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Contents

About

This

Book 7

1 IntroductiontoVMwareConverterEnterprise 9MigrationwithVMwareConverterEnterprise 9

VMwareConverterEnterpriseComponents 9

CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachines 11

HotandColdCloning 11

RemoteandLocalCloning 11

RemoteHotCloningofaPhysicalMachine 11

LocalColdCloningWorkflow 13

CloningModes 15

VolumeBasedCloning 15

DiskBasedCloning 15

MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImages 15

ConvertingVirtualMachines 16

ConfiguringVirtualMachines 16

RestoringVCBImages 16

InformationNotPreservedWhenImportingVCBImages 16

SchedulingRecurringTasks 16

OperatingSystem,Network,andHardwareSettingsAffectedbyConversion 17

ChangestoVirtualHardware 18

2 SystemRequirements 19OperatingSystemCompatibilityandInstallationFileSizeRequirements 19

VMwareConverterEnterpriseClientRequirements 20

MemoryRequirementsforHotandColdCloning 20

SupportedSourcesforImporting 21

PhysicalMachinesThatCanBeImported 21

VirtualMachinesandSystemImagesThatCanBeImported 21

SupportedDestinations 22

SupportedSourcesforReconfiguration 23

TCP/IPPortsRequiredbyVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenter 23

RemoteHotCloningTroubleshootingTips 23

CommonRequirementsforWindowsOperatingSystems 23

TurnoffSimpleFileSharingonWindowsXPProfessional 23

EnsurethatFileandPrinterSharingisnotBlockedbyWindowsFirewall 23Fortroubleshootinginformationaboutfileandprintersharing,seetheMicrosoftTechNetWebsite. 24

3 Installing 25InstallConverterEnterprise 25

UninstallVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenter 26

InstallConverterEnterpriseClient 27

UninstallConverterEnterpriseClient 27

4 ImportingMachineswithVMwareConverterEnterprise 29SelectingaConversionProcedure 29
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CreateaSeparateDiskforEachVolume 30

StarttheWizardforanImport 30

SelectaSource 31

SelectaPhysicalMachineSource 31

SelectanESXServerorVirtualCenterVirtualMachineSource 32

SelectaStandaloneVirtualMachine,BackupImage,orDiskImageastheSource 33

ChooseaDestinationforaNewVirtualMachine 34

Customizethe

Guest

Operating

System

of

the

New

Virtual

Machine 34

InstallVMwareTools 35

CustomizetheIdentityoftheNewVirtualMachine 35

RemoveSystemRestoreCheckpoints 36

ScheduleanImportTask 36

CompletetheImport 37

5 ExportingMachineswithVMwareConverterEnterprise 39StarttheExportWizard 39

SelectYourSource 40

SelectingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachine 40

ChooseaManagedDestination 40

SelectaHostedDestination 41CustomizetheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine 41




ScheduleanExportTask 43

CompletetheExport 44

6 ReconfiguringMachineswithVMwareConverterEnterprise 45StarttheReconfigureWizard 45

CustomizetheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachine 45




CompletetheReconfiguration 47

7 ManagingVMwareConverterEnterpriseTasks 49UnderstandingTasks 49

ViewaTaskList 49

ViewingTaskDetails 51

CancelaTask 51

CopyaTask 51

EditaScheduledTask 52

RunaScheduledTask 52RemoveaScheduledTask 52

8 UsingtheVMwareConverterEnterpriseBootCDforLocalColdCloning 53ColdCloningandtheVMwareConverterEnterpriseBootCD 53

CreatetheVMwareConverterEnterpriseBootCD 53

StarttheWizardforaConversion 53

BoottheCDandModifytheNetworkSettings 54

ConfiguretheNetworks 54

StarttheImportWizard 54

SelectYourSourceData 54


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ChoosingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachine 55

UnsupportedClusters 55

ChooseaVirtualCenterVirtualMachineDestination 55

ChooseanESXServerVirtualMachineDestination 56

ChooseaStandaloneVirtualMachineDestination 57

CustomizeaNewVirtualMachinesGuestOperatingSystem 57




CompletetheImportTaskCreation 59

UsepeTooltoModifytheConverterEnterpriseBootCD 60

Appendix:Migrationwithp2vToolCommandLineInterface 63ConverterEnterpriseCLISystemRequirements 63

WindowsSystemRequirements 63

LinuxSystemRequirements 64

InstallandRuntheConverterEnterpriseCLIonaWindowsComputer 64

InstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIonaLinuxComputer 64

SyntaxandOptions 65

SourceMachines

and

Destination

Machines 67

RestoringVMwareConsolidatedBackupImages 68

ImportXMLInputFileExample 68

ExportXMLInputFileExample 71

ReconfigurationXMLInputFileExample 72

Glossary 73

Index 81


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Thismanual,theConverterEnterpriseAdministrationGuide,providesinformationaboutinstallingandusingVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenter2.5.

Intended Audience

Thisbookisintendedforanyonewhoneedstoinstall,upgrade,oruseVMwareConverterEnterprise.

ConverterEnterpriseuserstypicallyincludepeoplewhodosoftwaredevelopmentandtestingorworkwith

multipleoperatingsystemsorcomputingenvironments:softwaredevelopers,QAengineers,trainers,

salespeoplewhorundemos,andanyonewhowantstocreatevirtualmachines.Anothersetofusersincludes

anyonewhoneedstononintrusivelycopyandtransformphysicalmachinesintoVMwarevirtualmachines

managedbyVMwareVirtualCenter.

Document Feedback

VMwarewelcomesyoursuggestionsforimprovingourdocumentation.Ifyouhavecomments,sendyour

feedbackto:

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VMware Converter Enterprise Documentation

TheVMwareConverterEnterprisedocumentationconsistsofthisadministrationguide,onlinehelp

integratedwiththeVMwareInfrastructureClientplugin,andreleasenotes.

FormoreinformationaboutVMwareInfrastructure,seetheVMwareVirtualCenterandESXServer

documentationset.

Technical Support and Education Resources

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethetechnicalsupportresourcesavailabletoyou.Youcanaccessthemost

currentversionsofthismanualandotherbooksbygoingto:

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs

Online and Telephone Support

Useonlinesupporttosubmittechnicalsupportrequests,viewyourproductandcontractinformation,and

registeryourproducts.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support.

Customerswithappropriatesupportcontractsshouldusetelephonesupportforthefastestresponseon

priority1issues.Gotohttp://www.vmware.com/support/phone_support.html.

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Support Offerings

FindouthowVMwaresupportofferingscanhelpmeetyourbusinessneeds.Goto

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VMware Education Services

VMwarecoursesofferextensivehandsonlabs,casestudyexamples,andcoursematerialsdesignedtobeused

ason

the

job

reference

tools.

For

more

information

about

VMware

Education

Services,

go

to

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1

ThischapterdescribesthecapabilitiesofVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenter2.5.Italsoprovides

informationaboutthecomponentsthatmakeupConverterEnterpriseanddiscussessomeimportant

concepts.

Thischapterincludesthefollowingsections:

Migrationwith

VMware

Converter

Enterprise

on

page 9

VMwareConverterEnterpriseComponentsonpage 9

CloningandSystemReconfigurationofPhysicalMachinesonpage 11

MigratingExistingVirtualMachinesandSystemImagesonpage 15

SchedulingRecurringTasksonpage 16

OperatingSystem,Network,andHardwareSettingsAffectedbyConversiononpage 17

Migration wi th VMware Converter Enterpr ise

ConverterEnterpriseenablesyoutoconvertawidevarietyofsourcesintovirtualmachinesandimportthose

virtualmachines

for

use

with

VMware

VirtualCenter

2,

version

2.5.

With

Converter

Enterprise

you

can

also

convertvirtualmachinesmanagedbyVirtualCentertodifferentVMwarevirtualmachineformatsandexport

thosevirtualmachinesforusewithotherVMwareproducts.Usetheapplicationtoaccomplishthefollowing

tasks:

ConvertphysicalmachinestovirtualmachinesandimportthosevirtualmachinesintoVirtualCenter.

Convertandimportvirtualmachines,suchasVMwareWorkstation,VMwareGSXServer,orMicrosoft

VirtualServer2005,intoVirtualCenter.

ConvertthirdpartybackupordiskimagestoVirtualCentervirtualmachines.

RestoreVMwareConsolidatedBackup(VCB)imagestoVirtualCentervirtualmachines.

ExportVirtualCentervirtualmachinestootherVMwarevirtualmachineformats.

ReconfigureVirtualCentervirtualmachinessotheyarebootable.

CustomizeVirtualCentermachines(forexample,changingthehostnameornetworksettings).

VMware Converter Enterprise Components

ConverterEnterpriseincludesthefollowingcomponents:

ConverterEnterpriseServerEnablestheimportandexportofvirtualmachinesthroughVMware

InfrastructureClientortheConverterEnterpriseCLI(CommandLineInterface).Installthe

Converter EnterpriseServercomponentonaVirtualCenterServeroronanindependentmachinewith

accesstoaVirtualCenterServer.

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ConverterEnterpriseCLIProvidesacommandlineinterfacetooperateConverterEnterpriseserver.

YoucaninstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIonthesamemachineasConverterEnterpriseserver,orona

differentmachinewithaccesstoaConverterEnterpriseserver.

ConverterEnterpriseagentPreparesaphysicalmachineforimportfromaremotemachinerunning

ConverterEnterpriseserver.ConverterEnterpriseserverinstallsConverterEnterpriseagentonlyon

physicalmachines,asneeded,toimportthemasvirtualmachines.Usershavetheoptiontoautomatically

removeConverterEnterpriseagentfromthesourcephysicalmachineaftertheimportiscomplete.

VMwareConverterEnterpriseBootCDEnablescoldcloningofphysicalmachines.ThebootCDis

availablewithstandaloneConverterEnterprise.

