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VMware Converter Users Manual

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Contents

Preface 7

1 IntroductiontoVMwareConverter 9MigrationwithVMwareConverter 9

VMwareConverterEditions 10

CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachines 10

HotandColdCloning 11

LocalandRemoteCloning 11

ExampleofRemoteHotCloning 11

ExampleofLocalColdCloning 13

CloningModes 14

VolumeBasedCloning 14

DiskBased

Cloning 15

MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImages 15

ConvertingVirtualMachines 15

ConfiguringVirtualMachines 15

ManagingTasks 15

NewinVMwareConverter3.0.2 16

2 SystemRequirements 17ApplicationRequirements 17

MemoryRequirementsforColdCloning 18

PhysicalMachinesThatCanBeImported 18

Virtual

Machines

and

System

Images

That

Can

Be

Imported 19RestoringVMwareConsolidatedBackupImagesinConverter 20

InformationNotPreservedWhenUsingConverterforManagedProductDestinations 20

InformationNotPreservedWhenUsingConverterforHostedProductDestinations 20

SupportedDestinations 21

LevelofInternationalization(i18n)Support 21

HowConvertingAffectsSettings 22

ChangestoVirtualHardware 22

TCP/IPPortsRequiredbyVMwareConverter 22

3 InstallingandUninstallingVMwareConverter 23InstallingVMwareConverter 23

Uninstalling,Modifying,

or

Repairing

VMware

Converter 24

InstallingVMwareConvertertoRuninInstallLessMode 25

AddingaLicense 25

PerformingaScriptedInstall 25

4 ImportingMachineswithVMwareConverter 27SelectingtheProcedureforYourImport 27

ImportinginInstallLessMode 27

ColdCloningaPhysicalMachine 27

DeterminingtheProceduretoFollow 27

TheLogInfoButton 28


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ClustersConverterDoesNotSupport 28

StartingtheWizardforaConversion 29

Step1:SelectingYourSource 29

SelectingaPhysicalMachineastheSource 29

SelectinganESXServerVirtualMachineastheSource 31

SelectingaStandaloneVirtualMachineastheSource 31

Step2:ChoosingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachine 33

Importing

Your

Source

Machine

as

an

ESX

Server

Virtual

Machine 33ImportingYourSourceMachineasaWorkstationVirtualMachine 34

Step3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional) 37

CompletingtheImportTaskCreation 38

5 UsingtheConverterBootCDforLocalColdCloning 41ColdCloningandtheConverterBootCD 41

StartingtheWizardforaConversion 41

Step1:SelectingYourSourceData 42

Step2:ChoosingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachine 43

ClustersConverterDoesNotSupport 43

ImportingYourSourceMachineasanESXServerVirtualMachine 43

ImportingYour

Source

Machine

as

a

Workstation

Virtual

Machine 44

Step3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional) 45

CompletingtheImportTaskCreation 46

UsingpeTooltoModifytheConverterBootCD 47

6 ConfiguringVMwareVirtualMachines 49StartingtheConfiguration 49

StartingtheWizardandGettingtoSourceSelection 49

SelectinganESXServerVirtualMachineastheSource 49

SelectingaStandaloneVirtualMachineastheSource 50

CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional) 50

CompletingtheConfiguration 52

7 ManagingTasks 53MultipleTasks 53

TaskView 53

TaskList 53

Toolbar 54

DetailsView 55

SummaryTab 55

TaskProgressTab 55

StartingandCancelingTasks 56

StartingaTaskfromtheTaskView(ForcingaQueuedTasktoRun) 56

Cancelinga

Task 57

DeletingaTask 57

LookingatProgressandtheLogs 57

ViewingaTasksProgress 57

ExportingandViewingtheLog 57

EditingTasks 58

EditingaTask 58

EditingaFailedTask 58

ManagingHowTasksRun 59

ControllingtheNumberofTasksRunningConcurrently 59

ChangingtheRunOrder 59

ChangingtheNumberofTasksDisplayedintheTaskList 59


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Contents

ChangingWhichTasksAreDisplayedintheTaskList 60

A Migrationwithp2vToolCommand LineInterface 61UsingtheExperimentalp2vToolCommandLineInterface 61

SyntaxandOptions 61

CancelingaTask 62

SourceMachinesandDestinationMachines 62

RestoringVMware

Consolidated

Backup

Images

with

p2vTool 63

ExamplesofXMLInputFilesforMigrations 63

ExamplesofXMLInputFilesforConsolidatedBackupRestore 66

Glossary 69

Index 77


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ThisprefaceprovidesinformationabouttheVMwareConverterUsersManualandlinkstoVMwaretechnicalsupportandeducationalresources.

About This Book

Thismanual,theVMwareConverterUsersManual,providesinformationaboutinstallingandusingVMwareConverter.

Intended Audience

Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMwareConverter.VMwareConverter

userstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopmentandtestingorworkwithmultipleoperating

systemsorcomputingenvironments:softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,salespeoplewhorun

demos,andanyonewhowantstocreatevirtualmachines.Anothersetofusersincludesanyonewhoneedsto

nonintrusivelycopyandtransformphysicalsystemsintoVMwarevirtualmachines,eitherlocallyor

remotely.

Document Feedback

Ifyouhavecommentsaboutthisdocumentation,submityourfeedbackto:

[email protected]

Technical Support and Education Resources

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.

Self-Service Support

UsetheVMwareTechnologyNetwork(VMTN)forselfhelptoolsandtechnicalinformation:

Productinformationhttp://www.vmware.com/products/

Technologyinformation

http://www.vmware.com/communities/content

Documentationhttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubs

VMTNKnowledgeBasehttp://www.vmware.com/support/kb

Discussionforumshttp://www.vmware.com/community

Usergroupshttp://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/usergroups.html

FormoreinformationabouttheVMwareTechnologyNetwork,gotohttp://www.vmtn.net

Preface
mailto:[email protected]://www.vmware.com/products/http://www.vmware.com/support/pubshttp://www.vmware.com/support/kbhttp://www.vmware.com/communityhttp://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/usergroups.htmlhttp://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtnhttp://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtnhttp://www.vmware.com/vcommunity/usergroups.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/communityhttp://www.vmware.com/support/kbhttp://www.vmware.com/support/pubshttp://www.vmware.com/communities/contenthttp://www.vmware.com/products/mailto:[email protected]


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Online and Telephone Support

Useonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductandcontractinformation,and

registeryourproducts.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support.

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthefastestresponseon

priority1issues.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.

Support OfferingsFindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Goto

http://www.vmware.com/support/services.

VMware Education Services

VMwarecoursesofferextensivehandsonlabs,casestudyexamples,andcoursematerialsdesignedtobeused

asonthejobreferencetools.FormoreinformationaboutVMwareEducationServices,goto

http://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm.
http://www.vmware.com/supporthttp://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/support/serviceshttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfmhttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfmhttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfmhttp://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfmhttp://www.vmware.com/support/serviceshttp://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/support


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VMwareConverterprovidesascalablesolutionformigrationsofmachines,bothphysicaltovirtualand

virtualtovirtual.Optimizedformassmigration,VMwareConverterisequallyeffectiveforsinglemachine

conversions.Withitscomprehensivewizardsandtaskmanager,VMwareConverterimportsvirtualmachines

faster,withfewermanualstepsrequiredandfewersourcehardwarelimitationsthanothermethods.Withits

abilitytohotclone,Convertercanimportanewvirtualmachinewithnodowntimeonitssourcephysical

machine.VMwareConvertercombinesandexpandsthefunctionalityavailableintheVMwareproductsP2VAssistant

andVirtualMachineImporter.IteasesinteroperabilityamongVMwarehostedproducts(Workstation,ACE,

VMwareFusion,VMwareServer,andVMwarePlayer),VirtualCenter managedESXServer3.xand2.5.x,and

unmanagedESX Server3.x.ItalsorestoresVMwareConsolidatedBackupimagesintoVMwarevirtual

machines.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections:

MigrationwithVMwareConverteronpage 9

CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachinesonpage 10

MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImagesonpage 15

ManagingTasks

on

page 15

NewinVMwareConverter3.0.2onpage 16

Migration with VMware Converter

WithVMwareConverteryouimportvirtualmachinesfromdifferentsourceformatsintooneofseveral

VMwareproductdestinations.Usetheapplicationto:

ConvertphysicalmachinesforuseacrossdifferentVMwareproductformats.

ConvertvirtualmachinesforuseacrossdifferentVMwareproductformats.

MovevirtualmachinesacrossdifferentVMwareproductplatforms.

CreateVMware

virtual

machines

from

VMware

Consolidated

Backup

images.

CreateVMwarevirtualmachinesfromthirdpartyformatslikeAcronisTrueImage,SymantecBackup

ExecSystemRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery),NortonGhost,StorageCraftShadowProtect,and

MicrosoftVirtual ServerandVirtual PC.

Reducethetimeneededtopopulatenewvirtualmachineenvironments.

Migratelegacyserverstonewhardwarewithnoneedtoreinstalloperatingsystemsorapplication

software.

Performmigrationsacrossheterogeneoushardware.

Proactivelyreadjustdisksizes,types,andpartitionstomaximizeutilizationofstorageresources.

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Startandmanagemultipleconcurrentmigrations.

