
Workstation User’s Manual
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TheConversionwizardalwaysmakesafullclonewhenitconvertsanOVFappliance
toavirtualmachine.See“FullorLinkedClones”onpage 139.
Dual-Boot System Source
Whenyouimportaphysicalmachinethatispartofadual‐bootsystem,youcanimport
onlythedefaultoperatingsystemtowhichboot.inipoints.Toimportthenondefault
operatingsystem,changeboot.initopointtotheotheroperatingsystemandreboot
beforeattemptingtoimport.Evenifboot.inipointstotheco
rrectoperatingsystem ,
occasionally,thevirtualmachinemightnotbebootableinthedefaultoperatingsystem.
Windows NT Virtual Machine Source
IfthesourcevirtualmachineisWindowsNTSMP,thewizardmightrequirefilesfrom
servicepacksorhotfixes.Thewizardshowswhichfilesitrequires.Youmustbrowse
totherequiredfiles.Theycanbeonadisk,yourlocalsystem,orthenetwork.
OnWindowsNTmachines,duringtheim
portprocess,asnaps
hotdriveris
downloadedtothemachine.Thisdriverhandlesthecopyingandmovingoffilesand
registrysettings.Thedriverrequiresareboottocompleteitstasks.Whenitisfinished,
thedriverisuninstalled.
ESX Virtual Machine Source
YoumustsupplythenameoftheESXserverandtheusernameandpasswordfor
loggingin.
Password-Protected Virtual Machines
Ifthevirtualmachineyouwanttoimportispasswordprotected,youmustsupplythe
password.
About Page Files and Hibernation Files
Youcanimportallthedisksforthephysicalorvirtualmachineor,tosavespace,you
canselectsomeofthevolumesandleaveoutothers.Ifyouselectspecificvolumes,you
canalsoignorethepageandhibernationfiles.Thesefilesarelargeand,for
volume‐basedcloning,donotprovideinform
ationthatyouneedtocopy.
N
OTEWhenyouuseaURL,thevirtualapplianceisdownloadedbeforetheconversion
processstarts.Downloadingcantake15minutesorlonger,dependingonthesizeofthe
file.
N
OTEAlthoughWindowsNTvirtualmachinesaresupportedasasource,
Windows NTphysicalmachinesarenotsupported.
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