User manual VMWARE VCENTER CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3

[. . . ] VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide vCenter Converter Standalone 4. 3 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition. To check for more recent editions of this document, see http://www. vmware. com/support/pubs. EN-000369-01 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide You can find the most up-to-date technical documentation on the VMware Web site at: http://www. vmware. com/support/ The VMware Web site also provides the latest product updates. If you have comments about this documentation, submit your feedback to: docfeedback@vmware. com Copyright © 2008­2010 VMware, Inc. VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at http://www. vmware. com/go/patents. [. . . ] These settings include data layout, network settings, guest operating system customization, and others. 50 VMware, Inc. Chapter 4 Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine You can configure the virtual hardware resources that the destination virtual machine uses. n Organize the Data to Copy on the Destination Machine on page 51 Depending on the selected source and destination, you can either select between disk-based and volumebased cloning modes, or create linked clones. For the conversion task, you can copy all disks to the destination or select the volumes to be copied or to be excluded. For destinations with multiple datastores, you can select the data location on specific datastores in your virtual environment. n Edit the Number of Processors on page 59 You can change the number of processors that the destination virtual machine uses. Allocate Memory for the Destination Virtual Machine on page 60 You can change the amount of memory allocated to the destination virtual machine. Specify a Disk Controller for the Destination Virtual Machine on page 60 You can select a disk controller type for the destination virtual disks. Configure the Network Settings of the Destination Virtual Machine on page 61 You can change the number of network adapters and select the network that the destination virtual machine uses. You can also set network adapters to connect to the network when the destination virtual machine powers on. n n n n Configure the Network for the Helper Virtual Machine on page 62 When you convert a powered-on Linux machine, Converter Standalone creates a Helper virtual machine on the destination. The Helper virtual machine needs network access to the source machine to clone the source files. Default conversion settings enforce automatic acquisition of an IPv4 address and a DNS server for the Helper virtual machine, but you can set up this network connection manually. Organize the Data to Copy on the Destination Machine Depending on the selected source and destination, you can either select between disk-based and volume-based cloning modes, or create linked clones. For the conversion task, you can copy all disks to the destination or select the volumes to be copied or to be excluded. For destinations with multiple datastores, you can select the data location on specific datastores in your virtual environment. IMPORTANT Converter Standalone cannot detect any source volumes and file systems that are located on physical disks larger than 2TB. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. VMware, Inc. 51 VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User's Guide Procedure u In the Data to copy pane, select a copy mode from the Data copy type drop-down menu. Option Copy all disks and maintain layout Description Results in disk-based cloning. You can preserve the source disk layout in the destination virtual machine. You can select the volumes to be copied to the destination virtual machine. This option is available for powered-on source machines that run Windows and Linux, and for all other supported sources that run Windows. A linked clone allows you to create a VMware virtual machine that shares the virtual disk of the source machine or system image. This option is available for hosted sources and hosted destinaitons. Select volumes to copy Linked clone Depending on the destination you select, several destination disk types are available. To support destination virtual disks on FAT file systems, divide the source data into 2GB files. For detailed information on destination virtual disks types, see "Destination Disk Types, " on page 18. Resize a Volume To manage disk space on the destination datastore, you can resize the disk volumes before you begin the conversion. Prerequisites On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Procedure 1 2 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select volumes to copy. [. . . ] View the Task progress tab in the Details view for more complete information. The information for that task appears in the Details pane below the tasks list. 2 Click the Task progress tab to view the conversion status and log highlights. Export the Log Files for a Task If problems arise that cause a task to fail, you can review information about the task in the log files or send a copy of log files to VMware technical support. Select a location to which you want to save the files and click Save. The log files for this task are saved to the selected location. [. . . ]