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Chapter 6 Creating a Virtual Machine from a System Image or Another Virtual Machine

Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual Server Virtual Hard Disks

AsofWorkstation7.0,aconvertedvirtualmachinecansharethesourceMicrosoft

virtualharddisk(.vhdfiles).ThismeansthattheVMwarevirtualmachinecanwrite

directlytotheoriginal.vhdfilesinsteadofVMwarevirtualharddisk(.vmdk)files.

IfyouselectSharesourcetheconvertedvirtualmachinecons

istsofaVMw

arevirtual

machineconfigurationfile(.vmxfile)andtheoriginal.vhdfile,whichremainsinits

originallocation.VMwaremodifiesthe.vhdfile,installingVMware‐specificvideo

drivers,devicedriversforvirtualnetworkcards,andsoon.TheVMware‐specific

driversreplacetheMicrosoftdrivers.

ShadowProtect and Backup Exec System Recovery Images

YoucanimportShadowProtectandBackupExecSystemRecoveryimages,butkeepthe

followinglimitationsinmind:

 Dynamicdisksarenotsupported.

 Allimagesforthebackupofamachineshouldbeinasinglefolder,withnoother

imagesplacedthere.

 Allvolumesinthediskuptotheactiveandsystemvolumesmustbebackedup.

Forexample,ifadiskhasfourpartitions,1–4,withpartition2astheactivevolume

andpartition3asthesystemvolume,thebackupmustinclude1through3.

 Ifitisanincrementalimage,upto16incrementalbackupsaresupported.

 ForShadowProtect,imagesofsystemswithlogicaldrivesarenotsupportedifthe

logicaldriveisalsoasystemoractivevolume.

Appliances That Use Open Virtualization Format

Openvirtualizationformat(OVF)isaplatform‐neutral,secure,andportableformatfor

packaginganddistributingvirtualappliances.AlthoughOVFdoesnotrelyona

specificvirtualizationplatform,theConversionwizardsupportsonlyOVFappliances

thatuseVMwarevirtualharddisks(.vmdkfiles).

IntheConversionwizard,youcanselect.ovff

iles,whicharetheOVFequiv

alentofa

VMwarevirtualmachineconfigurationfile(.vmxfile),oryoucanselect.ovafiles

(openvirtualappliancefiles).An.ovafilestorestheconfigurationfileandvirtualhard

diskfiletogether,likea.zipfile,foreasydistribution.

WhenspecifyingthelocationoftheOVFappliance,yo

ucanbrowsetoadirectoryor

useaURLtodownloadtheappliancefromaWebserver.Youcanalsodownloadthe

appliancefromasecure(HTTPS)Webserver.

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