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Chapter 6 Creating a Virtual Machine from a System Image or Another Virtual Machine
VMware Converter Compared to the Conversion Wizard
Workstation7.0incorporatestheConversionwizardfromtheVMwareConverter
product.VMwareConverterisaseparatedownloadableapplicationforWindowshosts
thatprovidesaneasy‐to‐use,scalablesolutionformigrationsofmachines,both
physicaltovirtualandvirtualtovirtual.InadditiontotheConversionwizard,VMware
Converterprovidesata
skmanagerthatle
tsyouschedulemigrationsofmanymachines.
TheConversionwizardincludedwithWorkstationletsyoucreateVMwarevirtual
machinesfromalocalorremotephysicalmachineorfromvirtualmachinesandsystem
imagesthatwereoriginallycreatedbyusingotherproductsthanVMwareproducts.
Youcanalsousethewizardtochang
eavirtualmachineusingoneVMwareformatto
thatusinganother.Forexample,youcancopyaVMwareServervirtualmachineand
useittocreateanESXvirtualmachine.
TouseotherfeaturesofVMwareConverter,suchasitstaskmanager,ortheabilityto
importmorethanonevi
rtualmachineatatime,downloadtheVMwareConverter.
Supported Source Machines
TheVMwareConversionwizardinWorkstationallowsyoutoimportthefollowing
typesofphysicalandvirtualmachines:
Physicalmachines
WindowsServer 200332‐bitand64‐bit
WindowsXPProfessional32‐bitand64‐bit
WindowsVista32‐bitand64‐bit
Windows7Professional32‐bitand64‐bit
Windows7Enterprise32‐bitand64‐bit
Windows7Ultimate32‐bitand64‐bit
VMwarevirtualmachines(.vmxand.vmtnfiles)
Workstation4.5,5.x,6.x,and7.0
VMwareACE1.x,2.x,and2.6
VMwareFusion1.x,2.0.x,and3.0
VMwarePlayer1.x,2.x,and3.0
ESXServer3.x
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