DL4300 Appliance
Exporting data to an ESXi virtual machine
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Option
Description
the application is 65536 MB. The
maximum amount of memory usage
is limited by the amount of RAM
available to the host machine.
Number of processors
The number of processors (CPUs) you want for the
exported virtual machine. The minimum is 1.
Cores per processor
The number of cores you want to have for each
processor. The minimum is 1.
Disk provisioning
Select the type of disk provisioning from the
following options:
•
Thin. Thin provisioning creates a virtual disk the size
of the used space on the original volumes, rather
than the entire volume size. For example, if the
original volume is 1 TB, but contains only 2 GB of
used space, Rapid Recovery creates a virtual disk
of 2 GB.
•
Thick. Thick provisioning creates a new disk or
volume that is the same size as the original volume
from the protected server, even if only a portion of
the original volume is being used. For example, if
the volume is 1 TB large but contains only 2 GB of
used space, Rapid Recovery creates a virtual disk
of 1 TB.
Disk mapping
Specify the type of disk mapping from the following
options:
•
Automatic
•
Manual
•
With VM
Version
Select the version of of ESXi being used to create
the virtual machine from the drop-down list.
11. Click Next.
12. On the Volumes page, select the volumes you want to export, and then click Next.
13. On the Summary page, click Finish to complete the wizard and start the export.
NOTE:
You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or
Events pages.
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