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System Requirements
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This information describes the requirements you must fulfill before you operate VMware
®
vCenter Converter
Standalone and describes the compatibilities and interoperabilities among the systems on which and with
which Converter Standalone works.
This chapter includes the following topics:
n “Supported Operating Systems,” on page 19
n “Installation Space Requirements,” on page 20
n “Supported Source Types,” on page 21
n “Supported Destination Types,” on page 23
n “Restoring VCB Images in Converter Standalone,” on page 24
n “How Conversion Affects the Source Settings When They Are Applied to the Destination,” on
page 25
n “Changes That Conversion Causes to Virtual Hardware,” on page 26
n “TCP/IP Port Requirements for Conversion,” on page 26
n “Common Requirements for Remote Hot Cloning of Windows Operating Systems,” on page 26
Supported Operating Systems
The Converter Standalone components you can run on an operating system determine the type of support
available: client support, server support, and remote access support. Source support is available if Converter
Standalone can convert the operating system that is installed on a powered-on or virtual machine.
For a list of operating systems on which you can install Converter Standalone components, see
Table 2-1 .
Table 2-1. Supported Operating Systems
Supported Operating
Systems Client
Support
Server Support
Source for
Remote P2V Source for Virtual Machine
Import
Windows NT4 SP6+ N N N Y
Windows 2000 SP4 Y Y Y Y
Windows XP
Professional (32 bit and
64 bit) SP3
Y Y Y Y
Windows 2003 (32 bit
and 64 bit) SP2, Revision
2
Y Y Y Y
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