To use StarWind V2V converted with command line by specifying a path to the configuration file (.cfg) with required commands and parameters, the "-c" argument should be used and path to the configuration file should be specified next to it.
NOTE: By default, the V2V_ConverterConsole.exe is located in the "C:\Program Files\StarWind Software\StarWind V2V Converter" folder. It is recommended to open the Command Prompt with Administrative Privileges.
By default the command line with a specified configuration file should look like below:
| "C:\Program Files\StarWind Software\StarWind V2V Converter>V2V_ConsoleConverter.exe" -c "C:\Program Files\StarWind Software\StarWind V2V Converter\V2V_ConverterConsole.cfg" |
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Parameters for convert command:
in_host_type=<esx/win/local>, default value - local in_host_address=<ip address/hostname/localhost>, default value - localhost in_host_port=<port number> (default for esx - 443, for windows - not used) in_host_username=<username>, default - empty in_host_password=<password>, default - empty in_file_name=<path to file on server/physical disk name/logical volume name> out_host_type=<esx/win/local>, default value - local out_host_address=<ip address/hostname/localhost>, default value - localhost out_host_port=<port number> (default for esx - 443, for windows - not used) out_host_username=<username>, default - empty out_host_password=<password>, default - empty out_vm_name=<vm name to disk attach>, required parameter for ESXi out_file_name=<path to file on server> out_file_type=<file type> |
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File types:
ft_vhd_thin - MS VHD thin-provisioned; ft_vhd_thick - MS VHD thick-provisioned; ft_vhdx_thin - MS VHDX thin-provisioned; ft_vhdx_thick - MS VHDX thick-provisioned; ft_vmdk_ws_thin - VMDK thin-provisioned for VMware Workstation; ft_vmdk_ws_thick - VMDK thick-provisioned for VMware Workstation; ft_vmdk_esx_thin - VMDK thin-provisioned for VMware ESXi Server; ft_vmdk_esx - VMDK thick-provisioned for VMware ESXi Server; ft_vmdk_so - VMDK stream-optimized; ft_raw - RAW image; ft_qcow2 - QCOW2 virtual disk. |
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There are also some templates to make the creation of the configuration file easier. The parameters are the same as described above:
#Convert local vhd to local vhdx file: in_host_type=local in_host_address=localhost in_host_port=443 in_host_username= in_host_password= in_file_name=F:\Virtual-Disk.vhd out_host_type=local out_host_address=localhost out_host_port=443 out_host_username= out_host_password= out_file_name=F:\outDisk\V2V-WS19-GUI.vhdx out_file_type=ft_vhdx_thin out_vm_name=None |
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#Convert remote vmdk to remote vmdk VM: in_host_type=esx in_host_address=172.16.10.10 in_host_port=443 in_host_username=username in_host_password=Password123 in_file_name=[ESX_DS3_RAID10] VM-ESXi-Prod-Dev-07.vmdk out_host_type=esx out_host_address=172.16.10.20 out_host_port=443 out_host_username=username out_host_password=Password123 out_file_name=[ESX_DS5_SW] VM-ESXi-Prod-Dev-17.vmdk out_file_type=ft_vmdk_esx_thin out_vm_name=VM-ESXi-Prod-Dev-17 |
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#Convert remote vhdx to remote vhdx file: in_host_type=win in_host_address=172.16.20.10 in_host_port=443 in_host_username=.\admin in_host_password=Password123 in_file_name=E:\Virtual Hard Disks+MyDisk-1+.vhdx out_host_type=win out_host_address=172.16.0.240 out_host_port=443 out_host_username=.\admin out_host_password=Password123 out_file_name=E:\Virtual Hard Disks\MyDisk-2.vhdx out_file_type=ft_vhdx_thin out_vm_name=None |
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#Convert local physical disk 0 to remote esx VM: in_file_name=\\?\PhysicalDrive0 out_host_type=esx out_host_address=172.16.10.10 out_host_username=username out_vm_name=NameVM out_file_type=ft_vmdk_esx_thin out_host_password=Password123 out_file_name=[V2V_70-181-HDD] NameVM/NameVM-Disk-01.vmdk |
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