Customize a VMware Infrastructure Virtual Machine

When you convert to a VMware Infrastructure virtual machine, you can adjust some of its attributes. If you start the conversion process without changing any attributes, Converter Standalone applies the default conversion settings.

Procedure

1	On the Host/Resource page, click Next to go to the View/Edit Options page.

All customization options are listed in the left pane.

2	Click Destination Attributes and select the destination folder for the new virtual machine.

3	(Optional) For OVF 1.0 sources with deployment properties and vCenter Server 4.0 destinations, click Properties to view or edit the property values.

You cannot proceed if mandatory properties are missing property values.

Note

OVF property categories, if any, are not displayed.

 

4	Click Data to copy and select the data copy type from the drop-down menu.

Option	Description
Select volumes to copy	Performs volume-based copying.
Select disks to copy	Performs disk-based copying.

The options that appear in the drop-down menu depend on the selected source.

5	Click Devices to choose the number of processors to appear on the new virtual machine, as well as the disk controller type, and amount of memory allocated to the particular machine.

6	Click Networks to change the number of network adapters to connect on the destination machine.

7	Use the drop-down menus to map networks from the virtual infrastructure to the network adapters.

8	Click Services to change the status of the source services and set up the starting mode of the destination services.

9	Click Advanced conversion options to customize the guest operating system, post-conversion power state, post-conversion synchronization, and VMware Tools installation.

10	Click Next to view a summary of the conversion task.

11	Click Finish to start the conversion.

You created a conversion task to produce a new virtual machine that ESX or vCenter Server runs.