Viewaudittrail

Figure 11illustrateshowVMwareConverterCreatesandMigratesVMwareReadyVirtualMachinesfroma

BroadRangeofSources.

Figure 1-1. VMware Converter Source and Destination Machines

VMware Converter Editions

VMwareConverter

comes

in

two

editions,

Starter

and

Enterprise,

to

meet

the

particular

need

of

different

users

andusecases.

Cloning and System Reconfiguration of Physical Machines

Cloningistheprocessofcreatingacloneddisk,wherethecloneddiskisavirtualdiskthatisanexactcopyof

thesourcephysicaldisk.Thisinvolvescopyingthedataonaphysicalsourcemachinesharddiskand

transferringthatdatatoatargetvirtualdisk(thenewcloneddisk).Systemreconfigurationistheprocessof

physicalmachines

virtual

machines

third-partyimages

*.tib*.vmc*.sv2i*.spf

VMware Consolidated Backup images

source destination

VMware

Converter

virtualmachine

Workstation 6VMware FusionVMware Server 2

virtualmachine

Workstation 4GSX Server

virtualmachine

Workstation 5VMware Player

VMware Server 1

ESX Server 2.5.xhost

virtualmachine

ESX Server 3.xhost

virtualmachine

VirtualCenter

Server

Table 1-1. Differences Between Starter and Enterprise Editions

VMware Converter Starter VMware Converter Enterprise

Environment DesignedforsinglemigrationstoVMwareproductssuchasVirtualInfrastructure3,VMwarePlayer,VMwareWorkstation,andVMwareServer.

DesignedformultipleconcurrentmigrationstoVirtualInfrastructure3andhostedproducts

License Freedownload. LicensedasapartofSnS(SupportandSubscription)withVirtualCenterManagementServer.

Cloning Localhot

cloning

to

hosted

products

(Workstation,VMwarePlayer,GSXServer,VMwareServer)andESXServer.Remotehotcloningtohostedproductsonly

Localhot

cloning

to

hosted

products

and

ESX

Server.RemotehotcloningtohostedproductsandESXServer.Localcoldcloning(ConverterBootCD)tohostedproductsandESXServer.

Job Management Singlemigrationatatime.

Taskediting.

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Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware Converter

adjustingthemigratedoperatingsystemtoenableittofunctiononvirtualhardware.Thisadjustmentis

performedonthetargetvirtualdiskaftercloningandenablesthetargetvirtualdisktofunctionasabootable

systemdiskinavirtualmachine.

TheVMwareConverterwizardoutputsacompletelynewVMwarevirtualmachinebasedonasourcephysical

machine.Themigrationprocessisnondestructive,soyoucancontinuetousetheoriginalsourcemachine.

However,torunanimportedVMwarevirtualmachineonthesamenetworkasthesourcephysicalmachine,

youmustmodifythenetworknameandIPaddressononeofthemachines,sothephysicalandvirtual

machinescan

coexist

properly.

Hot and Cold Cloning

VMwareConvertersupportshotcloningandcoldcloning.Hotcloning,alsocalledlivecloningoronlinecloning,entailscloningthesourcemachinewhileitisrunningitsoperatingsystem.Coldcloning,alsocalledofflinecloning,entailscloningthesourcemachinewhenitisnotrunningitsoperatingsystem.Incoldcloning

theuserrebootsthesourcemachinefromaCDthathasitsownoperatingsystem,fromwhichtheVMware

Converterapplication

runs.

Cold

cloning

leaves

no

footprint

on

the

source

machine.

Local and Remote Cloning

Forlocalcloning,themigrationisperformedwiththeapplicationrunningonthesourcemachine.Withremotecloning,thesourcemachinecanbeaccessedwithouthavingtophysicallytouchit,aslongasitisrunning.

Example of Remote Hot Cloning

Figures1

2

and

1

3

show

the

general

steps

followed

by

VMware

Converter

after

a

user

has

set

up

a

migration

taskusingtheconverterwizardavailableontheapplication.Allthestepsintheillustrationsareautomated.

TheyareperformedbyConverterwithoutoperatorinvolvementaftertheuserhascreatedthetaskwiththe

wizard.Thisisanexampleofhotcloning,inwhichthephysicalmachinebeingclonedexperiencesno

downtime.

Remote Hot Cloning of a Physical Machine

Figure 1-2. Initial State of Source and Destination Machines

NOTE YoucannotmoveOEMmediabetweenphysicalmachines.Thelicenseisattachedtotheserverwhen

purchasedfromtheOEMandcannotbereassigned.OnlyRetailandVolumeLicensescanbereassignedto

newphysicalservers.IfyoumigrateanOEMimage,youneedaWindowsServerEnterpriseorDatacenter

EditionlicenseontheESXServertorunmultiplevirtualmachines.

NOTE Whenhotcloningdualbootsystems,youcancloneonlythedefaultoperatingsystemthatboot.ini

pointsto.Toclonethenondefaultoperatingsystem,changeboot.initopointtotheotheroperatingsystem

andreboot.Afteryouarebootedintotheotheroperatingsystem,youcaninstallConverterandhotcloneit.

VMware Converter runningon Windows machine

runningphysical machine ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes



source destination

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sourcevolumes


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Figure 1-3. Preparing the Source Machine for a Conversion

1 TheConverterinstallstheagentonthesourcemachine.

2 TheAgenttakesasnapshotofthesourcevolumes.

Figure 1-4. Preparing the Virtual Machine on the Destination Machine

3 Convertercreatesanewvirtualmachineonthedestinationmachine.

4 TheAgentcopiesvolumesfromthesourcemachinetothedestinationmachine.

Figure 1-5. Completing the Conversion Process

5 TheAgentinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachine.

6 TheAgentpersonalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).

agent



source destination

network

snapshot

1

2

3

sourcevolumes

agent



volumes

source destination

network

snapshot

3

4

VM

source

volumes

agent



source destination

network

65

VM

sourcevolumes

snapshot

reconfiguration

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Figure 1-6. Cleaning Up

7 Converterremovesalltracesfromthesourcemachine.

Example of Local Cold Cloning

Figures17and18showthegeneralstepsfollowedbyVMwareConverterafterauserhassetupamigration

usingtheconverterwizardavailableontheBootCD.AftertheuserhasbootedfromtheConverterBootCD

andused

the

application

on

it

to

direct

the

course

of

the

migration,

the

remaining

steps

are

performed

by

Converterwithoutoperatorinvolvementuntilrebootingthesourcemachinetoreturntoitsoriginaloperating

system.

Local Cold Cloning of a Physical Machine

Figure 1-7. Initial State of Source and Destination Machines

Figure 1-8. Preparing the Source Machine Image

1 UserbootsthesourcemachinefromtheConverterBootCDandusesVMwareConvertertodefineand

startthemigration.

2 ConvertercopiesthesourcevolumesintoaRAMdisk.


runningphysical machine

sourcevolumes

ESX Server

source destination

network

7

VM

5

ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes

VMwareConverter Boot CD

physical machine

Converter


physical machine ESX Server

source destination

network

copy

1

2

3

sourcevolumes

image inRAM disk


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Figure 1-9. Preparing the Virtual Machine on the Destination Machine

3 Convertercreatesanewvirtualmachineonthedestinationmachine.

4 Convertercopiesvolumesfromthesourcemachinetothedestinationmachine.

Figure 1-10. Completing the Conversion Process

5 Converterinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachine.

6 Converterpersonalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).

Figure 1-11. Cleaning Up

7 UserremovesBootCDandrebootsthesourcephysicalmachinetoreturnittoitsownoperatingsystem.

Thevirtualmachineisreadytorunonthedestinationmachine

Cloning Modes

VMwareConverter

implements

two

cloning

modes:

disk

based

cloning

and

volume

based

cloning.

Volume-Based Cloning

VMwareConvertersupportsvolumebasedcloningforhotandcoldcloningandforimportationofexisting

virtualmachines.Involumebasedcloning,allvolumesinthedestinationvirtualmachinearebasicvolumes,

regardlessofthetypeinthecorrespondingsourcevolume.Sometypesofsourcevolumesareunsupported

andareskippedduringcloning.

ESX Server

volumes

source destination

network

3

4

VM

sourcevolumes

Converter


physical machine

image inRAM disk

ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes

Converter


physical machine

VM

65

reconfigurationcustomization

(opt.)

image inRAM disk

5

ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes


physical machine

7

VM


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Levelsofsupport:

Hotcloningsupportsalltypesofsourcevolumes.

Coldcloning(ConverterBootCD)supportsalltypesofdynamicvolumes,butdoesntsupport

Windows NT 4faulttolerantvolumes.

VirtualmachineimportingsupportsbasicvolumesandalltypesofdynamicvolumesexceptRAID.It

doesntsupportWindows NT 4faulttolerantvolumes.OnlyMasterBootRecord(MBR)disksare

supported.GUID

Partition

Table

(GPT)

disks

are

not

supported.

Disk-Based Cloning

Convertersupportsdiskbasedcloningforcoldcloningandforimportationofexistingvirtualmachines.

Diskbasedcloningtransfersallsectorsfromalldisks,preservingallvolumemetadata.Thedestinationvirtual

machinereceivesexactlythesamevolumes,ofthesametype,asthoseofthesourcevirtualmachine.

Diskbasedcloningsupportsalltypesofbasicanddynamicdisks.