VMwareConverterEnterpriseworkswithVMwareConverterEnterpriseClient.Figure 11showsanexample

ofaConverterEnterprisecomponentinstallationintheVirtualCenterenvironment.ConverterEnterprise

clientconsistsoftheConverterEnterpriseclientplugin,whichprovidesaccesstotheConverterEnterprise

Import,Export,andReconfigurewizardsfromwithinaVMwareInfrastructureClient.InstalltheConverter

EnterpriseClientpluginfromtheVMwareInfrastructureClientPluginsmenu.Afteryouinstalltheclient,

theConverterEnterpriseOnlineHelpisavailablefromtheHelpmenu.

Figure 1-1. A Typical Installation of VMware Converter Enterprise Components in a

VirtualCenter Environment

VMware Infrastructure ClientsConverter Enterprise Client Plug-in

Web browser

license server

ESXServer

hosts

VirtualCenter

Server

database

Converter Enterprise ServerConverter Enterprise CLI


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Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware Converter Enterprise

Cloning and System Reconfiguration of Physical Machines

Whenyouimportaphysicalsystem,ConverterEnterpriseusescloningandsystemreconfigurationtocreate

avirtualmachinethatiscompatiblewithVirtualCenter.

Cloningistheprocessofcreatingacloneddisk,wherethecloneddiskisavirtualdiskthatisanexactcopyof

thesourcephysicaldisk.Thisinvolvescopyingthedataonthesourcemachinesharddiskandtransferring

thatdatatoatargetvirtualdisk(thenewcloneddisk).

Systemreconfigurationistheprocessofadjustingthemigratedoperatingsystemtoenableittofunctiononvirtualhardware.Thisadjustmentisperformedonthetargetvirtualdiskaftercloningandenablesthetarget

virtualdisktofunctionasabootablesystemdiskinavirtualmachine.

Themigrationprocessisnondestructive,soyoucancontinuetousetheoriginalsourcemachineafterthe

importcompletes.Ifyouplantorunanimportedvirtualmachineonthesamenetworkasthesourcephysical

machine,modifythenetworknameandIPaddressononeofthemachines,sothatthephysicalandvirtual

machinescancoexist.

Hot and Cold Cloning

ConverterEnterprisesupportshotcloningandcoldcloning.Hotcloning,alsocalledlivecloningoronline

cloning,entailscloningthesourcemachinewhileitisrunningitsoperatingsystem.Coldcloning,alsocalled

offlinecloning,

entails

cloning

the

source

machine

when

it

is

not

running

its

operating

system.

In

cold

cloning,

yourebootthesourcemachinefromaCDthathasitsownoperatingsystemandincludethestandalone

VMwareConverterEnterpriseapplication.Coldcloningleavesnofootprintonthesourcemachine.

Remote and Local Cloning

Forremotecloning,youcanaccessthesourcemachinewithouthavingtophysicallytouchit,aslongasitis

runningandaccessibletothenetwork.Withlocalcloning,youcanusestandaloneVMwareConverter

Enterpriserunningonthesourcemachinetoperformthemigration.

Remote Hot Cloning of a Physical Machine

Thefollowingworkflowisanexampleofhotcloning,inwhichthephysicalmachinebeingclonedexperiences

nodowntime.YouusetheConverterEnterprisewizardtosetupamigrationtaskandConverterEnterprise

automaticallyperformsallofthecloningtasks.

NOTE Whenhotcloningdualbootsystems,youcanonlyclonethedefaultoperatingsystemthatboot.ini

points.Ifyouwanttoclonethenondefaultoperatingsystem,changeboot.initopointtotheotheroperating

systemandreboot.AfteryouarebootedintotheotheroperatingsystemyoucanuseConverterEnterpriseto

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1 TheConverterEnterpriseserverinstallstheConverterEnterpriseagentonthesourcemachine.

Theagenttakesasnapshotofthesourcevolumes.

2 ConverterEnterprisepreparesthevirtualmachineonthedestinationmachine.

Theservercreatesanewvirtualmachineonthedestinationmachineandtheagentcopiesvolumesfrom

thesourcemachinetothedestinationmachine.

VMware Infrastructure Client withConverter Enterprise Client Plug-in

runningphysical machine

ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes

VirtualCenter Server withConverter Enterprise Server

snapshot

agent



ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes snapshot

agent

VM

volumes



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3 ConverterEnterprisecompletestheconversionprocess.

Theagentinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootinavirtualmachineandthe

agentcustomizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).

4 ConverterEnterpriseServerremovesalltracesfromthesourcemachine.

Thevirtualmachineisreadytorunonthedestinationmachine.

Local Cold Cloning Workflow

Forcoldcloning,youusetheVMware Converter Enterprise BootCD.

Local Cold Cloning of a Physical Machine

Thefollowingworkflowisanexampleofcoldcloning,inwhichyouclonethesourcemachinewhenitisnotrunningitsoperatingsystem.YousetupamigrationbyusingtheConverterwizardavailableonthe

VMware Converter Enterprise BootCD.AfteryouboottheCDandusetheapplicationonittodirectthe



ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes snapshot

agent

VM

reconfiguration

customization(opt.)




ESX Server

source destination

network

sourcevolumes

VM



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courseofthemigration,ConverterEnterpriseautomaticallyperformsallofthecloningtasksuntilrebooting

thesourcemachinetoreturntoitsoriginaloperatingsystem.

1 ConverterEnterprisepreparesthesourcemachineimage.

BootthesourcemachinefromtheVMwareConverterEnterpriseBootCDanduseConvertertodefineand

startthemigration.ConverterEnterprisecopiesthesourcevolumesintoaRAMdisk.

2 StandaloneConverterEnterprisepreparesthevirtualmachineonthedestinationmachine.

ConverterEnterprisecreatesanewvirtualmachineonthedestinationmachineandcopiesvolumesfrom

thesourcemachinetothedestinationmachine.

Completing the Conversion Process

3 ConverterEnterprisecompletestheconversionprocess.

StandaloneConverterEnterpriseinstallstherequireddriverstoallowtheoperatingsystemtobootina

virtualmachineandpersonalizesthevirtualmachine(forexample,changingtheIPinformation).

Converter

VMware ConverterEnterprise Boot CD

physical machine network

copy

sourcevolumes

image inRAM disk

ESX Server managedby VirtualCenter

source destination

volumes

network

VM

sourcevolumes


physical machine

image inRAM disk


source destination

Converter

network

sourcevolumes

VMware Converter

Enterprise Boot CD

physical machine

VM

reconfiguration

customization(opt.)

image inRAM disk


source destination

Converter


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4 ConverterEnterprisecleansup.

RemovethebootCDandrebootthesourcephysicalmachinetoreturntoitsownoperatingsystem.

Thevirtualmachineisreadytorunonthedestinationmachine

Cloning Modes

ConverterEnterprisesupportstwocloningmodes:diskbasedcloningandvolumebasedcloning.

Volume-Based Cloning

ConverterEnterprisesupportsvolumebasedcloningforhotandcoldcloningandforimportationofexisting

virtualmachines.

Involumebasedcloning,allvolumesinthedestinationvirtualmachinearebasicvolumes,regardlessofthe

typeinthecorrespondingsourcevolume.Filelevelorblocklevelvolumebasedcloningisperformed,

dependingonyoursizeselections:

VolumebasedfilelevelcloningPerformedwhenanysizesmallerthantheoriginalisselected.

VolumebasedblocklevelcloningPerformedwhenthevolumesizeismaintainedorextended.

Dependingonthecloningmode,sometypesofsourcevolumesmightnotbesupportedasfollows:

Coldcloning(ConverterBootCD)supportsalltypesofdynamicvolumes,butdoesntsupportWindows NT 4faulttolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesissupported.

VirtualmachineimportingsupportsbasicvolumesandalltypesofdynamicvolumesexceptRAID.It

doesntsupportWindows NT 4faulttolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesis

supported.Onlymasterbootrecord(MBR)disksaresupported.GUIDpartitiontable(GPT)disksarenot

supported.

HotcloningsupportsalltypesofsourcevolumesrecognizedbyWindows,exceptWindows NT 4

faulttolerantvolumes.WindowsNT4withmirroredvolumesissupported.

Disk-Based Cloning

ConverterEnterprisesupportsdiskbasedcloningforcoldcloningandforimportingexistingvirtual

machines.Diskbasedcloningtransfersallsectorsfromalldisks,preservingallvolumemetadata.Thedestinationvirtualmachinereceivesthesamevolumesofthesametypeasthoseofthesourcevirtualmachine.

Diskbasedcloningsupportsalltypesofbasicanddynamicdisks.

Migrating Existing Virtual Machines and System Images

ConverterEnterpriseoutputsanewVMwarevirtualmachinebasedonasourcevirtualmachineorsystem

image.Themigrationprocessisnondestructive,soyoucancontinuetousetheoriginalsourcevirtualmachine

orsystemimagewiththeproductusedtocreateit.TorunanimportedVMwarevirtualmachineonthesame

networkasthesourcevirtualmachine,modifythenetworknameandIPaddressononeofthevirtual

machinessothattheoriginalandnewvirtualmachinescancoexist.

network

sourcevolumes


physical machine

VM


source destination


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Converting Virtual Machines

ConverterEnterpriseletsyoumoveVMwarevirtualmachinesbetweenVMwareWorkstation,VMware

Fusion,VMwarePlayer,VMwareACE,VMwareESXServer,ESXServer3iEmbedded,ESXServer3i

Installable,VMwareGSXServer,andVMwareServer.ItalsoimportsvirtualmachinesfromMicrosoft

Virtual ServerandVirtual PC.

Configuring Virtual Machines

ForVMwarevirtualmachineswhosediskshavebeenpopulatedbyrestoringfromabackupofaphysicalhost

orbysomeotherdirectmeansofcopying,ConverterEnterprisepreparestheimagetorunonVMwarevirtual

hardware.

Restoring VCB Images

VCBenablesyoutobackupentireESXServervirtualmachines,storingthebackupbyusingWorkstation

disks,a.vmxfile,andacatalogfile.VMwareConverterEnterprisecanrestoreVCBimagesintoESXServers

managedbyVirtualCenter.

ConverterEnterprisesupportsrestoringVCBimagesofanyguestoperatingsystemtype.Fortheoperating

systemslistedinSystemRequirementsonpage 19,ConverterEnterpriseenablesyoutoselectandresize

volumesandcustomizetheidentityfortherestoredvirtualmachine.Forallotherguestoperatingsystems,

ConverterEnterpriseonlysupportsrestoringthedisks.

