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This book, the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User’s Guide, provides information about installing and

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Страница 1: ...User s Guide vCenter Converter Standalone 4 0 1 EN 000158 02...

Страница 2: ...yright 2008 2009 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual property laws VMware products are covered by one or more patents listed at...

Страница 3: ...ote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems 26 3 Installing and Uninstalling VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 29 Install Converter Standalone in Windows 29 Uninstall Modify or Repair Converter Sta...

Страница 4: ...Index 87 User s Guide 4 VMware Inc...

Страница 5: ...e updated to reflect that VMware Tools installation is not supported n The topic Perform a Local Installation in Linux on page 32 now contains the correct filename of the Linux installer file n Step 1...

Страница 6: ...User s Guide 6 VMware Inc...

Страница 7: ...and anyone who wants to create virtual machines Document Feedback VMware welcomes your suggestions for improving our documentation If you have comments send your feedback to docfeedback vmware com VMw...

Страница 8: ...ware Education Services courses offer extensive hands on labs case study examples and course materials designed to be used as on the job reference tools Courses are available onsite in the classroom a...

Страница 9: ...are Consolidated Backup VCB images into VMware virtual machines This chapter includes the following topics n Migration with Converter Standalone on page 9 n Converter Standalone Components on page 10...

Страница 10: ...dalone provides a set of features to convert physical and virtual machines Table 1 1 Converter Standalone Features Features VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Supported products Designed for single m...

Страница 11: ...ual machine with the source machine after hot cloning You do this by transferring from the source to the destination the blocks that were changed during the initial cloning period Converter Standalone...

Страница 12: ...urce machines without shutting them down n Use when you have unique hardware that the boot CD does not recognize n To clone a system that Converter Standalone does not support n To preserve the exact...

Страница 13: ...oning of Physical Machines Local cloning is a migration performed with Converter Standalone running on the source machine Remote cloning is migration when Converter Standalone is running on a machine...

Страница 14: ...The virtual machine is ready to run on the destination server Hot Cloning of Physical Machine Sources That Are Running Linux Conversions of physical machine sources that are running Linux differ from...

Страница 15: ...powered on Linux machine ESX ESXi source destination network Helper VM source volumes 2 The helper virtual machine powers on boots from the Linux image and connects to the source machine through SSH...

Страница 16: ...to basic volumes regardless of their type in the corresponding source volume Volume based cloning at the file or block level is performed depending on the volume size you select Dynamic source disks a...

Страница 17: ...ame software installation All files available on the source machine at the moment of the snapshot continue to remain available to the linked clone Ongoing changes to the virtual disk of the parent do...

Страница 18: ...al file system accessible from the source machine or from a remote Web server Local file systems can include local disks such as C removable media such as CDs or USB key chain drives and shared networ...

Страница 19: ...P IP Port Requirements for Conversion on page 26 n Common Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems on page 26 Supported Operating Systems The Converter Standalone components yo...

Страница 20: ...SE Linux Enterprise Server 9 0 32 bit and 64 bit N Y N Y SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 0 32 bit and 64 bit Y Y Y Y Ubuntu 5 x N Y N Y Ubuntu 6 x Y Y Y Y Ubuntu 7 x 32 bit and 64 bit Y Y Y Y Ubuntu 8...

Страница 21: ...tion 4 x 5 x 6 0 x and 6 5 x n VMware Fusion 1 x and 2 x n VMware Player 1 x 2 x and 2 5 n VMware ACE 1 x 2 x and 2 5 x n VMware Server 1 x 2 x Third party virtual machines or system images n VMware C...

Страница 22: ...rter Standalone You must power off source virtual machines before you convert them You can convert running virtual machines only if you follow the procedure for converting powered on machines You can...

Страница 23: ...and partition 3 as the system volume the backup must include partitions 1 through 3 n For incremental images up to 16 incremental backups are supported n Images of systems with logical drives are not...

Страница 24: ...ts described in Table 2 5 also apply when restoring VCB images Restoring VCB images from Linux host operating systems is not supported Converter Standalone does not maintain the nvram file nor the VMw...

Страница 25: ...ation about VCB images see the Virtual Machine Backup Guide How Conversion Affects the Source Settings When They Are Applied to the Destination The VMware virtual machine that Converter Standalone cre...

Страница 26: ...nd on devices that are not available from within a virtual machine TCP IP Port Requirements for Conversion Converter Standalone uses specific ports in the conversion process For a list of required TCP...

Страница 27: ...haring see the Microsoft TechNet Web site Turn Off Simple File Sharing on Windows XP Professional To control permissions for individual users you must turn off Simple File Sharing Turning Simple File...

Страница 28: ...User s Guide 28 VMware Inc...

Страница 29: ...rter Standalone agent and Converter Standalone client for local use For remote access you can create a Client server installation With remote access you can create and manage conversion tasks remotely...

Страница 30: ...g a Enter the HTTPS port service number b Enter the HTTP port service number c Enter the Agent port service number 11 On the Ready to Install the Program page click Install 12 Optional If you install...

