VMware VCENTER CONVERTER EN-000158-02 - Manual (Page 60)

4 Select how the virtual machine participates in a network.
Option Description
Workgroup Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space, and the hyphen (-). Maximum
length is 15 characters.
Windows Server Domain The text box must have a value. Valid characters include A-Z, a-z, 0-9, space,
period , and hyphen (-). Each label delineated by a period can be 63
characters. The entire text string can be up to 254 characters. User credentials
are required.
5 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task.
Remove System Restore Checkpoints
For source machines running in Windows XP or later, VMware recommends that you remove all System
Restore checkpoints, regardless of the cloning mode, unless you want the target virtual machine to be a replica
of the source system.
System Restore is enabled on Windows Vista and Windows XP systems by default. For Windows Vista, if you
are performing volume-based file-level cloning, System Restore checkpoints are automatically removed from
the target virtual machine, regardless of whether the check box is selected or deselected. If you are performing
disk-based cloning or volume-based block-level cloning, deselecting the check box instructs Converter to keep
the System Restore check points in the target virtual machine.
Removing all System Restore checkpoints 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 system and cause the target virtual machine to become unbootable.
Procedure
1 On the View/Edit Options page, click Advanced options.
2 Select Remove System Restore checkpoints on destination.
3 Select another option to set or click Next to view a summary of the conversion task.
Converter Standalone does not copy the system restore checkpoints from the source to the destination virtual
machine.
Set Up the Network for the Helper Virtual Machine
When converting physical machine sources that run Linux, Converter Standalone creates a Helper virtual
machine on the destination host (ESX or vCenter Server). The Helper virtual machine needs network access to
the source machine to clone the source files. Default conversion settings enforce automatic acquisition of IP
address and DNS server for the Helper virtual machine. The following procedure allows you to setup this
network connection manually.
Procedure
1 On the View/Edit Options page, click Helper VM Network.
The network settings pane opens to the right.
2 (Optional) To assign a static IP address to the Helper virtual machine, select Use the following IP address
and specify the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
Be sure that the IP address you specify for the Helper virtual machine is not already in use on the network.
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