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What to do next
You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. If the Next button
is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page.
Set the Time Zone for the Destination Virtual Machine
You can set the time zone if you are converting a virtual machine to use in a different time zone.
Prerequisites
On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced, select Customize guest preferences for the
virtual machine, and click Next to view and adjust the available customization options.
Procedure
1 On the Customizations page, select Time zone from the options list.
2 Select the target time zone from the Time zone drop-down menu.
The time zone is set on the destination virtual machine after the conversion.
What to do next
You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. If the Next button
is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page.
Configure the Network Adapters
You can configure the network settings of the virtual machine to work with the network configuration of the
destination environment.
The option for configuring network adapters is available for all supported destinations.
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You cannot use IPv6 to customize the guest operating systems of virtual machines.
Prerequisites
On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Advanced, select Customize guest preferences for the
virtual machine, and click Next to view and adjust the available customization options.
Procedure
1 On the Customizations page, select Network interface settings from the options list.
2 Select a network adapter and click Customize to configure its properties.
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On the General tab, type the IPv4 address and DNS server address.
b On the DNS tab, specify the DNS connections by entering DNS suffixes.
c Enter a DNS suffix and click Add.
You can add more than one DNS suffix.
d If you are specifying multiple DNS suffixes, use Move up and Move down to specify the order in
which the guest operating system uses the connections.
e On the WINS tab, type the primary and secondary WINS IP address in the text box.
When powered on, the destination virtual machine uses the network settings that you configured.
What to do next
You can select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task. If the Next button
is inactive, check the Current settings list for other settings that need your attention on this page.
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