ConverterEnterprisedoesnotmaintainthe.nvramfileortheVMwarelogfiles.Onlydisksarepreserved.

ConverterEnterprisedoesnotreadtheoriginallocationsettingsfromthecatalogfile.Torestoretothesame

location,youmustlookupinformationsuchasdatastore,hostname,foldername,andresourcepoolinthe

catalogfileandenteritintheImportwizard.Inaddition,ConverterEnterprisedoesnotreadtheoriginal

displaynamefromthecatalogfile.Ifyouwanttousethesamenameanddontrememberit,youcanlookit

upinthecatalogfile.Youcanreadthecatalogfileasaplaintextfile.

Information Not Preserved When Importing VCB Images

WhenrestoringVCBimages,ConverterEnterprisedoesnotpreservecertainhardwarebackinginformation

fromtheoriginalimage,butrathersubstitutesdefaultsettings.Thesearetheaffectedareas:

CDROMDefaultstodevicetype:hostdevice.

FloppyDefaultstodevicetype:hostdevice

NetworkadaptersDefaultstothelistofnetworkadaptersintheGUI.TheMACaddressisnot

preserved.Itisregeneratedbythedestinationhost.

SerialportDefaultstophysicalserialportondestinationhostmachine.

ParallelportDefaultstophysicalparallelportondestinationhostmachine.

WhenrestoringVCBimages,ConverterEnterprisedoesnotpreservecertainothervirtualmachineproperties

fromtheoriginalimage,butsubstitutesdefaultsettings.Thesearetheaffectedareas:

UUIDTheBIOSandlocationofthevirtualmachine,identifiedbyuuid.biosanduuid.location,are

notpreserved,butregeneratedbythehostmachine.

DiskresourceallocationDefaultstothevaluesavailableonthehostwhenthevirtualmachineis

created.

Scheduling Recurring Tasks

WithConverterEnterprise,youcanscheduleanunlimitednumberofphysicaltovirtualrecurringtasksand

specifyhowtheexistingvirtualmachinesaretoberetained.Thisfunctionalityallowsyoutocreateavirtual

machinethatisaperiodicbackupofaphysicalsystem,whichstreamlinesthebackupprocess.Insteadof

restoringthebackupimagetotheoriginalsystembeforeyoucanrecoverit,youcanimmediatelyrecoverthe

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Forrecurringtasks,theagentmustbeinstalledpermanentlyonthesourcemachine.

Thefrequencyatwhichtorunthetask,eitherOnce,Daily,Weekly,orMonthly.

Thenumberofvirtualmachinestokeep.

KeepinganUnlimitedNumberofvirtualmachines

Recurringcloningtasksproducemultiplecopiesofthesamesourcesystem.TheConverterEnterprisenaming

schemaenablesyoutoeasilyidentifythelatestvirtualmachineandtheorderinwhichthevirtualmachines

werecreated.

Virtualmachinesaretimeanddatestampedtopreventoverwritingofexistingmachines.Afterthenumberof

clonedvirtualmachinereachesthelimityouspecify,oldvirtualmachinesaredeleted.

HandlingMultipleResultantVirtualMachines

Youcankeepalimitednumberofvirtualmachinesasbackupstoanexistingmachinebyspecifyingthe

numberontheTaskpage.Topreventoverwritingofexistingvirtualmachines,Converter Enterpriseverifies

thatthemanagedorhostedtargetvirtualmachinedoesnotexist,andthetooltimeanddatestampsthe

existingvirtualmachine.

ConverterEnterprisegeneratessequentialvirtualmachinenamesanddeletesoldnames.

Inthemanagedenvironment,thevirtualmachinenameistheuniqueidentifierofthevirtualmachineandno

additionalstepsarerequired.

Inthehostedenvironment,thetoolcreatesanewdirectoryforeachvirtualmachine.Thenameofthedirectory

mustmatchthevirtualmachinesname.

Iftheexistingtargetvirtualmachinecannotberenamed,forexampleifitisrunning,theclonestopsandthe

temporaryvirtualmachineisremovedtosavediskspace.

RetentionPolicyforVirtualMachineBackupImages

ConverterEnterpriseprovidestheoptiontokeepanunlimitednumberofrecentlyclonedvirtualmachinesfor

situationswhereitisbeneficialtohavemorethanonecopyofabackupofthesourcesystem.Forexample,if

diskspaceisnotanissue,youmightprefertokeepallbackupvirtualmachines,especiallyifthebackupsare

scheduledtoruninfrequently,suchasonceamonth.

Youcanspecifyonethefollowingconditionsforaretentionpolicy:

Overwriteonevirtualmachineeachtimeataskisrun.

Createanewvirtualmachinewitheachrunandspecifythenumberofpreviousimagestokeep.

Createanewvirtualmachinewitheachrunandkeepallimages.

Availablechoicesdependonthefrequencyyouselecttorunthetask.Forexample,ifyouselecttorunatask

onlyOnce,youcanchoosetooverwritethetargetvirtualmachine.

IfyouscheduleConverterEnterprisetooverwriteonetargetvirtualmachineeachtimeaconversiontaskis

executed,aftercloningsucceeds,theoldvirtualmachineisrenamedtoarandomuniquenameandthenew

virtualmachineisrenamedtothetargetname,afterwhichtheoldvirtualmachinedeleted.Thisapproach

requiresadditional

disk

space

but

guarantees

that

you

always

have

avalid

backup.

Operating System, Network, and Hardware Settings Af fected byConversion

AVMwarevirtualmachinecreatedbyConverterEnterprisecontainsanexactcopyofthediskstatefromthe

sourcephysicalmachine,virtualmachine,orsystemimage,withtheexceptionofsomehardwaredependent

drivers(andsometimesthemappeddriveletters).Thefollowingsettingsfromthesourcecomputerremain

identical:

Operatingsystemconfiguration(computername,securityID,useraccounts,profilesandpreferences,

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Applicationsanddatafiles

Volumeserialnumberforeachdiskpartition

Becausethetargetandthesourcevirtualmachinesorsystemimageshavethesameidentities(name,SID,and

soon),runningthemonthesamenetworkcanresultinconflicts.Toredeploythesourcevirtualmachineor

systemimage,makesurethatyoudonotrunboththesourceandtargetimagesorvirtualmachinesonthe

samenetworkatthesametime.

Forexample,

if

you

use

Converter

Enterprise

to

test

the

viability

of

running

aVirtual PC

virtual

machine

as

a

VMwarevirtualmachinewithoutfirstdecommissioningtheoriginalVirtual PCmachine,youmustfirst

resolvetheduplicateIDproblem.Youcanresolvethisproblembycustomizingthevirtualmachinesinthe

Import,Export,andReconfigurewizards.

Changes to Virtual Hardware

MostapplicationsshouldfunctioncorrectlyintheVMwarevirtualmachinebecausetheirconfigurationand

datafileshavethesamelocationastheydidonthesourcevirtualmachine.However,applicationsmightnot

workiftheydependonspecificcharacteristicsoftheunderlyinghardware,suchastheserialnumberorthe

devicemanufacturer.

Whenyoutroubleshootavirtualmachineafteritismigrated,noticethefollowingpotentialhardwarechanges:

CPUmodelandserialnumbers,iftheyareactivated,canbedifferentafterthemigration.TheycorrespondtothephysicalcomputerhostingtheVMwarevirtualmachine.

Ethernetadapterscanbedifferent(AMDPCNetorVMXnet)withadifferentMACaddress.TheIP

addressofeachinterfacemustbeindividuallyreconfigured.

Graphicscardscanbedifferent(VMwareSVGAcard).

Thenumberofdisksandpartitionsarethesame,buteachdiskdevicecanhaveadifferentmodeland

differentmanufacturerstrings.

Primarydiskcontrollerscanbedifferentfromthesourcemachinescontrollers.

Applicationsmightnotworkiftheydependondevicesthatarenotavailablefromwithinavirtual

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2

ThischapterdescribestherequirementsforusingVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenterand

ConverterEnterpriseclient.Italsodescribesthecompatibilitiesandinteroperabilitiesamongthesystemson

whichitworks.

Thechapterincludesthefollowingsections:

OperatingSystem

Compatibility

and

Installation

File

Size

Requirements

on

page 19

VMwareConverterEnterpriseClientRequirementsonpage 20

SupportedSourcesforImportingonpage 21

SupportedDestinationsonpage 22

SupportedSourcesforReconfigurationonpage 23

TCP/IPPortsRequiredbyVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenteronpage 23

RemoteHotCloningTroubleshootingTipsonpage 23

Operating System Compatibili ty and Installation File Size Requirements

ConverterEnterpriserequiresaconnectiontoaVirtualCenter2.5orlaterserver.EachConverter EnterpriseserverinstalledaspartofConverterEnterprisemustbeassociatedwithoneVirtualCenterserver.

YoucaninstallConverterEnterpriseonthesamecomputerasVirtualCenterserveroronadifferentcomputer

withaccesstoaVirtualCenterserver.Eitherway,themachineonwhichyouinstallConverterEnterprisemust

meetcertainrequirements.

YoucaninstallConverterEnterpriseonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:

Windows2000ServerSP4withUpdateRollup1

WindowsXPProfessionalSP232bitand64bit

Windows2003ServerSP132bitand64bit

Windows2003

Server

R2

32

bit

and

64

bit

YoucaninstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIonLinuxcomputers.SeeInstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIon

aLinuxComputeronpage 64.

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SpaceinformationandrequirementsforinstallationorConverterEnterprisearelistedinTable 22.

TheoperatingsystemonwhichyouinstallConverterEnterpriseserverdetermineswhatvirtualmachinesand

thirdpartyimagesyoucanimport,export,andreconfigure.Table 22displaysoperatingsystemcompatibility

information.

VMware Converter Enterprise Client Requirements

VMwareConverterEnterpriseclientisinstalledasapluginforVIClient.Youcaninstallthepluginon

multipleVIClientmachines.

