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HostLoginPasswordPrompt
Specifies
that
the
user
be
prompted
to
enter
a
password.
If
you
do
not
want
to
store
the
vSphere
Server
password
in
the
configuration
file,
specify
the
value
as
true
.
When
set
to
true
,
a
prompt
always
appears,
even
if
a
HostLoginPassword
is
specified
in
the
configuration
file.
Example
The
following
example
shows
a
typical
host
environment
specification.
The
virtual
machine
name
is
specified
as
the
ESX
server
hostname.
A
password
has
been
specified,
however
the
user
will
still
be
prompted
to
enter
as
password,
as
specified
in
HostLoginPasswordPrompt
.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=MyEsx.vmawre.com
HostLoginUserName=root
HostLoginPassword=secret
HostLoginPasswordPrompt=true
VirtualMachineN
The
VirtualMachine
N
section
of
the
configuration
file
contains
a
list
of
the
Windows
‐
based
virtual
machines
that
will
be
utilized
in
the
conversion
process.
Create
a
VirtualMachine
X
section
for
each
virtual
machine
that
you
want
to
include,
and
specify
their
parameters.
X
is
1
,
and
subsequent
virtual
machine
sections
are
numbered
sequentially.
[VirtualMachine
N
]
parameters
are
mandatory.
VmxPath
Specify
the
configuration
path
of
the
virtual
machine.
For
ESX
Server
or
vCenter
Server,
you
can
identify
the
virtual
machine
configuration
file
path
using
the
vSphere
Client.
Identify the virtual machine configuration path using the vSphere Client
1
Right
‐
click
the
virtual
machine
and
select
Edit
Settings
.
2
Click
the
Options
tab,
and
copy
the
string
from
the
Virtual
Machine
Configuration
File
field.
3
Use
this
string
as
the
virtual
machine
configuration
file
path.
For
Workstation,
specify
the
entire
file
path
on
the
host
on
which
the
VMX
configuration
file
resides.
For
example,
C:\MyVMs\Windows XP\Windows
XP.vmx
.
Do
not
place
the
path
in
quotation
marks,
even
if
the
path
contains
a
space.
UserName
A
valid
user
name
for
the
virtual
machine
guest
operating
system.
The
user
must
have
administrator
privileges
for
the
virtual
machine
guest
operating
system.
You
can
use
UPN
format
when
you
specify
a
user
name.
For
example,
Password
or
PasswordBase64
A
valid
password
for
the
virtual
machine
guest
operating
system.
You
have
the
following
options
when
you
specify
passwords:
You
can
enter
clear
text.
You
can
specify
a
base64
encoded
password
for
the
PasswordBase64
parameter.
Specifying
an
encoded
password
does
not
increase
security
strength.
You
need
to
protect
the
actual
INI
file.
All
passwords
are
handled
in
the
same
way.
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