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In order to use vCenter Converter Standalone to convert a Windows 8 physical machine to a virtual machine, which statement is true?
The correct answer is C. Volumes can be resized on the destination virtual machine as long as the physical machine is powered. vCenter Converter Standalone supports Windows 8 physical-to-virtual conversions and allows destination volumes to be resized when the source physical machine is powered on during a hot clone.
Question
In order to use vCenter Converter Standalone to convert a Windows 8 physical machine to a virtual machine, which statement is true?
Options
- AVolume layout can be reorganized on the destination virtual machine as long as the physical machine is
- BThe physical machine cannot be converted because vCenter Converter Standalone does not support
- CVolumes can be resized on the destination virtual machine as long as the physical machine is powered
- DThe destination virtual machine can be created as a linked clone.
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A4% (1)
- B7% (2)
- C70% (19)
- D19% (5)
Why each option
vCenter Converter Standalone supports Windows 8 physical-to-virtual conversions and allows destination volumes to be resized when the source physical machine is powered on during a hot clone.
Volume layout reorganization, such as rearranging or restructuring partition assignments, is not a supported operation in Converter Standalone even when the source machine is powered on.
vCenter Converter Standalone does support converting Windows 8 physical machines, so stating the conversion is unsupported is factually incorrect.
During a hot clone, Converter Standalone allows volumes on the destination VM to be resized - expanded or reduced - within the constraints of the source data size. This volume resizing capability is a supported feature of the powered-on (hot) conversion workflow in Converter Standalone.
Converter Standalone creates full independent virtual machine clones and does not support linked clones as a destination type, as linked clones require a snapshot-based parent in vCenter.
Concept tested: vCenter Converter Standalone volume resize during hot clone
Source: https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/com.vmware.convsa.doc/GUID-4E1C4AC3-7B3A-4CF9-9DB1-C4B4CEC09949.html
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