Chapter 10. Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:

  • UNDERSTAND THE MIGRATION PROCESS (Pages 306–309)

    • Understand the Types of Migrations (Page 306)

    • Review the Components in a Migration (Page 307)

  • PERFORM A PHYSICAL-TO-VIRTUAL MIGRATION (Pages 309–316)

    • Perform a Hot Migration (Page 309)

    • Perform a Cold Migration (Page 311)

    • Clean Up After a Migration (Page 313)

    • Troubleshoot Physical-to-Virtual Migrations (Page 315)

  • PERFORM A VIRTUAL-TO-VIRTUAL MIGRATION (Pages 316–327)

    • Migrate to or from a Different VMware Platform (Page 317)

    • Migrate from a Competing Product (Page 322)

    • Use a Virtual-to-Virtual Migration for Reconfiguration (Page 323)

    • Troubleshoot Virtual-to-Virtual Migrations (Page 327)

  • IMPORT AN OPEN VIRTUALIZATION FORMAT TEMPLATE ...

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