YoucaninstallVMwareConverterEnterpriseclientonthefollowingMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems:

Windows2000ProSP4

Windows2000ServerSP4withUpdateRollup1

WindowsXPProSP2

Windows2003SP1

Windows2003ServerR2

WindowsVistaBusiness

WindowsVistaEnterprise

ConverterEnterpriseclientcanbeinstalledon32bitoperatingsystemsonly.

Thefollowingspaceisrequiredforinstallation:

Installersize

21MB

ConverterEnterpriseclientinstalledfiles48MB

Memory Requirements for Hot and Cold Cloning

Forhotcloning,ConverterEnterpriserequires350MBoffreespaceonthesourcephysicalmachine.

ForcoldcloningwiththeVMwareConverterEnterpriseBootCD,thesourcephysicalmachinemustalsomeet

certainmemoryrequirementsasshowninTable 23.

TheminimummemoryrequirementonthephysicalmachineforrunningVMwareConverterEnterpriseBoot

CDis264MB.Therecommendedmemoryis364MB.

Table 2-1. Installation Space Requirements

Installation Component Value

Installersize 43MB

ConverterEnterpriseserverinstalledfiles 74MB

ConverterEnterpriseCLIinstalledfiles 36MB

ConverterEnterpriseagentinstalledfiles 37MB

Table 2-2. Operating System Compatibility for Importing, Exporting, and Reconfiguring Virtual Machines and

Third-Party Images.

Operating System on

Which Converter

Enterprise Server is

Installed

Compatible Source Virtual Machine or Third-Party Image Operating Systems

Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows Vista

Windows2000 X X

WindowsXP X X X X X

Windows2003 X X X X X


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Chapter 2 System Requirements

Supported Sources for Import ing

VMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCentercanimportphysicalmachines,aswellasvirtualmachines

andsystemimages,intovirtualmachinesmanagedbyVirtualCenter.

Physical Machines That Can Be Imported

VMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCentercanimportanyphysicalmachinerunningoneofthe

followingoperatingsystems:

WindowsNT4Workstation/ServerSP4+

Windows2000Professional/Server/Advanced

WindowsXPHome(coldcloningonly)

WindowsXPProfessional(32bitand64bit)

Windows2003Standard/Web/Enterprise(32bitand64bit)

WindowsVista(32bitand64bit)

Virtual Machines and System Images That Can Be Imported

VMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCentercanimportvirtualmachinescreatedwith:

VMwareESXServer3.x(includingESXServer3i)

VMwareESXServer2.5.3.x(includingESXServer3i)managedbyVMwareVirtualCenter2.x

VMwareWorkstation4.5.x,5.x,6.x

VMwarePlayer1.x,2.x

VMwareServer1.x

VMwareACE1.x/2.x

VMwareFusion1.x

VMwareGSXServer3.xstandalone

MicrosoftVirtualPC2004andlaterandVirtualServer2005R2andlater(.vmc)

VMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCentercanimportsystemimagesfrom:

NortonGhost9.0,10.0,12.0,LiveState3.0,6.0,andSymantecBackupExecSystemRecovery6.5,7.0(.sv2i)

StorageCraftShadowProtect(.spf)

AcronisTrueImage9,10(.tib)

VMwareConsolidatedBackup(VCB)fullbackupimages

Table 2-3. Memory Requirements for Cold Cloning with the Boot CD

If the Source Physical Machines Memory (m) Is Then the Boot CD

Lessthan264MB Cannotperformacoldclone.

Greaterthanorequalto264MBbutlessthan296MB Canperformacoldclone,butcannotuseaRAMdisk.

Greaterthanorequalto296MBbutlessthan364MB CanperformacoldclonewithaRAMdisk,althoughusinganetworkshareissuggested.TheRAMdisksizeismminus

264MB.Greaterthanorequalto364MB CanperformacoldclonewithaRAMdisk.

TheRAMdisksizeismminus264MB,uptoalimitof124MB.

NOTE Youcanimporthostedvirtualmachines(Workstation,Player,VMwareServer,VMwareACE,Fusion,

andGSXServer)andsystemimagesonlyiftheyresideonanaccessiblenetworkmountedshare.


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Requirements:

Virtualmachinesmustbepoweredoffbeforeyouimportthem.Youcannotimportsuspendedvirtual

machines.

VirtualmachinesfromMacintoshversionsofVirtual PCarenotsupported.

TheoperatingsystemonVirtual PCorVirtual ServervirtualmachinesmustbeaWindowsguest

operatingsystemsupportedbyVirtualCenter2.5.SeetheGuestOperatingSystemInstallationGuideforalist

of

supported

operating

systems.

ConverterEnterprisesupportsVirtual PCandVirtual ServervirtualmachineswithmostWindows

operatingsystemsprecedingWindows NT 4.0forcloningonly.Itdoesnotsupportconfiguringfor

machineswithearlierWindowsoperatingsystems.

Virtual PCandVirtual ServervirtualmachineswithnonWindowsguestoperatingsystems(forexample,

LinuxandDOS)arenotcompatiblewithVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenter. Thisistrue

evenwhenVirtualCenter2.5otherwisesupportsthatguestoperatingsystem.

ConverterEnterprisecanconvertShadowProtectandBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages,withthe

followinglimitations:

Dynamicdisksarenotsupported.

Allimagesforthebackupofamachinemustbeinasinglefolder,withnootherimagesplacedthere.

Forvolumebasedcloning,youmusthavebackedupallvolumesinthediskuptotheactiveandsystem

volumes.Forexample,ifadiskhasfourpartitions,1 4,withpartition2astheactivevolumeandpartition

3asthesystemvolume,thebackupmustinclude1through3.

Ifitisanincrementalimage,upto16incrementalbackupsaresupported.

Imagesofsystemswithlogicaldrivesarenotsupportedifthelogicaldriveisalsoasystemoractive

volume(ShadowProtectonly).

Supported Destinations

VMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCentercanexportvirtualmachinesmanagedbyVirtualCentertothe

followingdestinations:

VMwareESXServer3.x(includingESXServer3i)standalone

VMwareESXServer2.5/3.x(includingESXServer3i)managedbyVMwareVirtualCenter2.x

VMwareWorkstation4.5.x,5.x,6.x

VMwarePlayer1.x,2.x

VMwareServer1.x

VMwareACE1.x,2.x

VMwareFusion1.x

VMwareGSX

Server

3.x

standalone

Hostedvirtualmachines(Workstation,Player,VMwareServer,VMwareACE,Fusion,andGSXServer

standalone)mustbeexportedtoanaccessiblenetworkmountedshare.


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Chapter 2 System Requirements

Supported Sources for Reconfiguration

VMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCentercanreconfigureanyWindowsvirtualmachinemanagedby

VirtualCenter.

TCP/IP Ports Required by VMware Converter Enterprise forVirtualCenter

Table 24liststheportsConverterEnterpriseusesintheconversionprocess.

Remote Hot Cloning Troubleshooting Tips

Thefollowinginformationcanhelpyouavoidissuesrelatedtopermissionsandnetworkaccesswhen

performinghotcloning.

Common Requirements for Windows Operating Systems

ToensuresuccessfulremotehotcloningofWindowsplatforms,makethefollowingchecksonthesource

machinebeforeyoulaunchtheapplication:

EnsurethatSimpleFileSharingisturnedoff.

EnsurethatfileandprintersharingisnotblockedbyWindowsFirewall.

Turn off Simple File Sharing on Windows XP Professional

Tocontrolpermissionsforindividualusers,youmustturnoffSimpleFileSharing.TurningSimpleFile

SharingoffdoesnotturnofftheSharedDocumentsfeature.UsetheSimpleFileSharingUI,locatedinthe

foldersproperties,toconfigureshareandfilepermissions.

ForWindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemsjoinedtoaworkgroup,theSimpleFileSharingUIisturned

onbydefault.WindowsXPProfessionaloperatingsystemsjoinedtoadomainusetheclassicfilesharingand

securityinterfaceonly.

To turn o ff Simple File Sharing in Windows XP Professional

1 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>FolderOptions.

2 ClicktheViewtabanddeselectUseSimple

File

Sharing

(Recommended).

Foradditionalinformationaboutturningsimplefilesharingonoroff,seetheMicrosoftTechNetWebsite.

Ensure that File and Printer Sharing is not Blocked by Windows Firewall

IfConverterfailstoconnecttoaremoteWindowsXPmachineandissuesabad username/password error

message,ensurethatfileandprintersharingisnotblockedbyWindowsFirewall.

To check the Windows Firewall blocks

1 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>AdministrativeTools>LocalSecurityPolicy.

2 SelectNetworkaccess:SharingandSecuritymodelforlocalaccounts.

Table 2-4. Ports Required by Converter Enterprise

Communication Paths Port

ConverterEnterpriseServertoremotephysicalmachine TCP445,139UDP137,138

ConverterEnterpriseServertoVirtualCenterServer 443

ConverterEnterpriseClienttoConverterEnterpriseServer 443

PhysicalmachinetoVirtualCenterServer 443

PhysicalMachinetoESXServer 902


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3 MakesurethatClassiclocalusersauthenticateasthemselvesisselected.

Fortroubleshootinginformationaboutfileandprintersharing,seetheMicrosoftTechNetWebsite.


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3

ThischapterdescribesthebasicstepsforinstallinganduninstallingVMwareConverterEnterprisefor

VirtualCenterandVMwareConverterEnterpriseClient.


InstallConverterEnterpriseonpage 25

UninstallVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenteronpage 26

InstallConverterEnterpriseClientonpage 27

UninstallConverterEnterpriseClientonpage 27

Install Converter Enterprise

VMwareConverterEnterpriseisinstalledaspartoftheinstallationprocessforVirtualCenter.Ifyouhavean

establishedVMwareInfrastructureenvironment,youcanusethesameinstaller,orusethe

Converter EnterpriseinstallertoaddConverterEnterprisefunctionality.

TheprocessforinstallingConverterEnterpriseusingtheVMwareConverterEnterpriseinstallerisdescribed

here.TheprocessforinstallingConverterEnterpriseaspartoftheVirtualCenterinstallationprocessis

describedintheInstallationGuideforVMwareInfrastructure3.ToinstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIonaLinuxcomputer,seeInstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIona

LinuxComputeronpage 64.

BeforeinstallingVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenter,makesuretosatisfytheseprerequisites:

SystemrequirementsMakesureyourhardwaremeetstheConverterEnterprisesystemrequirements.

SeeOperatingSystemCompatibilityandInstallationFileSizeRequirementsonpage 19.

VirtualCenterServerlogininformationVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenterrequiresa

connectiontoaVirtualCenterServer(2.5orlater).MakesurethattheVirtualCenterServerispoweredon

andthatyouhavelogincredentialsavailabletoenterduringtheinstallationprocess.

To install Converter Enterprise

1 Logintothecomputerasauserwithadministrativeprivileges.

2 InserttheVMwareInfrastructureManagementinstallationCD.

IftheVMwareInfrastructureManagementInstallerscreenappears,clickCancel,andclickYestoconfirm,

andclickFinishtoexittheinstaller.

3 BrowsetheCDandopentheconverterfolder,whichcontainsthestandaloneinstallerfile.

4 DoubleclicktheVMware-Converter.exe fileandclickNext.

IfadialogboxappearswithModify,Repair,orRemove,theinstallerhasdetectedapreviousVMware

ConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenterinstallation.

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5 OntheEndUserLicenseAgreementpage,selectIacceptthetermsintheLicenseAgreementandclick

Next.

6 SelectthelocationfolderforVMwareConverterEnterpriseintheDestinationFolderpageandclickNext.

ThedefaultlocationisC:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\ Converter Enterprise and

installsthefilesthere.Toinstalltoanotherlocation,clickChangeandbrowseforthenewlocation.

7 SelectaTypicalinstallationorCustominstallationandclickNext.

SelectTypicaltoinstallConverterEnterpriseserverandtheConverterEnterpriseCLI.

SelectCustomtospecifyaConverterEnterpriseserver,ConverterEnterpriseCLI,orConverterEnterprise

agentinstallation.

YoucaninstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIonmultiplemachinestoaccessaVirtualCenterserverwith

anassociatedConverterEnterpriseserver.YoucaninstalltheConverterEnterpriseCLIonthesame

machineasConverterEnterpriseserver,oronadifferentmachine.

IfyourselectiondoesnotincludeConverterEnterpriseserver,whenthewizarddisplaystheInstallation

Completedpage,clickFinish.

8 SelectaVirtualCenterServertoconnecttoandclickNext.

EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheserverandentertheUserNameandPasswordtoconnect.Ifthe

defaultport(443)isalreadyinuse,specifyanalternateport.

EachinstallationofConverterEnterpriseservermustbeassociatedwithonlyoneVirtualCenterserver.

9 SpecifytheVMwareVirtualInfrastructurewebserviceportsandclickNext.

a TypeanHTTPSport.Thedefaultis443.

b TypeanHTTPport.Thedefaultis80.

c TypeaSOAPport.Thedefaultis9085.

d TypeaWebport.Thedefaultis9086.

TheseportsallowcommunicationbetweenConverterEnterprisecomponents.Ifthedefaultportsarein

useby

other

applications,

enter

alternate

ports.

10 SpecifyhowtheConverterEnterpriseservershouldbeidentifiedonthenetworkandclickNext.

Selectahostname,IPaddress,orDNSnametoidentifyConverterEnterpriseServeronthenetwork.This

informationisusedtoenablecommunicationbetweenConverterEnterpriseServerandVirtualCenter

Server.

11 OntheReadytoInstalltheProgrampage,clickInstall.

IfyouclickCancelduringtheinstallation,theinstalledfilesarerolledbackandtheoperatingsystemis

returnedtoitsoriginalstate.

12 WhenthewizarddisplaystheInstallationCompletedpage,clickFinish.

IfyouinstalledConverterEnterpriseAgentonaWindows 2000orWindows NTmachine,Windows

promptsyoutorestartyoursystem.

Uninstall VMware Converter Enterprise for VirtualCenter

YoucanuninstallConverterEnterprisecomponentsusingtheWindowsAddorRemoveProgramsutilityfrom

theControlPanel.Usethefollowingprocedureforeachcomponentyouwanttouninstall.

To uninstall Converter Enterprise

1 LoginasanAdministratortotheWindowscomputeronwhichConverterEnterpriseisinstalled.

2 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>AddorRemovePrograms.

3 SelectaConverterEnterprisecomponentandclickRemove.


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4 ClickYestoconfirmthatyouwanttoremovetheprogramandclickFinish.

Install Converter Enterprise Client

BeforeinstallingConverterEnterpriseclient,makesurethatyourhardwaremeetstheConverter Enterprise

clientsystemrequirements,theninstallVMWare Converter EnterpriseforVirtualCenter.

SeeVMwareConverterEnterpriseClientRequirementsonpage 20.

To install Converter Enterprise Client

1 StartVIClientandconnecttotheVirtualCenterserverassociatedwithConverterEnterprise.

YouspecifiedtheassociatedVirtualCenterserverwhenyouinstalledVMwareConverterEnterprisefor

VirtualCenter.

2 OntheVMwareInfrastructureClientmenu,clickPlugins>ManagePlugins.

3 ClicktheAvailabletab.

4 IntheVMwareConverterEnterpriseClientpluginfield,DownloadandinstallandclickNext.

5 ClickInstall.

6 ClickFinish.

7 InthePluginManager,clicktheInstalledtab.

8 ClicktheEnabledboxandclickOK.

YoucannowlaunchtheVMwareConverterEnterpriseforVirtualCenteronlinehelpfromtheHelpmenu.

Uninstall Converter Enterprise Client

YoucanuninstallConverterEnterpriseClientbyusingtheWindowsAddorRemoveProgramsutilityinthe

ControlPanel.

To uninstall Converter Enterprise Client

1 Login

as

an

Administrator

to

the

Windows

computer

on

which

Converter

Enterprise

Client

is

installed.

2 ChooseStart>Settings>ControlPanel>AddorRemovePrograms.

3 SelectVMwareConverterEnterpriseClientandclickRemove.

4 ClickYestoconfirmthatyouwanttoremovetheprogramandclickFinish.


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4

Thischapterdescribeshowtoimportphysicalmachines,virtualmachines,andsystemimagesintovirtual

machinesmanagedbyVirtualCenter.


SelectingaConversionProcedureonpage 29

StarttheWizardforanImportonpage 30

SelectaSourceonpage 31

ChooseaDestinationforaNewVirtualMachineonpage 34

CustomizetheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachineonpage 34

ScheduleanImportTaskonpage 36

CompletetheImportonpage 37

TheprocessforimportingphysicalmachinesthatarenotrunningusestheVMwareConverterEnterpriseBoot

CDandthestandaloneVMwareConverterEnterpriseapplication.SeeChapter 8,UsingtheVMware

ConverterEnterpriseBootCDforLocalColdCloning,onpage 53.

Selecting a ConversionProcedure

Theprocedureforyourconversioncanvary,dependingonyourvirtualmachinesourceanddestination

choices.Theapproachyoutakeforcreatingyourvirtualmachineisdeterminedbythefollowingfactors:

ThetypeofsourceyouareconvertingAphysicalcomputer,aVMwareInfrastructurevirtualmachine

(ESXServer),avirtualappliance,orastandalonevirtualmachine.

ThetypeofdestinationyouareconvertingtoESX Server,ESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter,a

virtualappliance,oraVMwarestandalonevirtualmachine.

Standalonevirtualmachinesincludemachines,suchasWorkstation,VMware Server,VCB,

Acronis True Image 9,MicrosoftVirtualPCandVirtualServer,Symantec BackupExecServer Recovery

(formerlyLiveState Recovery)

6.5

and

7.0,

LiveState Recovery

3.0

and

6.0,

and

Norton

Ghost 9,

10,

and

12

(.sv2i only)images.

Thefollowingtypesofdiskconversionareavailable,dependingonyoursourceanddestinationmachines:

ConvertalldisksandmaintainsizeChoosethisoptiontoconvertalldisksunchanged.Thisistheonly

choiceifthevirtualmachineyouareconvertinghasaLinuxguestoperatingsystem.

SelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspaceChoosethisoptiontospecifyaspecificsize.

CreateaseparatediskforeachvolumeChoosethisoptiontocreateaseparatediskforeachvolume.

(Theactiveandsystemvolumesarenotseparatediftheyresideonthesamedisk.)Thenyoucanmigrate

disksacrossindependentdatastores.

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Create a Separate Disk for Each Volume

Toeasestoragemanagement,ConverterEnterpriseprovidestheoptionontheSourceDatapagetomigrateall

volumesexcepttheactiveandsystemvolumestoseparatedisks.Theactiveandsystemvolumesarenot

separatediftheyresideonthesamedisk.Convertingindividualvolumestocorrespondingvirtualdisksand

placingtheindividualdisksacrossseparatedatastoresgivesyoumoredirectcontroloverstoragelimitations.

Theoptiontocreateaseparatediskforeachvolumeisavailableforallsources.Thedestinationcanbea

VMwareInfrastructure(ESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter)orahosteddestination

(Workstation).Forhosteddestinations,alldisksarestoredinthesamelocation.

IfyouselectCreateaseparatediskforeachvolume,ontheAdvancedDatastorepagethenewdisksare

displayedintheorderinwhichthevolumesontheSource Datapagearedisplayed.Theactiveandsystem

disksarealwayslistedfirstandcanbeonthesameorondifferentdisks,dependingontheiroriginal

configuration.Toverifythenewdisktowhichavolumeisassigned,comparethenewsizeforeachvolumeon

theSourceDatapagewiththedisksizeontheDatastorepage.

To migrate volumes across independent datastores on VMware Infrastructure virtual machines

1 OntheSourceDatapage,selectthevolumestoconvertandspecifytheirsize.

2 SelectCreateaseparatediskforeachvolumeandclickNext.

3 Typethe

IP

address

of

the

VirtualCenter

server

or

the

host

where

you

want

to

store

your

virtual

machine.