Страница 31: ...tion in Windows You can install Converter Standalone from the MS DOS Command prompt or by writing a Windows batch file bat to automate the installation process Prerequisites You must have Administrato...

Страница 32: ...alone server and the Converter Standalone agent on a Linux distribution for local use You cannot manage the installed Converter Standalone server with a remote Converter Standalone client The Converte...

Страница 33: ...ich you downloaded the installer archive cd path_to_download_directory 3 Extract the archive in the current directory tar zxvf VMware converter 4 x x xxxxxxx tar gz 4 Navigate to the extracted directo...

Страница 34: ...different provide a new path and press Enter Wait for the installation to finish copying the files If you install the Converter Standalone server a message appears that informs you that it is started...

Страница 35: ...rerequisites You must have the Converter Standalone server and agent installed on the remote machine Procedure 1 Start Converter Standalone 2 Depending on your installation type select the procedure t...

Страница 36: ...User s Guide 36 VMware Inc...

Страница 37: ...ckup Exec Server Recovery formerly known as LiveState Recovery LiveState Recovery StorageCraft Parallels Desktop for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS Parallels Workstation and Norton Ghost only sv2i image...

Страница 38: ...sed by Converter Standalone When the conversion process completes restore DPM to its original settings For information about how to change DPM settings see the Resource Management Guide n Select a Pow...

Страница 39: ...e and administrator credentials c Select the operating system type from the OS Family drop down menu 3 Optional Click View source details to view information about the machine you are converting 4 Cli...

Страница 40: ...onvert a running machine read Select a Powered On Machine Source on page 38 To convert a suspended machine either power it off and use the current procedure or power it on and select a powered on mach...

Страница 41: ...different product configuration might affect the hardware settings and properties default values of the target virtual machine created to run on a vCenter Server 4 0 or a Workstation destination Prere...

Страница 42: ...e pools If you are converting a virtual machine to run on a cluster that vCenter Server manages select an ESX host within the cluster When you use a VMware DRS cluster as a destination set VMware DRS...

Страница 43: ...for the converted virtual machine a Assign a name to the virtual machine you are creating The vCenter Server Inventory pane might contain multiple hosts clusters and datacenters b Select the host or...

Страница 44: ...when connecting to the destination machine You must manually type the path to the destination 5 Select the Distribution format from the drop down menu You can create virtual appliance packages that co...

Страница 45: ...virtual machine to the virtual environment You select the folder to which the target virtual machine belongs n Organizing the Data to Copy to the Destination Machine on page 46 Depending on the selec...

Страница 46: ...s of an Exported Virtual Appliance on page 63 For virtual appliance destinations you can add custom product properties to the target OVF package Select the Destination Folder The Destination Attribute...

Страница 47: ...u can change the disk type For VMware Infrastructure destinations you can change the datastore You can locate source disks to different datastores on managed destinations VMware ESX ESXi or vCenter Se...

Страница 48: ...GB Split pre allocated Splits the source disk into 2GB sections on the destination 2GB Split not pre allocated Creates 2GB sections on the destination that include only the real used space on the sour...

Страница 49: ...storage limitations You can create a separate virtual disk for each volume for all sources except ovf source images Volume based cloning depends on the operating system of the host machine It is not...

Страница 50: ...llow volume based cloning Prerequisites Select a valid source and valid destination and go to the View Edit Options page Procedure 1 On the View Edit Options page click Data to copy in the left pane 2...

Страница 51: ...imum size Copies only the used space of the source volume Type size Allows you to type a custom size for the destination virtual disk The value cannot be smaller than the used space on the source disk...

Страница 52: ...oning transfers all sectors from all disks and preserves all volume metadata The destination virtual machine receives the same volumes of the same type as the volumes of the source virtual machine Dis...

Страница 53: ...iew Edit Options page click Data to copy in the left pane 3 In the Data copy type drop down menu select Linked clone 4 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion ta...

Страница 54: ...lper virtual machine Choose a network that allows the helper virtual machine to connect to the source and the Converter server to connect to the helper virtual machine Control the Status of Windows Se...

Страница 55: ...tion machine are running on the same network Use this option to modify the identity computer name owner name organization and security ID of the new virtual machine its Windows license information des...

Страница 56: ...on setup VMware recommends that you power off the source machine or stop the source services after you select Synchronize changes that occur to the source during cloning 3 Select another option to set...

Страница 57: ...curity ID Windows License Enter the product ID or server license information for Windows operating systems Time Zone Adjust the destination time zone Network Interface Settings For each network adapte...

Страница 58: ...o set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task Enter the Windows License Information VMware recommends entering licensing information for all destination virtual machines that are subjec...

Страница 59: ...work Interface Settings The list of network adapters appears to the right 4 Select the relevant adapter and click Customize to open its properties a On the General tab manually enter the IP address an...

Страница 60: ...points prevents the target machine from reverting to a preconversion state Restoring a checkpoint in the target virtual machine that was created before you cloned the source machine can damage the sys...

Страница 61: ...from the drop down menu Option Description Select volumes to copy Performs volume based copying Select disks to copy Performs disk based copying The options that appear in the drop down menu depend o...

