VMware CONVERTER STANDALONE 4.3, User Manual

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Prerequisites
You must download the Sysprep files that correspond to the operating system of the source machine.
Procedure
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Save the Sysprep files that correspond to the source operating system to the specified location on the
machine where Converter Standalone server runs.
Option Description
Windows Server 2003 (32bit)
The Sysprep files Location for Windows:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE
%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone\sysprep\svr2003
Windows Server 2003 (64bit)
The Sysprep files Location for Windows:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE
%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone\sysprep\svr2003-64
Windows XP (32bit)
The Sysprep files Location for Windows:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE
%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone\sysprep\xp
Windows XP (64bit)
The Sysprep files Location for Windows:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE
%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter
Standalone\sysprep\xp-64
What to do next
You can now customize Windows Server 2003 (32bit and 64bit) and Windows XP (32bit and 64bit) guest
operating systems by using the Conversion or the Configuration wizard.
Limitations Related to Creating Snapshots of Windows Sources
Converter Standalone uses VSS snapshots to save the state of source volumes during hot cloning of physical
and virtual machines that run Windows. VSS snapshots are also used to synchronize the destination virtual
machine with the source machine after the initial conversion. Some of the VSS-related issues are inherited in
Converter Standalone and can prevent the proper completion of your conversion tasks.
Read the limitations listed in
Table 2-9 before you initiate a conversion task.
If your conversion task fails with an VSS-related error message, you can check the table for possible reasons
and workarounds.
Table 2-9. VSS Snapshotting Limitations
VSS Limitations Error Messages Workarounds
For all operating systems that
support volume-based cloning,
you need at least one NTFS
volume for VSS to work.
There is no workaround for this
limitation.
VSS under Windows Server 2008
does not support FAT and FAT32.
Deselect all FAT and FAT32
volumes on the View/Edit
Options page of the
vCenter Converter wizards.
VSS under Windows Server 2008
does not support unformatted or
unrecognized volumes.
Failed to create VSS snapshot of source
volume. Error code :2147754764
(0x8004230C)
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Format all unformatted or
unrecognized volumes and
try the conversion again.
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Deselect all unformatted or
unrecognized volumes while
setting up the conversion task
in the Data to copy pane of the
View/Edit Options page.
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