4 Loginasadministrator,enteryouradministratorpassword,andclickNext.

5 Typeanameforthenewmachine,selectthefolderlocationforthenewmachine,andclickNext.

6 OntheHostorClusterpage,selectahost,cluster,orresourcepoolfromwhichthevirtualmachineisto

runandclickNext.

7 OntheAdvancedDatastorepage,selecttheappropriatedatastoreforstoringeachdiskandclickNext.

Start the Wizard for an Import

UsethisproceduretolaunchtheVMwareConverterEnterpriseImportwizard.

Thewizard

is

context

sensitive.

The

information

you

need

to

provide

depends

on

the

location

from

which

you

launchthewizard.Forexample,ifyoulaunchtheImportwizardfromtherightclickmenuofahost,the

importedvirtualmachinewillbelocatedonthathostandthewizarddoesnotaskyouforadestination.Ifyou

launchthewizardfromtheScheduledTasksview,thereisnocontextfromwhichadestinationcanbeinferred

sothewizardasksyoutospecifyone.

To start the wizard

1 GotoStart>Programs>VMware>VMwareInfrastructureClient.

2 TypethehostnameorIPaddressoftheVirtualCenterserverassociatedwithConverterEnterprise.

3 TypeanappropriateWindowsdomainusernameandpasswordandclickLogin.

4 TostarttheImportwizard,dooneofthefollowing:

OnthemainVIClientmenu,selectInventory>host,cluster,orresourcepool>ImportMachine.

IntheHosts&Clustersview,rightclickahost,cluster,orresourcepoolandselectImportMachine.

IntheVirtualMachinesandTemplatesview,rightclickafolderandselectImportMachine.

IntheScheduledTasksview,selectFile>New>ScheduledTaskandinthedropdownmenu,select

Importamachine.

TheSourcepageintroducestheTableofContentspane,displayingthefourstepconversionprocess:

Step1:Source,Step2:Destination,Step3:Customization,andStep4:ScheduleTask.

TheLogInfobutton oneachwizardpageextendsthepagetoshowthelocationofthetemporary

ConverterEnterpriselogfiles.Retrievethelogfilesassoonasneeded.


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Select a Source

Afteryoustartthewizard,youcanchooseoneofthefollowingsourcemachinetypes:

PhysicalcomputerAnycomputeronanetwork.

VMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachineESXServer,ESXServer3andESXServerorESXServer3i

managedbyVirtualCenter.

Other

A

standalone

virtual

machine

or

backup

image,

such

as

Workstation,

VCB

images,

or

third

party

virtualmachinesordiskimages.

Select a Physical Machine Source

Usethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisaremotephysicalmachine.Theremotephysicalmachinemustbe

running,andyoumusthaveadministrativeprivilegesforthemachine.

IfthesourcemachineisaWindowsNTcomputer,itmusthaveWindowsInstaller2.1orgreater.

To select the source physical computer and choose the disks to import

1 OntheSourcepage,clickNexttogototheSourceTypepage.

2 SelectPhysicalcomputerfromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.

3 TypethehostnameorIPaddressoftheremotephysicalmachineyouwanttoimport,orchooseamachine

fromthedropdownmenu.

4 TypetheDOMAIN\usernameandpasswordforthespecifiedmachineandclickNext.

IfConverterEnterpriseneedstoinstallConverterEnterpriseagentontheremotemachine,awarning

dialogboxdisplays.

5 OntheSourceDatapage,deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoimport.

Forhotcloningofaphysicalcomputer,ConverterEnterpriseenablesvolumebasedcloningonly.Ifyou

deselectthesystemvolumeoractivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage.

6 Whenperformingvolumebasedcloning,selectIgnorepagefileandhibernationfiletoexcludethese

files.

Becausethesefilesarenotcopiedtothedestinationvirtualmachine,themachineiscreatedwithmorefree

space.Youcanchoosenottoignorethesefiles.

7 SpecifythevolumesizeforeachvolumeintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenusandclickNext.

8 (Optional)Toconvertindividualvolumestocorrespondingvirtualdisks,selectCreateaseparatediskfor

eachvolume.

Option Description

MaintainSize Keepstheoriginalsizevolume.

MinSize Convertsjusttheusedportionfromthevolume,withasmallamountofspaceadded.

Enteraspecificsizeingigabytes.

Enteraspecificsizeinmegabytes.


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Select an ESX Server or VirtualCenter Virtual Machine Source

UsethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisESXServer,ESXServer3i,oraVirtualCentervirtualmachine.

Thesourcevirtualmachinemustbeshutdownandpoweredoff.

To select a source ESX Server or VirtualCenter virtual machine and choose the disks to import


2 SelectVMwareInfrastructure

Virtual

MachineinthedropdownmenuandclickNext.

3 OntheSourceLoginpage,specifytheESXServerorVirtualCenterservercontainingthevirtualmachine

youwanttoimportandenteryourusernameandpassword.

TheESX/VCServerdropdownmenuispopulatedwiththeidentifiersorlocationsofthelast10systems

accessed.Enteranewidentifier.

4 ClickNext.

5 SelectavirtualmachinetoimportandclickNext.

6 Toimportalldisksunchanged,makesurethatImportalldisksandmaintainsizeisselectedonthe

SourceDatapageandclickNext.

ImportalldisksandmaintainsizeistheonlychoiceifthevirtualmachineyouareimportinghasaLinux

guestoperatingsystem.PageandHibernationfilesareignoredduringcloning.

Otherwise,

click

Select

volumes

and

resize

to

save

or

add

space.7 Deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoimport.

Ifyoudeselectthesystemvolumeoractivevolume,awarningappearsbeforeyougotothenextpage.

8 SpecifythevolumesizeyouwantintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenusandclickNext.

9

10 (Optional)Toconvertindividualvolumestocorrespondingvirtualdisks,selectCreateaseparatediskfor

eachvolume.

Server Action

ESXServer ChoosethevirtualmachineyouwanttoconvertfromthelistofthosefoundontheESXServermachineyouaccessed.

ESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter

SpecifythesourceforyourvirtualmachineintheVirtualCentervirtualmachineinventorybrowserandclickNext.

IntheViewdropdownmenu,searchthebrowserthroughoneoftwoviewsoftheinventory:thedefaultHosts&ClustersviewortheVirtualMachines&Templatesview.

Option Description






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Select a Standalone Virtual Machine, Backup Image, or Disk Image as the Source

Usethisprocedureifyoursourcesystemisastandalonevirtualmachine,backupimage,ordiskimage.

To select the source standalone virtual machine and choose the disks to import


2 SelectOtherinthedropdownmenuandclickNext.

3 SpecifytheUNCpathandfilenameforthesourcevirtualmachineorimage.

4 EntertheDOMAIN\usernameandpasswordandclickNext.

IfyouareimportingaVCBimage,gotoStep 8.

ConverterEnterprisemightrequirefilesfromservicepacksorhotfixes.Inthiscase,theNewVirtual

MachineReconfigurationpageappears.

Thewizardshowswhichfilesitrequires.TheNextbuttonremainsdisableduntileveryitemhasacheck

besideit.

IfyouareimportingaMicrosoftWindows NT4.0virtualmachineorimage,awarningmessageadvises

youthattheimportprocesswillupgradeanyNTFSpartitionsintheresultingvirtualmachinetoanewer

versionoftheNTFSfilesystem.Toavoidupgradingyourfilesystem,clickNointhedialogboxandclick

Cancelinthewizardpagetoendtheimport.

5 Selectoneormoreitemsfromthelist,clickFolderLocation,andenterthefullUNCpathtothefolderthat

containstheselectedfiles.

Forexample,enter\\serverName\folderName.

6 Enterthecredentialstoaccessthespecifiedlocation.

RepeatSteps5and6foreachrequiredfile,andwhenfinished,clickNext.

7 Ifthesourceyouselectedispasswordprotected,theVirtualMachineLoginpageappears.

TypethepasswordandclickNext.

Ifthesourceisnotpasswordprotected,thewizardskipsthispageandpresentstheSourceDatapage.

8 Toimportalldisksunchanged,makesurethatImportalldisksandmaintainsizeisselectedonthe

SourceDatapageandclickNext.

ImportalldisksandmaintainsizeistheonlychoiceifthevirtualmachineyouareimportinghasaLinux

guestoperatingsystem.

Otherwise,selecttheSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspaceradiobuttonandfollowthe

remainingstepsinthisprocedure.

9 Deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoimport.


Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:

Option Description

Convertalldiskswithoutchangingthem.Pagefileandhibernationfileareignoredduringcloning.

MakesureConvertalldisksandmaintainsizeisselectedontheSourceDatapageandclickNext.

Createalinkedclone. SelectConvertalldisksandmaintainsize.

ConvertdiskswhenthevirtualmachineyouareconvertinghasaLinuxguestOS.

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10 Specify

the

volume

size

you

want

in

the

New

Disk

Space

drop

down

combo

box

and

click

Next.

Choose a Destination for a New Virtual Machine

UsethisproceduretoimportthevirtualmachinetoruninanESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter.

To select the destination for your converted virtual machine

1 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetomovetotheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage.

2 OntheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage,typethenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine

andchooseadestinationfolderwithintheVirtualCenterinventoryandclickNext.

3 DependingonhowyoulaunchedthewizardandyourspecificVirtualCenterenvironmentandsettings,

thefollowingstepsmightberequired:

a OntheHostorClusterpage,selectthehost,cluster,orresourcepoolfromwhichyouwanttorunthe

importedvirtualmachineandclickNext.

b OntheHostpage,selectahostandclickNext.

c OntheResourcePoolpage,selectaresourcepoolandclickNext.

4 SpecifythedatastoreforthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfilesanddisksandclickNext.

AlldatastoresandtheiravailablespaceappearintheDatastorelist.Youmustchooseadatastoreor

datastoreslargeenoughtocontaintheselecteddisks.

Todistributethedisksoverseveraldatastores,clickAdvancedtoseethelistofdisksandthevirtual

machineconfigurationfile.Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus.If

insufficientspaceisavailable,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredsize.

5 MapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkontheNetworkspageandclick

Next.

