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HostLoginPasswordPrompt
Specifiesthattheuserbepromptedtoenterapassword.
IfyoudonotwanttostorethevSphereServerpasswordintheconfigurationfile,specifythevalueastrue.
Whensettotrue,apromptalwaysappears,evenifaHostLoginPasswordisspecifiedintheconfigurationfile.
Example
Thefollowing
exampleshowsatypicalhostenvironmentspecification.Thevirtualmachinenameisspecified
astheESXserverhostname.Apasswordhasbeenspecified,howevertheuserwillstillbepromptedtoenter
aspassword,asspecifiedinHostLoginPasswordPrompt.
[HostEnvironment]
VirtualMachineHost=MyEsx.vmawre.com
HostLoginUserName=root
HostLoginPassword=secret
HostLoginPasswordPrompt=true
VirtualMachineN
TheVirtualMachineNsectionoftheconfigurationfilecontainsalistoftheWindows‐basedvirtualmachines
thatwillbeutilizedintheconversionprocess.
CreateaVirtualMachineX sectionforeachvirtualmachinethatyouwanttoinclude,andspecifytheir
parameters.Xis1,andsubsequentvirtualmachinesections
arenumberedsequentially.
[VirtualMachine N ]parametersaremandatory.
VmxPath
Specifytheconfigurationpathofthevirtualmachine.
ForESXServerorvCenterServer,youcanidentifythevirtualmachineconfigurationfilepathusingthe
vSphereClient.
Identify the virtual machine configuration path using the vSphere Client
1Right‐clickthevirtualmachineandselectEditSettings.
2ClicktheOptionstab,andcopythestringfromtheVirtual
MachineConfigurationFilefield.
3Usethisstringasthevirtualmachineconfigurationfilepath.
ForWorkstation,specifytheentirefilepathonthehostonwhichtheVMXconfigurationfileresides.For
example,C:\MyVMs\Windows XP\WindowsXP.vmx.Donotplacethepathinquotationmarks,evenifthepath
containsaspace.
UserName
A
validusernameforthevirtualmachineguestoperatingsystem.Theusermusthaveadministrator
privilegesforthevirtualmachineguestoperatingsystem.
YoucanuseUPNformatwhenyouspecifyausername.Forexample,user@domain.com.
PasswordorPasswordBase64
Avalidpasswordforthevirtualmachineguestoperatingsystem.Youhave
thefollowingoptionswhenyou
specifypasswords:
 Youcanentercleartext.
 Youcanspecifyabase64encodedpasswordforthePasswordBase64parameter.
Specifyinganencodedpassworddoesnotincreasesecuritystrength.YouneedtoprotecttheactualINI
file.
Allpasswordsarehandledinthesameway.