3 (Optional) On the Target Layout tab, create a new target disk.
4 Select a volume to move and click Move Up or Move Down until it reaches the destination target disk.
The volumes you selected are saved to the corresponding destination virtual disks.
Modify the Settings in the Source Volumes List
When you perform volume-based cloning, you can modify the layout of source volumes on the destination
datastore. In the source volumes list, you can select which volumes to copy to the destination virtual machine
and control their size on the destination datastore.
Volume-based cloning depends on the operating system of the host machine. It is not supported for Linux
hosts. It is also the only possible cloning type for physical machine sources.
Prerequisites
Select a valid source and destination to access the View/Edit Options page.
Procedure
1 On the View/Edit Options page, click Data to copy in the left pane.
2 From the Data copy type drop-down menu, choose Select volumes to copy.
3 In the source volumes list, select an option to specify the target size of the destination disks.
Option Description
Maintain size
Maintains the original source disk size.
Minimum size
Copies only the used space of the source volume.
Type size
Allows you to type a custom size for the destination virtual disk. The value
cannot be smaller than the used space on the source disk, but can be larger
than its total size. The maximum allowed disk size is 999GB.
4 (Optional) To exclude any volume from the conversion, deselect the respective check box in the source
volumes list.
5 (Optional) To view more details about source volumes, click Advanced.
The Source Volumes tab displays information about the used space, total size, and type of the original
volume.
6 (Optional) Change the target datastore for a source virtual disk by using the drop-down menu.
This menu is available only for a managed destination with more than one datastore.
You selected the source volumes to copy to the destination and selected their size on the target datastore.
What to do next
You can create destination virtual disks to accommodate the source volumes or click Next to view a summary
of the conversion task.
Change the Target Datastore for a Destination Virtual Disk
Converter Standalone allows you to save destination disks to different datastores.
This option is available only for managed destinations with more than one datastore.
Prerequisites
Select a managed destination and go to the View/Edit Options page.
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