 26 resources, specifying 36, 47
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unblocking File and Printer Sharing 24 uninstalling VMware Converter 26 uses for VMware Converter 9
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VCB, See VMware Consolidated Backup Version support 19 viewing a tasks progress 62 viewing the log 63 virtual appliances browsing for 34
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settings affected by conversion 22 ShadowProtect 19, 35 Simple File Sharing, turning off 23
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converting 34 destination 38 downloading from URL 34 overview 30 selecting as source 34 virtual disks on FAT file systems 40, 49 virtual hardware CPU issues 22 disk device issues 22 Ethernet adapter issues 22 graphics card issues 22 virtual machine destination on same network as source 11 supported file types 38 unsupported conversion scenarios 31 virtual machines exporting 38 unsupported conversion scenarios 31 Virtual PC support 19 Virtual Server support 19 VirtualCenter support 19 VMware Consolidated Backup 20 VMware Converter default location of application folder 25 installing 25 removing 26 repairing 26 uninstalling 26 uses 9 VMware Converter Agent VMware Converter Boot CD modifying ISO image 52 VMware Fusion support 19 VMware Server support 19 volume, supported types 14
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Windows cold clone requirements for Boot CD 18 removing System Restore Checkpoints 42, 51 Simple File Sharing 23 Windows Firewall 24 Windows Server Domain 42, 51 Windows XP checking Windows Firewall blocks 24 turning off Simple File Sharing 23 WINS, specifying the addresses 42, 51, 57 wizard table of contents pane 32, 46 Workstation as destination 39, 48 Workstation support 19
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VMware Converter Users Manual

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VMware Converter Users Manual

About This Book

Thisbook,theVMwareConverterUsersManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingandusing VMware Converter.

Technical Support and Education Resources

Online and Telephone Support

VMware Education Services

Migration with VMware Converter

ESX Server 2.5.x host virtual machine

Workstation 6 VMware Fusion VMware Server 2 virtual machine

Workstation 4 GSX Server virtual machine

VMware Converter Editions

Localhotcloningtohostedproducts (Workstation,VMwarePlayer,GSXServer, VMwareServer)andESXServer.Remotehot cloningtohostedproductsonly. Singlemigrationatatime.Setupand scheduleaconversion.

Cloning and System Reconfiguration of Physical Machines

Hot and Cold Cloning

Local and Remote Cloning

Remote Hot Cloning Workflow

Remote Hot Cloning of a Physical Machine 1 Converterpreparesthesourcemachineforaconversion. Converterinstallstheagentonthesourcemachineandtheagenttakesasnapshotofthesourcevolumes.

Converterpreparesthevirtualmachineonthedestinationmachine. Convertercreatesavirtualmachineonthedestinationmachineandtheagentcopiesvolumesfromthe sourcemachinetothedestinationmachine.

Convertercompletestheconversionprocess. Theagentinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachineand personalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).

Local Cold Cloning Workflow

Converterpreparesthevirtualmachineonthedestinationmachine. Convertercreatesavirtualmachineonthedestinationmachineandcopiesvolumesfromthesource machinetothedestinationmachine.

Convertercompletestheconversionprocess. Converterinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachineand personalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).

5 image in RAM disk

VMware Converter Boot CD 7 5 source volumes

Migrating Existing Virtual Machines and System Images

Converting Virtual Machines

Configuring Virtual Machines

Converting and Exporting Virtual Appliances

New in Converter 3.0.3

Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning

Foracoldclone,theVMwareConverterBootCDcanbestartedfrom,andclone,machineswithstorage controllersandnetworkadaptersthatMicrosoftlistsassupportedinWindows2003.Withthisrequirement met,ConvertercanclonemachinesrunningoperatingsystemsnotedintheApplicationRequirementssection.

Chapter 2 System Requirements

Virtual Machine and System Image Requirements

Restoring VCB Images in Converter

Information Not Preserved for Hosted Product Destinations

Chapter 2 System Requirements

Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users

Level of Internationalization Support

Table 2-3. Internationalization Compliance in GUI Data Entry (Continued)

How Converting Affects Settings

Changes to Virtual Hardware

Chapter 2 System Requirements

Primarydiskcontrollerscanbedifferentfromthesourcemachinescontrollers. Applicationsmightnotworkiftheydependondevicesthatarenotavailablefromwithinavirtual machine.

TCP/IP Port Requirements

Remote Hot Cloning Troubleshooting Tips

Common Requirements for Windows Operating Systems

Turning off Simple File Sharing on Windows Platforms

To turn off Simple File Sharing in Windows XP Professional 1 2 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>FolderOptions. IntheFolderOptionspage,clicktheViewtabanddeselectUseSimpleFileSharing(Recommended).

Installing and Uninstalling

OntheReadytoInstalltheProgrampage,clickInstall. Messagesappearthatindicatetheprogressoftheinstallation. IfyouclickCancelduringtheinstallation,theinstalledfilesarerolledbackandtheoperatingsystemis returnedtoitsoriginalstate.

Uninstalling, Modifying, or Repairing

Chapter 3 Installing and Uninstalling

ClickNext. WhenthewizardfinishesremovingorrepairingtheConverter,youmighthavetorestartyoursystem beforeyoucanuseVMwareConverter.Ifso,adialogboxappears.

Installing Converter to Run in Install-Less Mode

Adding or Changing an Enterprise License

Performing a Scripted Install

Table 3-1. Scripted Install Command-Line Options (Continued)

Selecting a Conversion Procedure