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Installing and Uninstalling Converter Standalone 32
Perform a Local Installation on Windows 33
Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows 34
Perform a Command-Line Installation in Windows 35
Command-Line Options for Windows Installation 36
Modify Converter Standalone in Windows 37
Repair Converter Standalone in Windows 38
Uninstall Converter Standalone in Windows 39
Connect to a Remote Converter Standalone Server 40
Enable TLS 1.0 Protocol in vCenter Converter Standalone 40
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Configuring the Customer Experience Improvement Program 42
Categories of Information That VMware Receives 42
Join or Leave the Customer Experience Improvement Program 42
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Convert a Physical or Virtual Machine 43
Start the Wizard for a Conversion 44
Select a Source Machine to Convert 44
Prerequisites for Converting a Powered On Windows Machine 45
Select a Powered On Windows Machine to Convert 45
Select a Powered On Linux Machine to Convert 46
Select an ESXi or vCenter Server Virtual Machine to Convert 48
Select a VMware Hosted Virtual Machine to Convert 49
Select a Hyper-V Server Virtual Machine to Convert 50
Convert an Amazon EC2 Windows Instance to a VMware Virtual Machine 51
Select a Destination for the New Virtual Machine 53
Select a Managed Destination 53
Select a Hosted Destination 55
Configure the Hardware of the Destination Virtual Machine 56
Organize the Data to Be Copied on the Destination Machine 57
Edit the Number of Processor Sockets and Cores 67
Allocate Memory for the Destination Virtual Machine 68
Select a Disk Controller for the Destination Virtual Machine 69
Configure the Network Settings of the Destination Virtual Machine 69
Configure the Network for the Helper Virtual Machine 70
Configure the Software on the Destination Virtual Machine 71
Customize the Windows Guest Operating System 72
Install VMware Tools on the Destination Virtual Machine 76
Remove System Restore Checkpoints 76
Configure the Conversion Job 77
Set the Startup Mode for Destination Services 78
Stop Services Running on the Source Machine 79
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