Migrating Existing Virtual Machines and System Images

TheVMwareConverterwizardcreatesanewVMwarevirtualmachinebasedonasourcevirtualmachineor

systemimage.Themigrationprocessisnondestructive,soyoucancontinuetousetheoriginalsourcevirtual

machine

or

system

image

with

the

product

used

to

create

the

source

virtual

machine.

To

run

an

imported

VMwarevirtualmachineonthesamenetworkasthesourcevirtualmachine,modifythenetworknameand

IPaddressononeofthevirtualmachinessothattheoriginalandnewvirtualmachinescancoexist.

Converting Virtual Machines

VMwareConverterletsyoumoveVMwarevirtualmachinesbetweenWorkstation,VMwarePlayer,VMware

ACE,VMwareFusion,ESXServer,GSXServer,andVMwareServer.Italsoimportsvirtualmachinesfrom

MicrosoftVirtual ServerandVirtual PC.

Configuring Virtual Machines

ForVMwarevirtualmachineswhosediskshavebeenpopulatedbyrestoringfromabackupofaphysicalhost

or

by

some

other

direct

means

of

copying,

VMware

Converter

prepares

the

image

to

run

on

VMware

virtual

hardware.

Managing Tasks

VMwareConverterprovidesataskmanagerasanew,robusttoolformanagingmigrations.Thiscanbefora

singleimportorformultiple,concurrentmigrations.Afteryoucreateataskusingtheconverterwizardtoset

uphowyouwanttoimportamachine,usetheTaskViewofthemanagerto:

Startorstopanimport.

Changetherunorder.

Forceaqueuedtasktorun.

Controlthe

number

of

jobs

running

simultaneously.

Filtertheviewofwhattasksaredisplayed.

Editatask.

Viewatasksprogress.

Cancelatask.

Editandrestartafailedtask.

Deleteatask.

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New in VMware Converter 3.0.2

Thisreleaseadds:

ConversionofVMwarehardwareversion6products:Workstation6.x,VMwareACE2.x,VMwareFusion

1.x,andVMwarePlayer2.x.

Conversionofanadditionalthirdpartydiskimageformat:AcronisTrueImage9

Experimental

support

for

Microsoft

Vista

32

bit

and

64

bit

operating

systems Avarietyoffixes.Seethereleasenotesat

http://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv302.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv302.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv302.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv302.html


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ThischapterdescribestherequirementstobefulfilledbeforeoperatingVMwareConverteranddescribesthe

compatibilitiesandinteroperabilitiesamongthesystemsonwhichandwithwhichitworks.

Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections:

ApplicationRequirementsonpage 17

MemoryRequirements

for

Cold

Cloning

on

page 18

PhysicalMachinesThatCanBeImportedonpage 18

VirtualMachinesandSystemImagesThatCanBeImportedonpage 19

SupportedDestinationsonpage 21

LevelofInternationalization(i18n)Supportonpage 21

HowConvertingAffectsSettingsonpage 22

TCP/IPPortsRequiredbyVMwareConverteronpage 22

Application Requirements

VMwareConverteranditsAgentrunonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:

Windows NTSP6+(withIE5orhigher)

Windows2000

Windows200332bitand64bit

WindowsXPProfessional32bitand64bit

WindowsVista32bitand64bit(experimentalsupportonly)

VMwareConvertercanruninvirtualmachinesthatusethelistedoperatingsystemsasguestoperating

systems.

Forconfiguringvirtualmachines,orforimportingthirdpartyimagesandVMwarehostedproductvirtual

machines,theoperatingsystemonwhichConverterrunsmustbeequalto,orgreaterthan,theoperating

systemonthesourcemachine,asshowninTable 21.

System Requirements 2

NOTE

AlthoughVMware

Converter

operates

on

Windows

only,

after

the

migration,

you

can

transfer

the

virtualmachinetotheVMwaresupportedhostplatformofyourchoice.


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Spaceinformationandrequirementsforinstallation:

Installersize29MB

Installedfiles63MB

Minimum

boot

drive

requirement

(if

installed

on

boot

drive)

120MB Minimumbootdriverequirement(ifinstalledonanotherdrive)105MB

TheVMwareConverterBootCDrunsonitsowncopyofWindowsPreinstallationEnvironment(WinPE).

Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning

ForcoldcloningwiththeVMwareConverterBootCD(seeChapter 5,UsingtheConverterBootCDforLocal

ColdCloning,onpage 41),thesourcephysicalmachinemustmeetcertainmemoryrequirements.

TheminimummemoryrequirementonthephysicalmachineforrunningConverterBootCDis264MB.The

recommendedmemoryis364MB.Table 22showsthelimitationsplacedoncoldcloningifyouuselessthan

therecommendedmemoryrequirement,aswellasinformationonRAMdisksize.

Physical Machines That Can Be ImportedVMwareConvertercanhotcloneandreconfigureanyphysicalmachinerunninganoperatingsystemnoted

intheprevioussection,ApplicationRequirements.

Foracoldclone,theVMwareConverterBootCDcanbestartedfrom,andclone,machinesfittedoutwith

storagecontrollersandnetworkadaptersthatMicrosoftlistsassupportedinWindows2003.Withthis

requirementmet,Convertercanclonemachinesrunningoperatingsystemsnotedintheprevioussection.

Table 2-1. Operating System Compatibility for Configuring, Importing VMware Hosted Products, or Importing

Third-Party Images.

Operating System

On Source Machine

Compatible Operating Systems on the System Running VMware Converter

Windows NT Server Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista

WindowsNTServer X X X X X

Windows2000 X X X X

WindowsXP X X X

Windows2003 X X X

WindowsVista X X X

NOTE SupportforWindowsVistaisexperimental.

Table 2-2. Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning with the Boot CD

If the Source Physical Machines Memory (m) Is Then the Boot CD

Lessthan264MB Cannotperformacoldclone.

Greaterthanorequalto264MBbutlessthan296MB Canperformacoldclone,butcannotuseaRAMdisk.

Greaterthanorequalto296MBbutlessthan364MB CanperformacoldclonewithaRAMdisk,althoughusingnetworkshareissuggested.TheRAMdisksizeismminus264MB.

Greaterthanorequalto364MB CanperformacoldclonewithaRAMdisk.

TheRAMdisksizeismminus264MB,uptoalimitof124MB.


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Virtual Machines and System Images That Can Be Imported

VMwareConvertercanimportvirtualmachinescreatedwith:

Workstation6.x,Workstation5.x,andWorkstation4.x

VMwareFusion1.x

ESXServer3.x

ESXServer

2.5.x

(if

the

server

is

managed

with

VirtualCenter

2.x)

GSXServer3.x

VMwareServer1.x

VirtualCenter2.x

MicrosoftVirtual PCversion7andlater

AnyversionofMicrosoftVirtual Server

VMwareConvertercanimportsystemimagesfrom:

VMwareConsolidatedBackup

Acronis

True

Image

9

SymantecBackupExecSystemRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery)6.5and7.0,

LiveStateRecovery3.0and6.0,andNortonGhostversion9.0,10.0,and12.0(.sv2ifiles).

StorageCraftShadowProtect(experimentalsupport)

Notethefollowinglimitations:

Virtualmachinesmustbepoweredoffbeforeyouimportthem.Youcannotimportsuspendedvirtual

machines.

VirtualmachinesfromMacintoshversionsofVirtual PCarenotsupported.

TheoperatingsystemonthesourceVirtual PCorVirtual ServervirtualmachinemustbeaWindows

guestoperatingsystemsupportedbytheintendedVMwareplatform(forexample,VMware

Workstation 5or

6).

See

the

VMware

Web

site

for

a

list

of

supported

operating

systems:

http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html

VMwareConvertersupportsVirtual PCandVirtual ServervirtualmachineswithmostWindows

operatingsystemsprecedingWindows NT 4.0forcloningonly.Itdoesnotsupportconfiguringfor

machineswithearlierWindowsoperatingsystems.

ConvertercanimportShadowProtectandBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages,withsomelimitations.

Theselimitationsinclude:

Dynamicdisks

are

not

supported.

Allimagesforthebackupofamachineshouldbeinasinglefolder,withnootherimagesplaced

there.

Forvolumebasedcloning,allvolumesinthediskuptotheactiveandsystemvolumesmusthave

beenbackedup(Forinstance:adiskhasfourpartitions,1 4,withpartition2astheactivevolume

andpartition3asthesystemvolume.Thebackupmustinclude1through3).

Ifitisanincrementalimage,upto16incrementalbackupsaresupported.

Imagesofsystemswithlogicaldrivesarenotsupportedifthelogicaldriveisalsoasystemoractive

volume(ShadowProtectonly).

NOTE Virtual PCandVirtual ServervirtualmachineswithnonWindowsguestoperatingsystems(for

example,LinuxandDOS)arenotcompatiblewithVMwareConverter.Thisistrueevenwhenthe

destinationVMwareplatformotherwisesupportsthatguestoperatingsystem.
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Restoring VMware Consolidated Backup Images in Converter

VMwareConsolidatedBackupenablesyoutobackupentireESXServervirtualmachines,storingthebackup

usingWorkstationdisks,a.vmxfile,andacatalogfile.VMwareConvertercanrestoreConsolidatedBackup

imagesintoESXServers,andimportthemintoVMwarestandalonevirtualmachines.