TheNetworks

panel

displays,

in

drop

down

menus,

the

networks

available

at

the

destination

location.

Youcanalsospecifythenumberofadapterstomap.

Customize the Guest Operating System of the New Virtual Machine

OntheExportwizardCustomizationpage,youcanchoosetoinstallVMwareTools,customizeaguest

operatingsystem,removeSystemRestorecheckpoints,oranycombinationoftheseoptions,dependingonthe


ConverterEnterprisedoesnotsupportcustomizationforWindowsNT.

Resizethevolumes. ClickSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspace.

Convertindividualvolumestocorrespondingdisks.

SelectCreateaseparatediskforeachvolume.

Foradditionalinformation,seeCreateaSeparateDiskforEachVolumeonpage 30.

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To skip the opt ions on the Customization page and go to the Ready to Complete page

1 EnsurethatallcheckboxesaredeselectedandclickNext.

2 ContinuewithCompletetheImportonpage 37.

Install VMware Tools

InstallingVMwareToolsisapplicableonlyforESXServer,VirtualCenter,Workstation 6,VMware Fusion 1,

VMware Player 2,andACE 2destinations.

To install VMWare Tools

1 OntheCustomizationpage,ensurethatInstallVMwareToolsisselected.

2 ClickNextorselectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachinetocontinuewithcustomization.

Customize the Identity of the New Virtual Machine

Usethisproceduretocustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachine.

IftheCustomizeoptionisunavailable,youmustinstalltheMicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourVirtualCenter

servermachineintheappropriatelocation.Forexample,C:\Documents and Settings\All

Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\.

Youcancustomizethefollowingfields:

Changethecomputerinformationforidentifyingavirtualmachineonanetwork.

Enterserverlicenseinformation.

Changethetimezoneforavirtualmachine.

Modifythepropertiesforeachnetworkinterface.

To customize the identity of the new virtual machine

1 OntheCustomizationpage,selectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachineandclickNext.

Thetable

of

contents

expands

to

show

the

topics

in

this

section

of

installation.

2 OntheComputerInformationpage,customizeanyofthesefields:

ComputerNameAuniquenametoidentifythevirtualmachineonthenetwork.Underscoreis

nonstandard,butVMwareConverterpermitsitsuse.Thereisa63characterlimit.TheComputer

Namecannotconsistonlyofnumerals.NonASCIIcharactersareallowed.

OwnerNameValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.Thelimitis63characters.

OrganizationValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.Thelimitis63characters.

GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentifier.Bydefault,the

securityIDispreselectedforWindowsVistasystems.

3 ClickNext.

4 OntheWindowsLicensepage,entertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,if

necessary,andclickNext.

YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage.

TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxonlyappliestoMicrosoftWindows 2000Serverand

MicrosoftWindows 2003Serveroperatingsystems.TheServerLicenseModebuttonsaredisabledifthe

checkboxisnotselected.ThisactiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVista.

5 ChooseatimezonefromthedropdownmenuontheTimeZonepageandclickNext.

Ifnetworkinterfacesneedtobeset,theNetworkInterfaceSettingspageappears.


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6 (Optional)Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterface

SettingspageandclickCustomize.

TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifoneormorenetworkadaptershavebeenmodified.Clickthisbuttonto

returnallsettingsforalladapterstothedefault.

Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost

ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNext.

7 (Optional)On

the

Network

Properties

dialog

box,

modify

the

properties

of

any

network

adapters.

8 ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingspageandclickNext.

9 OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,selecthowthevirtualmachineparticipatesinanetwork.

WorkgroupValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15

characters.

WindowsServerDomainThetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,

space,period(dot),andthehyphen.Eachlabeldelineatedbyadotcanbe63characters,andtheentire

textstringcanbeupto254characters.Ausernameandpasswordarealsorequired.

10 ClickNext.

Remove System Restore CheckpointsVMwarerecommendsthatyouremoveallSystemRestorecheckpoints,regardlessofthecloningmode,unless

youwantthetargetvirtualmachinetobeareplicaofthesourcesystem.RemovingallSystemRestore

checkpointspreventsthetargetmachinefromrevertingtoapreconversionstate.Restoringacheckpointinthe

targetvirtualmachinethatwascreatedbeforecloningthesourcemachinecandamagethesystemandcause

thetargetvirtualmachinetobecomeunbootable.

To remove System Restore checkpoints for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2003

OntheCustomizationpage,selectRemoveallsystemrestorecheckpoints.

SystemRestoreisenabledonWindowsVistaandWindowsXPsystemsbydefault.ForWindowsVista,ifyou

aredoingvolumebasedfilelevelcloning,SystemRestorecheckpointsareautomaticallyremovedfromthe

targetvirtual

machine,

regardless

of

the

check

box.

If

you

are

doing

disk

based

cloning

or

volume

level

blockbasedcloning,deselectingthecheckboxinstructsConvertertokeeptheSystemRestorecheckpointsin

thetargetvirtualmachine.

Formoreinformationaboutcloningmodes,seeCloningModesonpage 15.

Schedule an Import Task

OntheScheduleTaskpageoftheImportwizard,youcansetatasktorunimmediatelyorscheduleittorun

atalaterdate.Youcanalsoschedulethefrequencyatwhichtorunthetask.

IfyoustarttheImportWizardfromVirtualCenter,youmustschedulethetask.

Field Description

General UsethistabonlytomanuallyentertheIPaddressandDNSserveraddress.

DNS SpecifytheDNSconnectionsbyenteringDNSsuffixes.

ForeachDNSsuffixyouenter,clickAdd.

IfyouareenteringmultipleDNSsuffixes,useMoveUpandMoveDowntospecifytheorderinwhichavirtualmachineistousetheconnections.

WINS SpecifytheprimaryandsecondaryWINSaddressesbytypingtheIPaddressesintheentryboxes.


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To run a task immediately

OntheScheduleTaskpage,selectImmediatelyandclickNext.

To schedule a tasks to run at a specific time

1 SelectLater.

2 Enteradisplaynameforthetask.

3 Enteradescriptionofthetask.

4 Specifythestarttime.

5 Specifythestartdate.

6 ClickNext.

To schedule task frequency

1 ClicktheSchedulethetaskbutton.

1 Enterataskname.

2 Enterataskdescription.

3 IntheFrequencydropdownmenu,selectthefrequencyatwhichtorunthetask.

4 Specifythetaskinformationforthefrequencyyouselected.

Dependingonthefrequencyselection,specifythefollowinginformation:

DailyDay,Time

WeeklyDay,Time,Repeat

MonthlyDay,Time,Repeat

5 Specifythestartdate.

6 Specifytheenddate.

Youcan

leave

the

task

open

ended

by

selecting

No

end

date

or

specifyaspecific

date

at

which

to

end

the

task.Youcanalsospecifyasetnumberofoccurrencesafterwhichthetaskshouldend.

7 (Optional)IntheRetentionPolicydropdownmenu,selectaretentionpolicy.

Youcanautomaticallyoverwritethetargetvirtualmachine,limitthevirtualmachinecopiestothemost

recentvirtualmachine,orallowanunlimitednumberofvirtualmachinecopies.

Complete the Import

ThefinalpageintheImportwizardistheReadytoCompletepage.

To complete the import task

1 Reviewthesummaryofthesettingsforthenewvirtualmachine.

2 SpecifywhetheryouwantVirtualCentertopowerontheresultantvirtualmachineafteritiscreated.

3 ClickFinishtoclosethewizardanddisplaytheTaskViewwiththeimportjobinthetasklist.

Ifyouscheduledthetasktorunimmediately,itappearsinRecentTasks,aswellasundertheTasks&Events

tab.Astatusbarindicatespercentcomplete.Whentheimportisdone,thestatusfieldreportsCompleted.

Ifyouscheduledatasktorunatalatertime,itappearsontheScheduledTaskspage.

Afteryoucreateanimporttask,youcanmonitorandmanageitintheVMwareInfrastructureClientlikeany

task.SeeManagingVMwareConverterEnterpriseTasksonpage 49.


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5

ThischapterdescribeshowtoexportvirtualmachinesmanagedbyVirtualCenter.Youcanexportvirtual

machinestomanagedformats(ESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter)orhostedformats(for

example,WorkstationorGSXServer).Theexportprocessconvertsthesourcetoavirtualmachineinthe

formatyouspecify.


StarttheExportWizardonpage 39

SelectYourSourceonpage 40

SelectingaDestinationfortheNewVirtualMachineonpage 40

CustomizetheGuestOperatingSystemoftheNewVirtualMachineonpage 41

ScheduleanExportTaskonpage 43

CompletetheExportonpage 44

Start the Export Wizard

Usethis

procedure

to

start

the

VMware

Converter

Enterprise

Export

wizard.

Thewizardiscontextsensitive.Theinformationyouneedtoprovidechangesdependingonthelocation

whereyoustartthewizard.Forexample,ifyoustarttheExportwizardfromtherightclickmenuofavirtual

machine,itisassumedthatyouwanttoexportthatvirtualmachineandthewizarddoesnotaskyoufora

source.IfyoustartthewizardfromtheScheduledTasksview,thereisnocontextfromwhichasourcecanbe

inferredsothewizardasksyoutospecifyone.

To start the wizard

1 GotoStart>Programs>VMware>VMwareInfrastructureClient.

2 TypethehostnameorIPaddressoftheVirtualCenterServerassociatedwithConverterEnterprise.

3 TypeanappropriateWindowsdomainusernameandpasswordandclickLogin

4 TostarttheExportwizard,dooneofthefollowing:

IntheVirtualMachineandTemplatesInventoryview,rightclickavirtualmachineandselect

Export.

RightclickavirtualmachineinanyviewandselectExport.

IntheScheduledTasksview,selectFile>New>ScheduledTaskandinthedropdownmenu,select

ExportaVirtualMachine.

TheSourcepageintroducestheTableofContentspanedisplayingthefourstepexportprocess:Step1:

Source,Step2:Destination,Step3:Customization,andStep4:ScheduleTask.

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Select Your Source

Inmostcases,youselectthevirtualmachinethatyouwanttoexportbeforestartingtheExportwizard.Ifyou

startedthewizardbycreatinganewscheduledtask,youmustspecifythesourcevirtualmachine.

