Configuring VMware Virtual Machines
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You can use Converter Standalone to configure VMware virtual machines that have disks populated by
restoration from a backup of a physical host or by some other direct means of copying a virtual machine’s
disks. Configuring such machines with Converter Standalone enables them to boot in VMware products.
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You cannot configure OVF images.
Configure a Virtual Machine
You can configure files from a VMware standalone virtual machine, from an ESX server or vCenter Server
virtual machine, or from a VMware Server virtual machine.
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A physical machine cannot be a configuration source.
You configure a virtual machine in the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone application.
Procedure
1
Save Sysprep Files
on page 66
To customize the guest operating system of a virtual machine, you must save the Sysprep files to the
specified locations on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs.
2
Select a Source to Configure
on page 67
You can select a VMware virtual machine as the source for a configuration task.
3
Select the Options to Configure
on page 67
Configuring the source machine helps to improve its performance, customize its operating system, and
install the necessary device drivers.
4
Customize a Virtual Machine’s Guest Operating System
on page 68
On the Configure Wizard Customization page, you can customize the identity of the configured virtual
machine and generate a new security identifier.
5
View the Summary of a Configuration Task
on page 72
On the Ready to Complete page, you can view a summary of the new configuration task before you add
it to the task list. Converter Standalone performs task validation at this stage.
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