ConvertersupportsrestoringConsolidatedBackupimagesofanyguestoperatingsystemtype.Forthe

operatingsystemslistedinApplicationRequirementsonpage 17,Converterenablesyoutoselectandresize

volumesandcustomizetheidentityfortherestoredvirtualmachine.Forallotherguestoperatingsystems,

Convertersupports

only

restoring

the

disks.

Converterdoesnotmaintainthe.nvramfile,northeVMwarelogfiles.Onlydisksarepreserved.

Converterdoesnotreadtheoriginallocationsettingsfromthecatalogfile.Torestoretothesamelocation,you

mustlookupinformationsuchasdatastore,hostname,foldername,andresourcepoolfromthecatalogfile

andenteritintheimportwizard.Inaddition,Converterdoesnotreadtheoriginaldisplaynamefromthe

catalogfile.Ifyouwanttousethesamenameanddontrememberit,youcanlookitupinthecatalogfile.You

canreadthecatalogfileasaplaintextfile.

Information Not Preserved When Using Converter for Managed Product Destinations

Whenrestoringimagesformanagedproductdestinations(ESXServers,forinstance),theConverterGUIwill

notpreservecertainhardwarebackinginformationfromtheoriginalimage,butrathersubstitutedefault

settings.The

affected

areas

are:

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 When Using Converter for Hosted Product Destinations

WhenimportingaConsolidatedBackupimagetoahostedproductdestination(Workstation,forinstance),the

ConverterGUI

cannot

guarantee

that

virtual

machine

properties

will

be

preserved.

This

is

because

Converter

handlesthisasanormalmigration,notarestore.

FormoreonVMwareConsolidatedBackup,seetheVirtualInfrastructure3document,VirtualMachineBackupGuide.

NOTE Anunsupportedmethodtorestoreanimagewhilepreservinginformationentailsusingthe

experimentalp2vToolcommandlineinterface,describedinAppendixA,Migrationwithp2vTool

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Supported Destinations

VMwareConvertercanoutputvirtualmachinesthatarecompatiblewith:

Workstation6.x,Workstation5.x,andWorkstation4.x

VMwareFusion1.x

VMwareACE2.xandVMwareACE1.x

VMwarePlayer

2.x

and

VMware

Player

1.x

ESXServer3.x

ESXServer2.5.x(supportonlybyimportingthroughaVirtualCenter2.xserverthatmanagesthe

ESX Server)

GSXServer3.x

VMwareServer1.x

VirtualCenter2.x

Level of Internationalization (i18n) Support

VMwareConverterisnotfullyi18ncompliant.CertainmigrationshavesomerequirementsforusingEnglish

ASCIIinvariousentries,asshowninTable 23.

StandalonevirtualmachineincludesVMwareWorkstation,VMwareConsolidatedBackup,AcronisTrueImage9,

MicrosoftVirtualPCandVirtualServer,andSymantecBackupExecServerRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery)6.5and

7.0,LiveState

Recovery

3.0

and

6.0,

and

Norton

Ghost 9,

10,

and

12

(.sv2i

only)

images.

NOTE Workstation4virtualmachinesarecompatiblewithVMwareGSXServer3.0,ESXServer2.x,and

ACE 1.x.

Table 2-3. Level of i18n Compliance in GUI Data Entry

Source Destination Limitations to Internationalization

Physicalmachine

(localorremoteclone,hotorcoldclone)

ESXServerorVirtualCentervirtualmachine

EnglishASCIIdestinationvirtualmachinename

Standalonevirtualmachine EnglishASCIIvirtualmachinename

EnglishASCIIdestinationpath

Standalonevirtualmachine ESXServerorVirtualCentervirtualmachine


Standalonevirtualmachine EnglishASCIIdestinationpath





Standalonevirtualmachine EnglishASCIIdestinationpath


NOTE InConverter,SysprepandhotfixpathsarelimitedtoEnglishASCIIcharacters.


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3

ThischapterdescribesthebasicstepsforinstallingVMwareConverter,forboththeStarterandEnterprise

editions.

Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections:

InstallingVMwareConverteronpage 23

Uninstalling,Modifying,

or

Repairing

VMware

Converter

on

page 24

InstallingVMwareConvertertoRuninInstallLessModeonpage 25

AddingaLicenseonpage 25

PerformingaScriptedInstallonpage 25

Installing VMware Converter

YoucaninstallVMwareConverterontoaphysicalmachineorvirtualmachine.Thetypicalsetupinstallsboth

VMwareConverteranditsVMwareConverterAgent.However,youcanchooseacustominstallationtoinstall

oneortheothercomponentbyitself.

To install VMware Converter

1 MakesuretheConvertersystemrequirementshavebeenmet.

SeeSystemRequirementsonpage 17.

2 DownloadthelatestversionofVMwareConverterfromtheVMwareWebsite:

http://www.vmware.com

3 Tostarttheinstaller,gotothefolderthatcontainstheinstallerfileyoudownloadedanddoubleclickthe

file:VMware-converter-3.x.x-.exe

Inthisexample,isthenameofthebuild.ThisfileisontheapplicationCDorinthelocal

directorytowhichyoudownloadedtheinstaller.

A

Preparing

to

Install

dialog

box

appears

momentarily

and

the

VMware

Converter

installation

wizard

openswithaWelcomepage.

(Ifapreviouslyinstalledapplicationisdetected,itisuninstalled.)

4 ClickNextontheWelcomepage.

5 IntheEndUserLicenseAgreementpage,clickIacceptthetermsintheLicenseAgreementandclick

Next.

6 SelectthelocationfolderforVMwareConverterintheDestinationFolderpageandclickNext.

ThedefaultlocationisC:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Converter.Toinstallinanotherlocation,

clickChangeandbrowseforthenewlocation.

7 SelectaTypicalinstallationorCustominstallationandclickNext.

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8 IntheCustomSetuppage,choosewhichcomponentstoinstall,eitherConverterManagerorConverter

Agentorboth,andclickNext.

Ifyouinstallbothcomponentsyoucanmanagetheimportofphysicalorvirtualmachinestoany

authorizedlocation.

IfyouinstallonlyConverterManager,youcanusethatmachinetoimportonlyremotephysicalmachines.

InstallingConverterAgentpreparesthelocalphysicalmachineforimport.WhenusedwiththeConverter

Manager,it

also

enables

the

importation

of

the

full

range

of

machine

types.

9 IntheReadytoInstalltheProgrampage,clickInstall.

Messagesappearthatindicatetheprogressoftheinstallation.

IfyouclickCancelduringtheinstallation,theinstalledfilesarerolledbackandtheoperatingsystemis

returnedtoitsoriginalstate.

10 WhenthewizarddisplaystheInstallationCompletedpage,clickFinish.

TheRunVMwareConverternowcheckboxisselectedbydefault.Tofinishinstallationbutnotlaunch

theapplicationatthistime,deselectthecheckboxbeforeclickingFinish.

IfyoursystemisrunningWindows 2000orWindows NTandyouhaveinstalledConverterAgent,you

mustrestartyoursystembeforeyoucanuseVMwareConverter.

Uninstalling, Modifying, or Repairing VMware Converter

InadditiontobeingabletousetheMicrosoftWindowsAddorRemoveProgramsutilityfromthecontrolpage

touninstallVMwareConverter,youcanalsoremoveitbyusingtheVMwareConverterinstallerwizard.

TheinstallerwizardhastheadditionalcapabilitytoallowyoutomodifyorrepairVMwareConverter.

To uninstall, modify, or repair VMware Converter

1 TostarttheVMwareConverterinstaller,gotothefolderthatcontainstheinstallerfileanddoubleclick

thefile:VMware-converter-3.x.x-.exe

Inthisexample,isthenameofthebuild.ThisfileisontheApplicationCDorinthelocal

directoryto

which

you

downloaded

the

installer.

TheConverterinstallationwizardopenswithaWelcomepage.

2 ClickNext.

3 IntheProgramMaintenancepage,selectModify,Repair,orRemoveandclickNext.

SelectModifytochangetheinstalledcomponentsofVMwareConverter.Thistakesyoutothe

CustomSetuppageofthewizard,whereyoucanmakechanges.SeeStep 8inToinstallVMware

Converteronpage 23.

SelectRepairtohavethewizardverifyandreinstallanydamagedcomponentsoftheConverter.

SelectRemovetouninstallVMwareConverter.

4 Inthe

Remove

the

Program

page,

you

can

remove

all

related

files

and

registry

entries

created

by

VMware

Converter,andremovethelicensefilefortheEnterpriseeditionifyouhaveit.ClickRemove.

Alternatively,ifyouaremodifyingorrepairingVMwareConverter,thepagethatappearsistheReadyto

ModifytheProgramortheReadytoRepairtheProgrampage,withoutanymentionoffiledeletion.

WhenthewizardfinishesremovingorrepairingtheConverter,youmighthavetorestartyoursystem

beforeyoucanuseVMwareConverter.Ifso,adialogboxappears.

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Installing VMware Converter to Run in Install-Less Mode

YoucanconvertarunningremotephysicalmachinewithouthavingVMwareConverterinstalledonthe

machinefromwhichyoudirectthemigration.Thisiscalledinstalllessmode.ForthisyouhaveConverter

Manageronanetworkshare,mountitfromthesystemfromwhichyoudirectthemigration,andrunthe

executablefromthere.

SeeImportinginInstallLessModeonpage 27.