Страница 62: ...destination services 6 Click Advanced conversion options to customize the guest operating system postconversion power state postconversion synchronization and VMware Tools installation 7 Click Next t...

Страница 63: ...he conversion task to the Converter Standalone task list You created a conversion task to produce a new virtual appliance Configure the Product Properties of an Exported Virtual Appliance For virtual...

Страница 64: ...ary of the new conversion task before you add it to the task list The summary includes information about the source machine the destination virtual machine and destination customization settings if an...

Страница 65: ...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...

Страница 66: ...ter Converter Standalone sysprep svr2003 var lib vmware vcenter converter standalone sysprep svr2003 Windows 2003 server 64 bit ALLUSERSPROFILE Application Data VMware VMware vCenter Converter Standal...

Страница 67: ...your source system is a standalone VMware virtual machine from VMware Workstation VMware Fusion VMware Player VMware Server or VMware ACE select VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine and...

Страница 68: ...ver license n Virtual machine time zone n Network interface properties n Workgroup and Windows Server Domain Prerequisites You must set up the sysprep files before you can customize Windows 2003 Windo...

Страница 69: ...more than 15 characters or consist only of numerals b In the Owner name field enter a unique name to identify the owner of the virtual machine on the network Valid characters include A Z a z 0 9 and...

Страница 70: ...e machine where Converter Standalone server runs Procedure 1 On the View Edit Options page select Configure guest preferences for the virtual machine 2 Click Next to access the guest operating system...

Страница 71: ...Machine You can set up the way a target virtual machine participates in the destination network This option is available for all supported destinations except virtual appliances Prerequisites To perf...

Страница 72: ...f you select to configure the guest preferences for the virtual machine complete the Customization page and click Next to access the Ready to Complete page The task Summary appears You can view inform...

Страница 73: ...pear in the task list depending on the maximum number of tasks that is set inAdministration menu Maximum concurrent tasks n Control the Number of Tasks Running Concurrently on page 74 You can set the...

Страница 74: ...nverter Standalone server runs You can set the number of concurrent tasks to any number from 1 to 12 The default number of concurrent tasks is set to Maximum Procedure 1 On the main menu select Admini...

Страница 75: ...to its original state You cannot restart a canceled task but you can create a copy of the canceled task and add it to the task list to run it again Procedure 1 From the task list of the Task view sel...

Страница 76: ...progress by looking at its row in the task list of the Task view View the Task Progress tab in the Details view for more complete information Procedure 1 Select the row in the task list for the task...

Страница 77: ...r Standalone client log files Windows USERPROFILE Local Settings Application Data VMware VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Logs Converter Standalone client log files Linux HOME vmware VMware vCenter...

Страница 78: ...own to view only tasks that you create Filter Tasks by Multiple Criteria You can combine filtering criteria to filter tasks in the task list Currently running tasks are displayed regardless of the fil...

Страница 79: ...tual environment Clusters enable a high availability solution cluster compute resource An extended compute resource that represents a cluster of hosts available for backing virtual machines See also c...

Страница 80: ...to enable vCenter Server to access a database datastore Virtual representations of combinations of underlying physical storage resources in the datacenter A datastore is the storage location for examp...

Страница 81: ...d hosted machine The physical computer on which the VMware Workstation software is installed The hosted machine hosts the VMware Workstation virtual machines hosted products VMware products including...

Страница 82: ...sion to a virtual machine See also remote cloning LUN logical unit number An identifier for a disk volume in a storage array migration The process of moving a virtual machine between hosts Unless VMot...

Страница 83: ...ructure inventory the managed entity that immediately encloses a given entity considered the child entity See also full clone linked clone snapshot template physical CPU A single physical CPU in a phy...

Страница 84: ...veloping software for a particular platform A VMware SDK might include an API an IDL client stubs sample code and documentation server 1 A system capable of managing and running virtual machines 2 A p...

Страница 85: ...re used by vcenter to create new virtual machines See also linked clone parent snapshot UDP User Datagram Protocol One of the core protocols in the Internet protocol suite UDP enables a program to sen...

Страница 86: ...work A network connecting virtual machines that does not depend on physical hardware connections For example you can create a virtual network between a virtual machine and a host that has no external...

Страница 87: ...2 connect to a remote Converter Standalone server 35 controlling the number of concurrent tasks 74 conversion starting 38 conversion limitations Linux guest limitations 22 powered on machine limitatio...

Страница 88: ...rs 59 70 network configuration 70 SID 57 69 time zone 59 70 Windows license 58 69 WINS 59 70 workgroup and domain page 59 71 GUID Partition Table GPT disks 16 H Helper VM 60 hot and cold cloning compa...

Страница 89: ...65 StorageCraft ShadowProtect source 21 40 supported destination types ESX host 23 vCenter Server 23 virtual appliances 23 VirtualCenter 23 VMware ACE 23 VMware Fusion 23 VMware Player 23 VMware Serv...

Страница 90: ...information not preserved when using Converter Standalone 25 VMware hosted products support 21 VMware managed products information not preserved when using Converter Standalone 24 VMware managed prod...

Страница 91: ...X Xen source 21 Index VMware Inc 91...

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