VMware CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3 Manual de usuario

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone

User's Guide

vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3

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Contents

Updated Information 5

About This Book 7

1Introduction to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 9

Migration with Converter Standalone 10

Converter Standalone Components 10

Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines 11

Types of Data Cloning Operations 16

Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images 18

System Settings Affected by Conversion 19

Changes to Virtual Hardware 19

2System Requirements 21

Supported Operating Systems 21

Installation Space Requirements 22

Supported Source Types 23

Supported Destination Types 25

Configuring Permissions for VirtualCenter Users 26

Support for IPv6 in Converter Standalone 26

TCP/IP and UDP Port Requirements for Conversion 27

Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems 28

3Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 33

Perform a Local Installation on Windows 33

Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows 34

Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows 35

Command-Line Options for Windows Installation 36

Modify Converter Standalone in Windows 37

Repair Converter Standalone in Windows 38

Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows 38

Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server 39

4Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 41

Start the Wizard for a Conversion 42

Select a Source Machine to Convert 42

Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine 48

Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine 51

Configure the Software on the Destination Virtual Machine 62

Configure the Conversion Task 67

Review the Summary and Submit the Conversion Task 73

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5Configure Virtual Machines 75

Save Sysprep Files 75

Start the Configuration Wizard 76

Select a Source Machine to Configure 76

Select the Options to Configure 79

Review and Submit the Configuration Task 83

6Managing Conversion and Configuration Tasks 85

Manage Tasks in the Task List 85

Index 91

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Updated Information

This VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide is updated with each release of the product or when

necessary.

This table provides the update history of the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide.

Revision Description

EN-000369-01 In Table 2-3, the formatting for Microsoft VHD sources is corrected for clarity.

EN-000369-00 Initial release.

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About This Book

The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide provides information about installing and using

VMware® vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for users who want to do the following:

nInstall, upgrade, or use Converter Standalone

nNonintrusively copy and transform physical machines into VMware virtual machines that VMware

vCenter manages

The material in this book is written for information systems engineers, software developers, QA engineers,

trainers, salespeople who run demonstrations, and anyone who wants so create virtual machines.

VMware Technical Publications Glossary

VMware Technical Publications provides a glossary of terms that might be unfamiliar to you. For definitions

of terms as they are used in VMware technical documentation, go to

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

Document Feedback

VMware welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation. If you have comments, send your

feedback to [email protected].

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Technical Support and Education Resources

The following technical support resources are available to you. To access the current version of this book and

other books, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs.

Online and Telephone

Support

To use online support to submit technical support requests, view your product

and contract information, and register your products, go to

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Customers with appropriate support contracts should use telephone support

for the fastest response on priority 1 issues. Go to

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Support Offerings To find out how VMware support offerings can help meet your business needs,

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VMware Professional

Services

VMware Education Services courses offer extensive hands-on labs, case study

examples, and course materials designed to be used as on-the-job reference

tools. Courses are available onsite, in the classroom, and live online. For onsite

pilot programs and implementation best practices, VMware Consulting

Services provides offerings to help you assess, plan, build, and manage your

virtual environment. To access information about education classes,

certification programs, and consulting services, go to

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Introduction to VMware vCenter

Converter Standalone 1

VMware® vCenter Converter Standalone is a scalable solution to convert virtual and physical machines to

VMware virtual machines. You can also configure existing virtual machines in your vCenter Server

environment.

Converter Standalone 4.3 eases the exchange of virtual machines among the following products.

nVMware hosted products can be both conversion sources and conversion destinations.

nVMware Workstation

nVMware Fusion™

nVMware Server

nVMware Player

nVirtual machines running on an ESX instance that vCenter Server manages can be both conversion sources

and conversion destinations.

nVirtual machines running on unmanaged ESX hosts can be both conversion sources and conversion

destinations.

This chapter includes the following topics:

n“Migration with Converter Standalone,” on page 10

n“Converter Standalone Components,” on page 10

n“Cloning and System Configuration of Physical Machines,” on page 11

n“Types of Data Cloning Operations,” on page 16

n“Using Converter Standalone with Virtual Machine Sources and System Images,” on page 18

n“System Settings Affected by Conversion,” on page 19

n“Changes to Virtual Hardware,” on page 19

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Migration with Converter Standalone

Migration with Converter Standalone involves converting physical machines, virtual machines, and system

images for use in VMware hosted and managed products.

You can convert virtual machines that vCenter Server manages for use in other VMware products. You can

use Converter Standalone to perform a number of conversion tasks.

nImport running remote physical and virtual machines as virtual machines to standalone ESX/ESXi or

ESX/ESXi hosts that vCenter Server manages.

nImport virtual machines hosted by VMware Workstation or Microsoft Hyper-V Server to ESX/ESXi hosts

that vCenter Server manages.

nImport third-party backup or disk images to ESX/ESXi hosts that vCenter Server manages.

nExport virtual machines managed by vCenter Server hosts to other VMware virtual machine formats.

nConfigure virtual machines managed by vCenter Server so that they are bootable, and to install VMware

Tools or customize their guest operating systems.

nCustomize the guest operating systems of virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory (for example,

change the host name or network settings).

nReduce the time needed to set up new virtual machine environments.

nMigrate legacy servers to new hardware without reinstalling operating systems or application software.

nPerform migrations across heterogeneous hardware.

nReadjust volume sizes and place volumes on separate virtual disks.

Converter Standalone Components

The Converter Standalone application consists of Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone worker,

Converter Standalone client, and Converter Standalone agent.

Converter Standalone

server

Enables and performs the import and export of virtual machines. The

Converter Standalone server comprises two services, Converter Standalone

server and Converter Standalone worker. The Converter Standalone worker

service is always installed with the Converter Standalone server service.

Converter Standalone

agent

The Converter Standalone server installs the agent on Windows physical

machines to import them as virtual machines. You can choose to remove the

Converter Standalone agent from the physical machine automatically or

manually after the import is complete.

Converter Standalone

client

The Converter Standalone server works with the Converter Standalone client.

The client component consists of the Converter Standalone user interface,

which provides access to the Conversion and the Configuration wizards, and

allows you to manage the conversion and the configuration tasks.

VMware vCenter

Converter Boot CD

The VMware vCenter Converter Boot CD is a separate component that you can

use to perform cold cloning on a physical machine. Converter Standalone 4.3

does not provide a Boot CD, but you can use previous versions of the Boot CD

to perform cold cloning. See “Prepare for Cold Cloning,” on page 15.

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