Adding a License

TousetheEnterpriseeditionofVMwareConverter,youmustaddyourlicense.ThislicenseispartofSnS

(SupportandSubscription)withVMwareVirtualCenterManagementServer.

To add an Enterprise license

1 DoubleclicktheConvertericontolaunchtheVMwareConverterManagerapplication.

2 ChooseAdministration>LicensingInformationinthemainmenu.

3 ClickAddLicenseintheLicenseInformationdialogbox.

4 Inthebrowser,findandselectthelicensefileandclickOpen.

Ifthe

license

is

valid,

the

License

Information

dialog

box

shows

the

expiration

date

for

it.

5 ClickClose.

To change an Enterprise license

1 LaunchtheVMwareConverterManagerapplication.

2 ChooseAdministration>LicensingInformationinthemainmenu.

3 ClickChangeLicenseintheLicenseInformationdialogbox.

4 Inthebrowser,findandselectthelicensefileandclickOpen.

Ifthelicenseisvalid,theLicenseInformationdialogboxshowstheexpirationdateforthechanged

license.

5 ClickClose.

Performing a Scripted Install

Foradministratorswhowanttoperformapushinstall,youcaninstallConverterusingDeploymentConsole.

TwoConverterjobs,distributeP2VInstalleranduninstallp2v,shouldbesetupastasksunder

Job:System Jobs:Config Jobs.

Usingdistributep2vinstallerlaunchesVMware-converter-3.x.x-.exe(whereisthe

nameofthebuild).UsetheoptionslistedinTable 31.

Table 3-1. Some Scripted Install Command-Line Options

Option Action

INSTALLDIR=[path] Pathtotheinstaller.

ADDLOCAL=[feature(,feature. . .)] Installsthelistedfeatures.ForConverter,theoptionsareP2VGUI,P2VAgent,andALL(casesensitive).

REBOOT=\REALLYSUPPRESS\ Ifarebootisrequired,itwillbesuppressed.

/qn Quiet,noUI.

/q Quiet,withprogressinformation,nouserinteraction.

PROPERTY=[property value] Setsthevalueofpropertytopropertyvalue.

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msiexec /quiet/uninstall

{[uninstall key]}

UninstallsConverter,usingtheuninstallkeyforConverterfoundintheregistry.Tofindtheuninstallkey:inRegEdit,usethepathHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\

CurrentVersion\Uninstall,choosethetopkeyinthelistandusethedownarrowuntiltherightpaneshowstheinformationforVMwareConverter.

msiexec ? ListsMSIcommands.

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

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4

ThischapterdescribeshowtocreateaVMwareConvertertasktoimportphysicalmachines,virtualmachines,

andsystemimagesfromavarietyofsourcesintoavarietyofdestinationsusinglocalandremotehotcloning.


SelectingtheProcedureforYourImportonpage 27

Startingthe

Wizard

for

a

Conversion

on

page 29

Step1:SelectingYourSourceonpage 29

Step2:ChoosingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachineonpage 33

Step3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional)onpage 37

CompletingtheImportTaskCreationonpage 38

Selecting the Procedure for Your Import

Withthreecategoriesofsourcemachinesandimages(physicalmachine,standalonemachine,ESXServer

machine),andtwocategoriesofdestinations(standaloneWorkstationmachine,ESXServermachine),the

procedure

for

your

conversion

can

vary

from

job

to

job.

Use

Table 4

1,

Menu

of

Procedures

for

Converting

Machines,onpage 28tofindthecombinationofproceduresthatmatchesyoursourceanddestination

machines.

Importing in Install-Less Mode

InstalllessmodeentailsconvertingarunningremotephysicalmachinewithouthavingtoinstalltheVMware

ConverterManager(sometimescalledtheGUI)ontothemachinefromwhichyouareinitiatingthe

migration.Torunininstalllessmode,temporarilyinstalltheConverterManageronamachineandcopythe

filesintheinstalldirectorytoanetworkshare.Afterthisyoucanmountthenetworksharefromanother

machineandruntheexecutablewithouthavingtoinstallitonthatparticularmachine.

AfterstartingtheConverterManagerfromthemountednetworkshare,followtheprocedureslistedfora

remotephysicalmachineassourceinTable 41,MenuofProceduresforConvertingMachines,onpage 28.

Cold Cloning a Physical Machine

SeeChapter 5,UsingtheConverterBootCDforLocalColdCloning,onpage 41forinstructionsonusing

theVMwareConverterBootCDtocoldclonealocalphysicalmachine.

Determining the Procedure to Follow

Table 41liststheproceduresforconvertingthethreecategoriesofsourcestothetwocategoriesof

destinations.Useittonavigatethroughthecombinationofproceduresspecifictoyourneed.

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StandalonevirtualmachineincludesVMwareWorkstation,VMwareConsolidatedBackup,AcronisTrueImage9,

MicrosoftVirtualPCandVirtualServer,andSymantecBackupExecServerRecovery(formerlyLiveStateRecovery)6.5and

7.0,LiveStateRecovery3.0and6.0,andNortonGhost 9,10,and12(.sv2ionly)images.Forinformationonthirdparty

sourcemachinesandimagessupportedbyVMwareConverter,seeVirtualMachinesandSystemImagesThat

CanBeImportedonpage 19.

The Log Info Button

ALogInfobuttoncanbefoundoneachConverterwizardpage.Clickingthebuttonextendsthepagetoshow

thelocationoftheConverterlogfilesfortheimporttaskcreation.Theselogsarestoredonlytemporarily,and

shouldberetrievedassoonasneeded.SeeExportingandViewingtheLogonpage 57.

Clusters Converter Does Not SupportIfyouareimportingyourvirtualmachinetoruninESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,andyouwantto

haveaclusterasthedestination,theclustersVMwareDRSsettingsmustbesettomanual.Converterdoesnot

support,asdestinations,clustersinwhichtheDRSissettopartiallyautomatedorfullyautomated.

Table 4-1. Menu of Procedures for Converting Machines

Source Destination

VMware Standalone Virtual Machine

(Workstation or VMware Server)

ESX Server or VirtualCenter Server Virtual

Machine

Physical Machine StartingtheWizardforaConversiononpage 29

SelectingaPhysicalMachineasthe

Sourceon

page 29

ImportingYourSourceMachineasaWorkstationVirtualMachineonpage 34

StartingtheWizardforaConversiononpage 29

SelectingaPhysicalMachineasthe

Sourceon

page 29

ImportingYourSourceMachineasanESXServerVirtualMachineonpage 33



Standalone Virtual

Machine


SelectingaStandaloneVirtualMachineastheSourceonpage 31





Step3:

Customizing

the

Guest

Operating

System

of

the

New

Virtual

Machine

(optional)

onpage 37


ESX Server or

VirtualCenter Virtual

Machine


SelectinganESXServerVirtualMachineastheSourceonpage 31








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Chapter 4 Importing Machines with VMware Converter

Starting the Wizard for a Conversion

FollowthesestepstostarttheVMwareConverterwizardfromtheVMwareConverterapplication.

To start the wizard

1 LaunchtheVMwareConverterapplication.

2 ClickImportMachineintheupperleftpartofthetoolbar.

3 ClickNext

on

the

Welcome

to

the

VMware

Converter

Import

Wizard

page.

TheSourcepageintroducestheTableofContentspane.Convertercombinesitsproceduresunderthree

sections(Steps):Step1:Source,Step2:Destination,andStep3:Customization.Whenyouproceed

toasection(Step),thatsectionexpandstodisplaythenamesofthepagesthewizardleadsyouthrough.

WhenyouarefinishedwiththatStepsection,thenextexpands.

ContinuewithStep1:SelectingYourSourceonpage 29.

Step 1: Selecting Your Source

Afteryoustartthewizard,youhavethreecategoriestochoosefromforthesourceforconvertingyourvirtual

machine.Dependingonyoursource,gotooneofthefollowingsections:

Selectinga

Physical

Machine

as

the

Source

on

page 29



Selecting a Physical Machine as the Source

Followthesestepsifyoursourcesystemisalocalorremotephysicalmachine,oraremotephysicalmachine

ifyouarerunningininstalllessmode.

Ifthemachineislocal,youmusthaveinstalledtheVMwareConverterAgentonitbeforestartingthe

conversion.

To select the source physical machine and choose the disks to import

1 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage.


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2 ClickthePhysicalcomputerbuttonontheSourceTypepageandclickNext.

3 Foraremotemachine,typeitsnameorIPaddress(orchooseamachinefromthedropdownmenu).

TypetheDOMAIN\usernameandPasswordfortheremotemachineontheSourceLoginpageandclick

Next.

Foralocalmachine,clicktheThislocalmachinebutton(theauthorizationissettothecurrentuserinthis

caseandcannotbechanged)andclickNext.

4 Choosethe

disks

to

import

by

following

the

remaining

steps

in

this

procedure.

Forhotcloningofaphysicalmachine,VMwareConverterenablesvolumebasedcloningonly.

5 Deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoimport.

Ifyoudeselectthesystemvolumeoractivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage.

Whendoingvolumebasedcloning,Converternormallyskipsthepageandhibernationfiles,because

theyarelargeanddonotcontainanyinformationthatauserwouldordinarilywanttocopy.However,

youhavetheoptiontonotignorethesefiles.Whendoingdiskbasedcloning,Convertercannotprovide

anoptiontoskipthesefiles.

6 SpecifythevolumesizeyouwantintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenuandclickNext.

Thechoicesare:

MaintainSize()keeptheoriginalvolumesize.

MinSize()importjusttheusedportionfromthe

volume,withasmallamountofspaceadded.

enteraspecificsizeingigabytes.

enteraspecificsizeinmegabytes.

Typinginavaluelessthantheminimumsizeresultsinawarningmessage.

ContinuewithStep2:ChoosingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachineonpage 33.


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Selecting an ESX Server Virtual Machine as the Source

FollowthesestepsifyoursourcesystemisavirtualmachinefromVMwareESX Serverormanagedby

VirtualCenter.

To select the source ESX Server virtual machine and choose the disks to import


2 Click

the

ESX

Server

or

VirtualCenter

virtual

machine

button

on

the

Source

Type

page

and

click

Next.3 OntheSourceLoginpage,typeinorchoosetheESXServerorVirtualCenterServercontainingthevirtual

machineyouwanttoimport.

TheESX/VCServerdropdownboxispopulatedwiththeidentifiersorlocationsofthelast10systems

loggedinto.Typeinanewidentifier.

IfyouchoseanESXServermachine,proceedtothenextstep.IfyouchoseaVirtualCenterserver,goto

Step 6.

4 ChoosethevirtualmachineyouwanttoimportfromthelistofthosefoundontheESXServermachine

youloggedonto.

5 ClickNextandgotoStep 7.

6 Specifythe

source

for

your

virtual

machine

in

the

VirtualCenter

virtual

machine

inventory

browser

and

clickNext.

SearchthebrowserthroughoneoftwoviewsoftheinventorythedefaultHosts&Clustersvieworthe

VirtualMachines&TemplatesviewintheViewdropdownmenu.

7 Toimportalldisksunchanged,makesuretheImportalldisksandmaintainsizebuttonisselectedon

theSourceDatapageandclickNext.

ImportalldisksandmaintainsizeistheonlychoiceifthevirtualmachineyouareimportinghasaLinux

guestoperatingsystem.

Otherwise,clicktheSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspacebuttonandfollowtheremaining

stepsinthisprocedure.



9 SpecifythevolumesizeintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenuandclickNext.

Thechoicesare:

MaintainSize()Choosetokeeptheoriginalvolumesize.

MinSize()Choosetoimportjusttheusedportion

fromthevolume,withasmallamountofspaceadded.

Choosetoenteraspecificsizeingigabytes.

Choose

to

enter

a

specific

size

in

megabytes.Typinginavaluelessthantheminimumsizeresultsinawarningmessage.


Selecting a Standalone Virtual Machine as the Source

Followthesestepsifyoursourcesystemisalocalorremotestandalonevirtualmachine.Thatis,onethatisa

virtualmachinefromVMwareWorkstation 4,5,or6,VMwareFusion,VMwareServer,VMwareGSX Server,

MicrosoftVirtual PC,MicrosoftVirtual Server,oraSymantecBackupExecSystemRecovery(formerly

LiveStateRecovery)6.5and7.0,LiveStateRecovery3.0and6.0,orNortonGhost 9,10,or12(.sv2ionly)image.


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To select the source standalone virtual machine and choose the disks to import


2 ClicktheStandalonevirtualmachine,backupordiskimagebuttonontheSourceTypepageandclick

Next.

3 BrowseforthesourcevirtualmachineorimagefromtheSelectVirtualMachinepageandclickNext.

4 InthefilebrowserselectthefileforthemachineyouwanttoimportandclickOpen.

YoucanfilterthetypesoffilesshownbyusingtheFilesoftypedropdownmenu.Filetypechoicesare:

AllSupportedFiles

VMwareWorkstationFiles(*.vmx,*.vmtn)

MicrosoftVirtualServerFiles(*.vmc)

SymantecBackupExecSystemRecoveryFiles(*.sv2i)

StorageCraftShadowProtectFiles(*.spf)

AcronisTrueImageFiles(*.tib)

TheVMwareConverterinspectsthefile.

IfthesourcevirtualmachineisWindows NTSMP,theVMwareConvertermightrequirefilesfromservice

packsorhotfixes.Inthiscase,theNewVirtualMachineReconfigurationpageappears.Otherwise,

proceedtoStep 7.

Thewizardshowswhichfilesitrequires.TheNextbuttonremainsdisableduntileveryitemhasacheck

besideit.

5 SelecttherowintheFilecolumn,insertthemediacontainingthatfile,andclickHaveDisk.Or,ifyou

havethefileavailableonyoursystemornetwork,clickHaveDiskandbrowsetoselectthefile.

Theimporterreadsthefile,andputsacheckmarkintherowifsuccessful.

6 Repeatthisforeachrequiredfile,andwhenfinished,clickNext.

Ifthesourcevirtualmachineyouveselectedispasswordprotected,theVirtualMachineLoginpage

appears.

7 TypethepasswordandclickNext.

Ifthesourcevirtualmachineisnotpasswordprotected,thewizardskipsthispageandpresentsthe

Source

Data

page.8 Toimportalldisksunchanged,makesuretheImportalldisksandmaintainsizeradiobuttonisselected

ontheSourceDatapageandclickNext.

Ifyouarecreatingalinkedclone,youmustusetheImportalldisksoption.Importalldisksistheonly

choiceifthevirtualmachineyouareimportinghasaLinuxguestoperatingsystem.





NOTE IfyouarerunningVMwareConverteronasystemrunningMicrosoftWindows 2000orlater,and

youareimportingaMicrosoftWindows NT4.0virtualmachineorimage,awarningmessageadvisesthat

theimportprocesswillupgradeanyNTFSpartitionsintheresultingvirtualmachinetoanewerversion

oftheNTFSfilesystem.Toavoidupgradingyourfilesystem,clickNointhedialogboxandclickCancel

inthewizardpagetoendtheimport.RuntheConverterfromacomputerrunningWindows NTtoimport

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Thechoicesare:


MinSize()importjusttheusedportionfromthe

volume,withasmallamountofspaceadded.





Step 2: Choosing a Destination for the New Virtual Machine

AfteryouhavespecifiedyoursourceusingthepagescollectedunderStep1,choosefromtwocategoriesof

virtualmachineforyourdestination.Dependingonyourdestination,gotooneofthefollowingsections:



Importing Your Source Machine as an ESX Server Virtual Machine

FollowthesestepsifyouareimportingthevirtualmachinetoruninESXServerorinESXServermanagedby

VirtualCenter.

To select the destination for your converted virtual machine

1 ClickNextontheDestinationheaderpagetomovetotheDestinationTypepage.

2 ClicktheVMwareESXServerorVirtualCentervirtualmachinebuttonandclickNext.

3 IntheDestinationLoginpage,logontoitsdestinationserverandclickNext.

ESXorVirtualCenterServerLoginIdentifywhichserverreceivesthenewvirtualmachineandhowto

gainaccesstothatserver.Choosethedestinationserverfromthosepresentedinthedropdownmenuortypeinthenameoftheserverifitisnotlisted.Typeyourusernameandthepasswordforthedestination

server.

IfyouchoseanESX Server,continuewiththenextstep.IfyouchoseaVirtualCenterserver,gotoStep 6.

4 IntheVirtualMachineNamepage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine.


IfavirtualmachinewiththesamenameexistsintheESX Server,VMwareConverterdisplaysawarning

messageandasksyoutoselectanothername.

6 IntheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine.

7 Becauseyou

have

selected

a

VirtualCenter

server

as

the

destination,

you

must

choose

a

folder

within

the

VirtualCenterinventory.ClickNext.

UnlikeanESX Serverhost,theVirtualCenterinventorymightcontainmultiplehosts,clusters,and

datacenters.

8 SpecifytheresourcesfortheimportedvirtualmachineintheHostorClusterpageandclickNext.

Youselectthehost,cluster(forVirtualCenterServersonly),orresourcepoolwithinahostorclusterfrom

whichtorunthevirtualmachine.Ifyouselectaclusterinmanualmode,gotothenextsteptochoosea

hostonthatcluster.Otherwise,gotoStep 10.

9 IntheHostpage,choosethespecifichostforthevirtualmachine(clusterinmanualmodeonly)andclick

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10 SpecifythedatastoreforthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfilesanddiskandclickNext.

Alldatastoresandtheiravailablespaceappearinthispanel.Youmustchooseadatastoreordatastores

bigenoughtocontaintheselecteddisks.

Todistributethedisksoverseveraldatastores,clickAdvanced>>toseethelistofdisksandthevirtual

machineconfigurationfile.Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus.If

thereisnotenoughspace,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredamount.

11 MapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkintheNetworkspageandclick

Next.

TheNetworkspaneldisplays,indropdownmenus,thenetworksavailableatthedestinationlocation.

Thenumberofadapterstomapcanbesetinadropdownmenuaswell.

ContinuewithStep3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional)on

page 37.Ifyoudonotwanttocustomizethenewvirtualmachine,youmustgothroughtheCustomization

pageinStep3toindicatethatyoudonot.

Importing Your Source Machine as a Workstation Virtual Machine

FollowthesestepsifyouareimportingthevirtualmachinetoruninWorkstation4,4.5,5,or6,VMware

Fusion,VMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,VMwareACE1or2,orGSXServer.



2 Clickthe

VMware

standalone

virtual

machine

button

and

click

Next.

