Veritas™ System Recovery 21 Management Solution Administrator's Guide

To configure a Convert to Virtual by Computer task

1. On the Veritas System Recovery 21 Management Solution Monitor Tasks tab, right-click Veritas System Recovery Tasks, and then click New > Task.
2. In the Client Tasks tree, click Veritas System Recovery Tasks > Convert to Virtual by Computer.
3. On the Create New Task page, in the right pane, type a name for the conversion task.
4. Click the virtual disk type and select the version that you want to create, if necessary.
5. Do one of the following:

   • To configure a conversion task for two or more computers, click All drives on the selected computers. This option converts the latest recovery points of all drives that exist on the selected computers, including hidden drive (excludes unmounted drives).

   • To convert recovery points of certain drive letters on the selected computers, click By drive letter, and then select the drive letters that you want.

     Sometimes a selected drive letter is not available for recovery point conversion on a particular client computer. The drive has either been deleted or the entire hard disk has been removed from the client computer since Veritas System Recovery was installed. In such cases, when the recovery point is converted, it does not include the drive.

6. Do one of the following based on the virtual disk type you selected earlier:

   • If you selected VMware virtual disk or Microsoft virtual disk as the virtual disk type, select a destination for the virtual disk file.

     To use an existing destination for the resulting virtual disk

     From the list of predefined locations, select the location where you want to save the virtual disk. See Creating default recovery point destinations.

     To define a new destination for the resulting virtual disk

     Select Create new destination, and then do one of the following and then click Add Destination: Type a local folder path. The local folder path you specify is relative to the managed computer. It is not the folder path on the computer where you are running the Veritas System Recovery 21 Management Solution console. Type a UNC path to a network share. Type the IP address path to a network share. If you typed a path to a network share, specify the user name and password to access the location with create, read, and write privileges.

     If there is not enough space at the destination where the virtual disk file is stored, the conversion fails when it runs. An error is also reported in the Home Page view.

     You should avoid storing virtual disk files on the Veritas System Recovery 21 Management Solution server. As the number or size of virtual disks grows, you have less disk space available for regular server use. Saving virtual disk files to a separate drive or a network location eliminates this problem.

   • If you selected VMware ESX Server as the virtual disk type, select a temporary location for the files.

     To use an existing temporary location for the conversion files	From the list of predefined temporary locations, select the path where you want to save the temporary conversion files. See Creating default recovery point destinations.
     To define a new temporary location for the conversion files	Click Create new destination. Type the name of the server or the server's IP address that you can use as a temporary location for files. If you selected a temporary location for files on a network, type a valid administrator user name that has sufficient rights. Type a valid password.

7. Click Advanced.
8. Do one of the following:

   If you selected VMware virtual disk or Microsoft virtual disk as the virtual disk type

   Go to the next step.

   If you selected VMware ESX Server as the virtual disk type

   Do the following: On the ESX Setup tab, do one of the following: Select a defined ESX Server location, upload location, and import location from the respective list boxes. If there are no locations to choose from, on the ESX Server Location tab, set the appropriate options. Select Remove files from temporary location after conversion if you want the temporary files to be removed after the virtual disk is created.

   ESX Server Location options

   ESX Server Name or Address	Specifies the name of the server or the server's IP address. Note: The virtual disk files are transferred to an ESX server through a Secure Shell (SSH) and secure file transfer protocol (SFTP). You might need to change the settings on the ESX server. For more information, see your ESX server documentation.
   ESX Server credentials	Specifies a valid administrator name that has sufficient rights and a valid password to the server.
   Create ESX Server	Lets you add the defined ESX Server whose name or address and credentials you have specified.
   Upload Location	Lets you specify the path to the folder where the virtual disk files are written. Use the Add, Remove, and Edit options to configure the upload folder path you want.
   Import Location	Specifies the path to the folder where you want to import virtual disk files. Note: The folder that you select must be different than the upload location folder. Use the Add, Remove, and Edit options to configure the import folder path you want.

9. On the Conversion Options tab, set the options you want.

   Create one virtual disk per volume	Creates one virtual disk per converted volume. If you do not select this option, each drive is matched to its respective hard drive letter assignment during the conversion. Therefore, it results in multiple drives within one virtual disk file.
   Run Windows Mini-Setup	Runs Windows Mini-Setup when you restart the computer after recovery. During recovery a text-based answer file is generated that scripts the answers for a series of dialog boxes. When the Mini-Setup Wizard starts, it looks for this file answer to automate the wizard. For example, the answer file by way of the wizard, can automatically apply network card settings and other hardware and software settings on the computer. Unlike Windows Welcome, which can take up to 60 minutes or more to set up Windows, Mini-Setup takes about six minutes. Specific information, including accepting the End - User license agreement , and entering the product key , user name, and company name gets automatically applied by Mini-Setup. Deselect this option if you want any of the following to occur at the time of recovery instead: You want to run Windows Welcome instead of Mini-Setup. You do not want to change any of the configurable options for which the Mini-Setup Wizard changes for you at the time of recovery. This scenario ensures that the computer is recovered to its original state before recovery. For more detailed information about Mini-Setup, you can perform a search for "Mini-Setup" on the Microsoft Help & Support Web site Note: Run Windows Mini-Setup option is available only with Veritas System Recovery 21.0.0 and earlier supported versions.
   Split virtual disk into multiple 2 GB .vmdk files	Splits the virtual disk file into multiple 2 GB .vmdk files. For example, use this option if your virtual disks are stored on a FAT32 drive. Or, any file system that does not support files larger than 2 GB. Or, if you want to copy the virtual disk files to a DVD but the size is larger than the DVD allows. This option is specific to VMware; it is not available if you selected Microsoft virtual disk as the conversion format.

10. Click OK to return to the task page.
11. Click OK.
12. In the Task Status field, click New Schedule, and then set the options you want.
13. Do one of the following:

    To run the task one time as soon as possible after the task is saved	Click Now.
    To run the task at a specific time or multiple times	Click Schedule, and then set one of the following schedule options: In the drop-down list, select At date/time, and then specify the date and time and how often the schedule repeats. In the drop-down list, select Shared Schedule, and then select a shared schedule to use or create a new one to use.

14. In the Task Status field, do one of the following:

    • To run the task as soon as possible, click Now, and then click Schedule.

    • To schedule the task to run at a later date and time, click Schedule. Specify the date and time to run the task, and then click Schedule at the bottom of the page.

    Double-click the description in the Task Status table to review a detailed summary of the task's progress.