To select the source virtual machine to export

1 OntheSourcepage,clickNext.

Ifyou

have

already

selected

the

virtual

machine

you

want

to

export,

it

is

listed

as

the

source.

2 SpecifythesourcevirtualmachineintheVirtualCentervirtualmachineinventorybrowserandclickNext.

Youcansearchthebrowserthroughoneoftwoviewsoftheinventory.

TheHosts&Clustersviewisselectedbydefault.YoucanalsochoosetheVirtualMachines&Templates

viewfromthedropdownmenu.

3 OntheSourceDatapage,clicktheExportalldisksandmaintainsizebuttontoexportalldisks

unchangedandclickNext.

Otherwise,clicktheSelectvolumesandresizetosaveoraddspacebuttonandfollowtheremaining

stepsinthisprocedure.

4 Deselectanyvolumesyoudonotwanttoexport.


Forvolumebasedcloning,ConverterEnterpriseskipsthepageandhibernationfilesbydefault,because

theyarelargeanddonotcontainanyinformationthatauserwouldordinarilywanttocopy.Ifyoudo

wanttocopythesefiles,deselecttheIgnorepagefileandhibernationfilecheckbox.

5 SpecifythevolumesizeyouwantintheNewDiskSpacedropdownmenusandclickNext.

Selecting a Destination for the New Virtual Machine

Youcanexportyoursourcemachinetothefollowingdestinations:

AmanageddestinationESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter

AhosteddestinationForexample,WorkstationorGSXServer

Choose a Managed Destination

UsethisproceduretoexportthevirtualmachineforusewithESXServerorESXServermanagedbyVirtualCenter.

To select a managed destination fo r your converted virtual machine

1 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetogototheDestinationTypepage.

2 SelectVMwareInfrastructureVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.

3 TypeorchoosetheESXServerorVirtualCenterservertoexportthevirtualmachineto.

TheESX/VCServerdropdownmenuispopulatedwiththeidentifiersorlocationsofthelast10systems

loggedinto.Youcantypeinanewidentifier.

4 EnterausernameandpasswordandclickNext.

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5 OntheVirtualMachineNameandFolderpage,enterthenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachine

andchooseadestinationfolderfromtheVirtualCenterinventorylistandclickNext.

6 OntheHostorClusterpage,specifythehost,cluster,orresourcepoolfromwhichyouwanttorunthe

exportedvirtualmachineandclickNext.

7 Dependingontheselectionyoumadeinthepreviousstep,oneofthefollowingstepsmightberequired.

OntheHostpage,selectahostandclickNext.

OntheResourcePoolpage,selectaresourcepoolandclickNext.

8 SpecifythedatastoreforthevirtualmachinesconfigurationfilesanddisksandclickNext.

Alldatastoresandtheiravailablespaceappearinthispanel.Youmustchooseadatastoreordatastores

largeenoughtocontaintheselecteddisks.

Todistributethedisksoverseveraldatastores,clickAdvancedtoseethelistofdisksandthevirtual

machineconfigurationfile.Choosethedatastoreforeachdiskandfilefromthedropdownmenus.If

insufficientspaceisavailable,anerrormessageappearsstatingtherequiredsize.

9 MapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoaVirtualCenternetworkintheNetworkspageandclick

Next.

TheNetworkspaneldisplays,indropdownmenus,thenetworksthatareavailableatthedestination

location.Youcanalsosetthenumberofadapters.

Select a Hosted Destination

UsethisproceduretoexportthevirtualmachineforusewithWorkstation,Fusion,VMwareServer,Player,

VMwareACE,orGSXServer.

To select a hosted destination for your converted virtual machine

1 ClickNextontheDestinationpagetogototheDestinationTypepage.

2 SelectOtherVMwareVirtualMachinefromthedropdownmenuandclickNext.

3 Typethenameyouwanttoassigntothevirtualmachineandspecifyadestinationlocation.

ThelocationmustbeaUNCpathaccessibletoConverterEnterpriseserver.

4 TypetheDOMAIN\usernameandpasswordforthespecifiedlocation.

5 ChoosethetypeofvirtualmachinetocreateandclickNext.

6 OntheVMOptionspage,specifytheoptionsfortheexportedvirtualmachinesvirtualdisks.

ChooseAllocatealldiskspacenowforbetterperformancetoprovidetheexportedvirtualmachine

withallthespaceallocatedtothesourcevirtualmachine.Thisoptionprovidessomewhatbetter

performanceforthevirtualmachine.

ChooseAllowvirtualdiskfilestogrowtostartoutwithsmallvirtualdisksfilesthatcangrowas

needed,untiltheyreachthesizeofthesourcedisks.

TosupportvirtualdisksonFATfilesystems,selecttheSplitdisk

into

2GB

filesbox.

7 Mapthevirtualmachinesnetworkadapterstoabridged,hostonly,orNATnetworkintheNetworks

pageandclickNext.

Customize the Guest Operating System of the New Virtual Machine

OntheExportwizardCustomizationpage,youcanchoosetoinstallVMwareTools,customizeaguest

operatingsystem,removeSystemRestorecheckpoints,oranycombinationoftheseoptions,dependingonthe


ConverterEnterprisedoesnotsupportcustomizationforWindowsNT.


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To skip the opt ions on the Customization page and go to the Ready to Complete page

1 EnsurethatallcheckboxesaredeselectedandclickNext.

2 ContinuewithCompletetheExportonpage 44.

Install VMware Tools

InstallingVMwareToolsisapplicableonlyforESXServer,VirtualCenter,Workstation 6,VMware Fusion 1,

VMware Player 2,andACE 2destinations.

To install VMWare Tools

1 OntheCustomizationpage,ensurethatInstallVMwareToolsisselected.

2 ClickNextorselectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachinetocontinuewithcustomization.

Customize the Identity of the New Virtual Machine

Usethisproceduretocustomizetheidentityofthenewvirtualmachine.

IftheCustomizeoptionisunavailable,youmustinstalltheMicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourVirtualCenter

servermachineintheappropriatelocation.Forexample,C:\Documents and Settings\All

Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep\.Youcancustomizethefollowingfields:

Changethecomputerinformationforidentifyingavirtualmachineonanetwork.

Enterserverlicenseinformation.

Changethetimezoneforavirtualmachine.

Modifythepropertiesforeachnetworkinterface.

To customize the identity of the new virtual machine

1 OntheCustomizationpage,selectCustomizetheidentityofthevirtualmachineandclickNext.

Thetableofcontentsexpandstoshowthetopicsinthissectionofinstallation.

2 OntheComputerInformationpage,customizeanyofthesefields:

ComputerNameAuniquenametoidentifythevirtualmachineonthenetwork.Validcharacters

includeAZ,az,09,andthehyphen.Underscoreisnonstandard,butVMwareConverterpermitsits

use.Thereisa63characterlimit.TheComputerNamecannotconsistonlyofnumerals.

OwnerNameValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.Thelimitis63characters.

OrganizationValidcharactersincludeallprintablecharacters.Thelimitis63characters.

GenerateNewSecurityID(SID)Selecttogenerateanewsecurityidentifier.Bydefault,the

securityIDispreselectedforWindowsVistasystems.

3 ClickNext.

4 OntheWindowsLicensepage,entertheWindowslicensinginformationforthisvirtualmachine,if

necessary,andclickNext.

YoucanleavetheProductIDfieldblankandmovetothenextpage.

TheIncludeServerLicenseInformationcheckboxonlyappliestoMicrosoftWindows 2000Serverand

MicrosoftWindows 2003Serveroperatingsystems.TheServerLicenseModebuttonsaredisabledifthe

checkboxisnotselected.ThisactiondoesnotapplytoWindowsVista.

5 ChooseatimezonefromthedropdownmenuontheTimeZonepageandclickNext.

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6 (Optional)Tocustomizeyournetworkadaptersettings,choosetheadapterontheNetworkInterface

SettingspageandclickCustomize.

TheResetAllbuttonisenabledifoneormorenetworkadaptershavebeenmodified.Clickthisbuttonto

returnallsettingsforalladapterstothedefault.

Bydefault,everynetworkadapterobtainstheIPaddressandDNSserveraddressfromtheDynamicHost

ConfigurationProtocol(DHCP).Ifyouprefertousethedefaultsettings,clickNext.

7 (Optional)On

the

Network

Properties

dialog

box,

modify

the

properties

of

any

network

adapters.

8 ClickOKtoreturntotheNetworkInterfaceSettingspageandclickNext.

9 OntheWorkgrouporDomainpage,selecthowthevirtualmachineparticipatesinanetwork.

WorkgroupValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,space,andthehyphen.Maximumlengthis15

characters.

WindowsServerDomainThetextboxmusthaveavalue.ValidcharactersincludeAZ,az,09,

space,period(dot),andthehyphen.Eachlabeldelineatedbyadotcanbe63characters,andtheentire

textstringcanbeupto254characters.Ausernameandpasswordarerequired.

10 ClickNext.

Remove System Restore CheckpointsVMwarerecommendsthatyouremoveallSystemRestorecheckpoints,regardlessofthecloningmode,unless

youwantthetargetvirtualmachinetobeareplicaofthesourcesystem.RemovingallSystemRestore

checkpointspreventsthetargetmachinefromrevertingtoapreconversionstate.Restoringacheckpointinthe

targetvirtualmachinethatwascreatedbeforecloningthesourcemachinecandamagethesystemandcause

thetargetvirtualmachinetobecomeunbootable.

To remove System Restore checkpoints for Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2003

OntheCustomizationpage,selectRemoveallsystemrestorecheckpoints.

SystemRestoreisenabledonWindowsVistaandWindowsXPsystemsbydefault.ForWindowsVista,ifyou

aredoingvolumebasedfilelevelcloning,SystemRestorecheckpointsareautomaticallyremovedfromthe

targetvirtual

machine,

regardless

of

the

check

box.

If

you

are

doing

disk

based

cloning

or

volume

level

blockbasedcloning,deselectingthecheckboxinstructsConvertertokeeptheSystemRestorecheckp