3 IntheVMName&Locationpage,typeanamefortheimportedvirtualmachineandbrowsetoenterthe

destinationlocation.

Ifthesourceisaremotephysicalmachine,aConnectAsbuttonappears.Specifyanetworkmountable

locationaccessibletoboththesourcemachineandthemachinerunningtheConverterapplication.

4 Selectthetypeofvirtualmachineyouwanttocreate:onethatworkswith

Workstation6.x,VMwareFusion1.x,VMwarePlayer2.x,VMwareACE2.x

Workstation5x,VMwareServer,VMwarePlayer

Workstation4.5.x,ACE1.x,GSXServer3.x


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5 ClickNext.

IfyouareimportinganonWorkstationvirtualmachine,continuewiththenextstep.Ifyouaredoinga

WorkstationtoWorkstationconversion,gotoStep 7.

6 Selecttheimportoptionsforafullclone,ifavailable,andclickNext.gotoStep 8.

Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthaveoptionsinhowyouallocatediskspace

forthenewvirtualmachine:

Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetter

performancebutton.Thisoptiongivessomewhatbetterperformanceforyourvirtualmachine.Ifyou

clicktheotherbutton,thevirtualdisksfilesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesizeofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned.


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TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,ensurethattheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckboxis

selected.

7 ForWorkstationtoWorkstationconversions,selecttheimportoptionsforthenewvirtualmachineonthe

VirtualMachineOptionspageandclickNext.

Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthavetwochoicesforthewayinwhichthe

importercreatestheclone:

CreateafullcloneCreatesaVMwarevirtualmachinewithnodependenciesontheoriginalvirtual

machineorsystemimage.Toallocateallthediskspaceforthisclone,clicktheAllocatealldiskspace

now

for

better

performance

button.

If

you

click

the

other

button,

the

virtual

disks

files

start

small

andgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesizeofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned.

TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,selecttheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckbox.

CreatealinkedcloneCreatesaVMwarevirtualmachinethatsharesthevirtualdiskofthesource

virtualmachineorsystemimage.

LinkedclonesareusefulforproofofconceptonanonVMwareimagesuchas.sv2iand.vmc.

8 IntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine

(cannotbegreaterthan80characters).

9 BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick

Next.

NOTE TheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformanceoptioncreatesadiskfilethatcanbe

largerthantheusedspaceofthesource.Forexample,thesourcediskmightbea16GBdiskofwhich

only2GBisusedforthefile,butimportingthefilewiththeAllocateoptioncreatesa16GBdisk.Take

thisintoaccountwhenyoulookatfreespacebeforeyouimport.

NOTE Forlinkedclones,thevirtualmachinecreatedbytheimporteriscorruptedifthesourceis

modifiedaftertheimport.ThisistrueforlinkedclonesimportedfromVirtualPCandVirtualServer

machinesandfromLiveStateimages.InthecaseofVirtualPCandVirtualServersourcevirtual

machines,theactofpoweringthesourcevirtualmachinesoninVirtual PCorVirtual Servermodifies

them,andcorruptsthelinkedclones.


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10 Mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNATnetworkintheNetworks

pageandclickNext.

ContinuewithStep3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional)on

page 37.Ifyoudonotwanttocustomizethenewvirtualmachine,youmustgothroughtheCustomization

pageinStep3toindicatethatyoudonot.

Step 3: Customizing the Guest Operating System of the New VirtualMachine (optional)

ThisstepenablesyoutoinstallVMwareToolsandcustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachine,install

VMwareToolsonly,orneitherinstallVMwareToolsnorcustomizethevirtualmachineidentity.Converter

doesnotsupportcustomizationforWindowsNT.

Customizingincludestheabilityto:

Changethecomputerinformationforidentifyingthevirtualmachineonanetwork.

Enterserverlicenseinformation.

Changethetimezoneforthevirtualmachine.

Modifythepropertiesforeachnetworkinterface.

To customize the identity of the new virtual machine

1 OntheCustomizationpage,selectCustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachineandclickNext.

Thetableofcontentsexpandstoshowthetopicsinthissectionofinstallation.

2 IntheComputerInformationpage,enterthenewcomputernameandrelatedinformationandclickNext.

ComputerNameAuniquenametoidentifythevirtualmachineonthenetwork.Validcharacters

includeAZ,az,09,andthehyphen.Underscoreisnonstandard,butVMwareConverterpermitsits

use.Thereisa63characterlimit.TheComputerNamecannotconsistonlyofnumerals.

OwnerNameValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters;63characterlimit.

OrganizationValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters;63characterlimit.

GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentity(Bydefault,thesecurity

IDispreselectedforWindowsVistasystems.)

LocationofSysprepFilesIftheapplicationhasdeterminedthislocation,thetexteditboxshows

it.Ifthisfieldisblank,youmustspecifyavalidlocationbeforegoingtothenextpanel.(Thisaction

doesnotapplytoWindowsVistasystems.)

3 EntertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,ifnecessary,ontheWindowsLicense

pageandclickNext.

YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage.

TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxappliesonlytoMicrosoftWindows 2000Serverand

Microsoft

Windows 2003

Server

operating

systems.

The

Server

License

Mode

buttons

are

disabled

if

the

checkboxisnotselected.(ThisactiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVistasystems.)

4 ChooseatimezonefromthedropdownmenuintheTimeZonepageandclickNext.

Ifnetworkinterfacesneedtobeset,theNetworkInterfaceSettingspageappears.Continuewiththenext

step.Iftheydonotneedtobeset,thepagedoesnotappear.GotoStep 8.

5 Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterfaceSettingpage

andclickCustomize.

Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost

ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNextandgotoStep 8.


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TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifoneormorenetworkadapterhasbeenmodified.Clickthisbuttonto

returnallsettingsforalladapterstothedefault.

6 UsetheNetworkPropertiesdialogboxtomodifythepropertiesofeachnetworkadapteryouwantto

change.

GeneraltabUsethistabonlytomanuallyentertheIPaddressandDNSserveraddress.

DNStabSpecifytheDNSconnectionsbyenteringDNSsuffixes.ForeachDNSsuffixyouenter,

clickAdd.

If

you

are

entering

multiple

DNS

suffixes,

use

Move

Up

and

Move

Down

to

specify

the

orderinwhichavirtualmachineistousetheconnections.

WINStabSpecifytheprimaryandsecondaryWINSaddressesbytypingtheIPaddressesinthe

entryboxes.

7 ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingpageandclickNext.

8 OntheWorkgrouporDomainpageselecthowthevirtualmachineparticipatesinanetworkandclick

Next.

WorkgroupValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15

characters.

WindowsServerDomainThetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,

space,period

(dot),

and

the

hyphen.

Each

label

delineated

by

a

dot

can

be

63

characters

long,

and

the

wholetextstringcanbeupto254characterslong.Ausernameandpasswordarealsorequired.

ContinuewithCompletingtheImportTaskCreationonpage 38.

To customize the identity of the new virtual machine and to install VMware Tools on it

1 OntheCustomizationpageselectInstallVMwareToolsandclickNext.

2 FollowthestepsinTocustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachineonpage 37.

Continuewith

Completing

the

Import

Task

Creation

on

page 38.

To install VMware Tools only

OntheCustomizationpage,ensurethattheInstallVMwareToolscheckboxisselectedandtheCustomize

theidentityofthenewvirtualmachinecheckboxisnotselected.ClickNext.

ContinuewithCompletingtheImportTaskCreationonpage 38.

To skip customization and not install VMware Tools

On

the

Customization

page,

ensure

that

the

Install

VMware

Tools

check

box

is

deselected

and

click

Next.ContinuewithCompletingtheImportTaskCreationonpage 38.

Completing the Import Task Creation

ThefinalpageintheconversionwizardistheReadytoCompletepage.Somedifferencesexistdependingon

whethertheconvertedvirtualmachineisforusewithESXServerorifthesourcemachineisaremoteone.

ClickFinishtoclosethewizardanddisplaytheTaskViewwiththeconversionjobinthetasklist.Youcan

viewtheprogressintheTaskProgresstab.

NOTE ThisprocedureisapplicableonlytoESXServerandVirtualCenterdestinations,andWorkstation6,

VMwareFusion1,VMwarePlayer2,andACE2destinations.

NOTE ThisprocedureisapplicableonlytoESXServerandVirtualCenterdestinations,andWorkstation6,

VMwareFusion1,VMwarePlayer2,andACE2destinations.


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UsersoftheEnterpriseandStartereditionsofVMwareConvertercanreturntoaqueuedjobandeditthe

settings.SeeChapter 7,ManagingTasks,onpage 53Startereditionuserscanconvertonlyonemachineata

time,however.

To complete the task creation if the destination machine is an ESX Server machine

Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine.Tohavethenewvirtualmachinepowered

onaftertheconversioniscompleted,selectPoweronthenewVirtualMachineaftercreation.ClickFinish.

To complete the task creation if the source machine is remote

Ifthesourcemachineisremote,itmustberebootedtoremovetheVMwareConverterAgentinstalledonit.

1 Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine.ClickFinish.

2 OntheWarning:RebootSourceMachinedialogbox,clickYestorebootthesourcemachine.

To complete the task creation for all other cases

Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine.ClickFinish.


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5

Thischapterdescribeshowtocoldclonealocalphysicalmachinetoavarietyofdestinations.Coldcloning

withtheVMwareConverterBootCDisavailableintheEnterpriseeditiononly.


