Configure a Virtual Machine

You can use Converter Standalone to configure VMware virtual machines that have disks populated by restoration from a backup of a physical host or by some other direct means of copying a virtual machine’s disks. Configuring such machines with Converter Standalone enables them to boot in VMware products. You can configure files from a VMware standalone virtual machine, from an ESX server or vCenter Server virtual machine, or from a VMware Server virtual machine.

Note

You cannot configure OVF images. A physical machine cannot be a configuration source.

 

You configure a virtual machine in the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone application. Click Configure Machine in the application toolbar to begin configuring a machine.

Procedure

1	Save Sysprep Files

To customize the guest operating system of a virtual machine, you must save the sysprep files to the following locations on the machine where Converter Standalone server runs.

2	Start the Configuration Wizard

You can configure VMware standalone virtual machines or virtual machines managed by ESX server or vCenter Server.

3	Select a Source to Configure

You can select a VMware virtual machine as the source for a configuration task.

4	Select the Options to Configure

Configuring the source machine helps to improve its performance, customize its operating system, and install the necessary device drivers.

5	Customize a Virtual Machine’s Guest Operating System

On the Configure Wizard Customization page, you can customize the identity of the configured virtual machine and generate a new security identifier.

6	View the Summary of a Configuration Task

On the Ready to Complete page, you can view a summary of the new configuration task before you add it to the task list. Converter Standalone performs task validation at this stage.