Chapter 10

Importing and Exporting Virtual Machines

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:

  • UNDERSTAND THE MIGRATION PROCESS
    • Understand the Types of Migrations
    • Review the Components in a Migration
  • PERFORM A PHYSICAL-TO-VIRTUAL MIGRATION
    • Perform a Hot Migration
    • Perform a Cold Migration
    • Clean Up After a Migration
    • Troubleshoot Physical-to-Virtual Migrations
  • PERFORM A VIRTUAL-TO-VIRTUAL MIGRATION
    • Migrate to or from a Different VMware Platform
    • Migrate from a Competing Product
    • Use a Virtual-to-Virtual Migration for Reconfiguration
    • Troubleshoot Virtual-to-Virtual Migrations
  • IMPORT AN OPEN VIRTUALIZATION FORMAT TEMPLATE
    • Understand OVF Templates
    • Deploy an OVF Template

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