ColdCloningandtheConverterBootCDonpage 41

Startingthe

Wizard

for

a

Conversion

on

page 41

Step1:SelectingYourSourceDataonpage 42

Step2:ChoosingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachineonpage 43



UsingpeTooltoModifytheConverterBootCDonpage 47

Cold Cloning and the Converter Boot CD

Becausethesourcephysicalmachineinacoldclonecannotberunningitsoperatingsystemthedefinitionof

acold

clonethe

operating

system

on

which

to

run

VMware

Converter

has

to

come

from

somewhere

else.

ThisisthefunctionoftheBootCD.BootingfromtheCDrunsVMwareConverteronitsowncopyofWinPE,

whichusesthephysicalmachinesmemoryfordriversandsuchduringthecloningtask.Rebootingthe

physicalmachineafterthemigrationremovesalltraces.

Starting the Wizard for a Conversion

FollowthesestepstostarttheVMwareConverterimportwizardfromtheVMwareConverterBootCD.

To boot off the CD, set options, and start the application

1 InserttheConverterBootCDinthesourcemachineandrestartthecomputer.

2 Within10seconds,pressanykeytobootintotheoperatingsystemontheCD.

3 Optionally,intheNetworkConfigurationdialogbox,changethelocationforthetemporaryfiles,

includingthelogs.

Bydefault,temporaryfilesarestoredinRAMdisk.AftertheVMwareConverterapplicationislaunched,

thedirectoryfortemporaryfilescannotbemodified.

4 Optionally,intheAdvancedtabintheNetworkConfigurationdialogbox,setthevaluefortheSpeed&

Duplexpropertyofeachnetworkadapter.

5 TheVMwareConverterapplicationlaunches.

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To specify a static IP address or map network drives

1 ChooseAdministration>NetworkConfigurationinthemainmenu.

2 ClicktheappropriatebuttonontheNetworkPropertiestabtoenterthestaticaddressesandclickApply.

3 ClicktheNetworkDrivestabandmapthedrivestothenetworkshare.

4 ClickConnect.

Ifnecessary,

enter

the

DOMAIN\user

name

and

password

to

connect

to

a

specific

network

share

and

click

OK.

5 ClickOKtoreturntotheapplication.

To start the wizard

1 ClickImportMachineintheupperleftofthetoolbar.

2 ClickNextontheWelcometotheVMwareConverterImportWizardpage.

TheSourcepageintroducestheTableofContentspane.Convertercombinesitsproceduresunderthree

sections(Steps):Step1:Source,Step2:Destination,andStep3:Customization.Whenyouproceed

toasection(Step),thatsectionexpandstodisplaythenamesofthepagesthewizardleadsyouthrough.

WhenyouarefinishedwiththatStepsection,thenextexpands.

ContinuewithStep1:SelectingYourSourceData.

Step 1: Selecting Your Source Data

Afteryoustartthewizard,younextcanchoosewhichofthesourcemachinesvolumestoimportandto

indicatethesizeyouwantthemtobeinthenewvirtualmachine.Youcanalsoimportalldisksunchanged.

To choose the disks or volumes to import

1 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttomoveontotheSourceDatapage.

2 Toimportalldisksunchanged,makesuretheImportalldisksandmaintainsizeradiobuttonisselected

ontheSourceDatapageandclickNext.Thisistheonlychoiceifthevirtualmachineyouareimporting

hasa

Linux

guest

operating

system.




Ifyoudeselectthesystemvolumeortheactivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage.


Thechoicesare:


Min[minimum]Size()importjusttheused

portionfrom

the

volume,

with

a

small

amount

of

space

added.






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Step 2: Choosing a Destination for the New Virtual Machine

AfteryouspecifyyoursourcedatausingthepagescollectedunderStep1,choosefromtwocategoriesof

virtualmachineforyourdestination.Dependingonyourdestination,gotooneofthefollowingsections:



Clusters Converter Does Not Support

IfyouareimportingyourvirtualmachinetoruninESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,andyouwantto

haveaclusterasthedestination,theclustersVMwareDRSsettingsmustbesettomanual.Converterdoesnot

support,asdestinations,clustersinwhichtheDRSissettopartiallyautomatedorfullyautomated.

Importing Your Source Machine as an ESX Server Virtual Machine

FollowthesestepsifyouareimportingthevirtualmachinetoruninESXServerorinESXServermanagedby

VirtualCenter.


1 ClickNextontheDestinationheaderpagetomovetotheDestinationtypepage.

2 ClicktheVMwareESX ServerorVirtualCentervirtualmachinebuttonandclickNext.

3 IntheDestinationLoginpage,logontoitsdestinationserverandclickNext.

ESXorVirtualCenterServerLoginIdentifywhichserverreceivesthenewvirtualmachine,andhowto

gainaccesstothatserver.Choosethedestinationserverfromthosepresentedinthedropdownmenuor

typeinthenameoftheserverifitisnotlisted.Typeyourusernameandthepasswordforthedestination

server.

IfyouchoseanESX Server,continuewiththenextstep.IfyouchoseaVirtualCenterserver,gotoStep 6.

4 IntheVirtualMachineNamepage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine.


IfavirtualmachinewiththesamenameexistsintheESX Server,VMwareConverterdisplaysawarningmessageandasksyoutoselectanothername.

6 IntheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine.

7 BecauseyouhaveselectedaVirtualCenterserverasthedestination,youmustalsochooseafolderwithin

theVirtualCenterinventoryandclickNext.

UnlikeanESX Serverhost,theVirtualCenterinventorymightcontainmultiplehosts,clusters,and

datacenters.

8 SpecifytheresourcesfortheimportedvirtualmachineintheHostorClusterpageandclickNext.

Youselectthehost,cluster(forVirtualCenterServersonly),orresourcepoolwithinahostorclusterfrom

which

to

run

the

virtual

machine.

If

you

select

a

cluster

in

manual

mode,

go

to

the

next

step

to

choose

a

hostonthatcluster.Otherwise,gotoStep 10.

9 IntheHostpage,choosethespecifichostforthevirtualmachine(clusterinmanualmodeonly)andclick

Next.

10 SpecifythedatastoreforthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfilesanddisksandclickNext.

Alldatastoresandtheiravailablespaceappearinthispanel.Youmustchooseadatastoreordatastores

bigenoughtocontaintheselecteddisks.

Todistributethedisksoverseveraldatastores,clickAdvanced>>toseethelistofdisksandthevirtual

machineconfigurationfile.Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus.


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11 MapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkintheNetworkspageandclick

Next.

TheNetworkspaneldisplaysindropdownmenusthenetworksavailableatthedestinationlocation.You

cansetthenumberofadapterstomapinadropdownmenu.

ContinuewithStep3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional).If

youdonotwanttocustomizethenewvirtualmachine,youmustgothroughtheCustomizationpageinStep

3toindicatethatyoudonot.

Importing Your Source Machine as a Workstation Virtual Machine

FollowthesestepsifyouareimportingthevirtualmachinetoruninWorkstation4,5,or6,VMwareFusion,

VMwarePlayer,VMwareServer,VMwareACE1or2,orGSXServer.



2 ClicktheVMwarestandalonevirtualmachinebuttonandclickNext.

3 IntheVMName&Locationpage,typeanamefortheimportedvirtualmachineandbrowsetoenterthe

destinationlocation.

4 Selectthetypeofvirtualmachineyouwanttocreate:onethatworkswith

Workstation6.x,VMwareFusion1.x,VMwarePlayer2.x,VMwareACE2.x

Workstation5x,VMwareServer,VMwarePlayer

Workstation 4.x,VMwareACE 1.x,GSX Server 3.x.

5 ClickNext.

6 Selecttheimportoptionsforafullclone,ifavailable.

Dependingonthetypeofsourceanddestination,youmighthaveoptionsinhowyouallocatediskspace

forthenewvirtualmachine:

To

allocate

all

the

disk

space

for

this

clone,

click

the

Allocate

all

disk

space

now

for

better

performancebutton.Thisoptiongivessomewhatbetterperformanceforyourvirtualmachine.Ifyou

clicktheotherbutton,thevirtualdisksfilesstartsmallandgrowasneeded,untiltheyreachthesize

ofthesourcedisksfromwhichtheywerecloned.

TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,ensurethattheSplitdiskinto2GBfilescheckboxhas

beenselected.

7 Click

Next.8 IntheDestinationNameandLocationpage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine

(cannotbegreaterthan80characters).

9 BrowseortypethepathofthelocationwhereyouwanttocreatetheVMwarevirtualmachineandclick

Next.

10 Mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNATnetworkintheNetworks

page,andclickNext.

ContinuewithStep3:CustomizingtheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine(optional).If

youdonotwanttocustomizethenewvirtualmachine,youmustgothroughthefirstwizardpageinStep3to

indicatethatyoudonot.

NOTE TheAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformanceoptioncreatesadiskfilethatcanbe

largerthantheusedspaceofthesource.Forexample,thesourcediskmightbea16GBdiskofwhich

only2GBisusedforthefile,butimportingthefilewiththeAllocateoptioncreatesa16GBdisk.Take

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Step 3: Customizing the Guest Operating System of the New VirtualMachine (optional)

ThisstepenablesyoutoinstallVMwareToolsandcustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachine,install

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