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- Importing VMs into Skytap
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- Importing VMs using the VM Imports page
- Importing Power LPARs into Skytap
- Importing IBM i workloads into Skytap using NIS
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- Importing IBM i workloads into Skytap using direct transfer
- Creating a Skytap AIX VM from a mksysb image
- Creating a mksysb from an AIX VM in Skytap
- Downloading IBM-hosted AIX VMs and importing them into Skytap
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- Accessing VMs
- Accessing VM desktops from a browser
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- Using audio with a VM
- Using an SSH connection in a browser client session
- Copy and paste text between the local machine and a VM
- Insert text into a Power VM
- Keyboard shortcuts for browser client views
- Improving browser client performance
- Optional URL parameters for sharing an SRA browser client view
- Accessing VMs with RDP
- Accessing VM desktops from a browser
- Transferring files to a VM
- Editing environments and networks
- Adding VMs to an environment
- Multi-attach storage for Power VM environments
- Locking environments
- Editing VMs
- VM hardware and guest OS settings
- Editing vCPUs and RAM for x86 VMs
- Editing VM vCPUs and RAM for Power VMs
- Enabling nested virtualization
- Upgrading VM hardware versions
- Using an international keyboard layout with a VM
- Editing VM BIOS clock sync settings
- Adding or extending a virtual disk
- Deleting a virtual disk
- Enabling audio for a VM
- Enabling SSH on a VM for use in SRA browser client sessions
- IBM i default license program packages (LPPs)
- IBM i optional license program packages (LPPs)
- Overview of Precisely Assure MIMIX™ Software on Skytap VMs
- Precisely Assure MIMIX™ Software pre-installation test
- Installing Precisely Assure MIMIX™ Software on Skytap VMs
- Upgrading Assure MIMIX™ Software version 10.0.20.00 and newer on Skytap VMs
- Upgrading Assure MIMIX™ Software version 10.0.19.00 and older on Skytap VMs
- VM network settings
- Storing VM credentials
- Licensing the guest OS
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- VM hardware and guest OS settings
- Adding containers and container hosts
- Managing networks
- Network overview
- Viewing the network topology for an environment
- Using multiple networks in an environment
- Networking between environments
- Editing an automatic network
- Connecting an environment network to a VPN or Private Network Connection
- Manually configuring domain name servers
- Exposing and blocking public Internet access to VMs
- Accessing VMs with published services
- Using public IP addresses
- Attaching a static public IP address to a VM
- Adding a managed DNS name and public IP address to a VM
- Editing a managed VM DNS name
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- Detaching a static public IP address or DNS name from a VM
- What is the difference between static public IPs and dynamic public IPs with DNS?
- Troubleshooting issues connecting to a public IP address or Skytap-managed DNS name
- Issue - I can’t access the public Internet from my VM.
- Deleting a network
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- Configuring TCP/IP network settings for an AIX VM
- Connecting to an AIX VM with X Windows
- Importing Power VMs into Skytap
- Known issues for Power VMs in Skytap
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- Overview of Assure MIMIX™ Software
- Editing VMs outside of Skytap
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- Troubleshooting
Converting non-VMware-based VMs for import
Some OVA and OVF images aren’t VMware-based and can’t be directly imported into Skytap. For example, VirtualBox VMs aren’t VMware-based, because they were not exported from a VMware hypervisor (VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ESX, etc.).
To import non-VMware OVAs and OVFs into Skytap, convert them using VMware vCenter Converter.
VMware vCenter Converter is a free VMware utility that edits and converts your virtual machine images outside of Skytap. For more information about VMware vCenter Converter, see the VMware product documentation.
Instructions
To convert a non-VMware OVA or OVF to a VMware-based format
From the host machine:
- If the VM is an OVF file, first convert it to VMX format. For instructions, see Converting OVF files to VMX for use with VMware Converter.
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Download and install VMware vCenter Converter on your local machine.
Download VMware vCenter Converter at https://www.vmware.com/products/converter.html.
- Open VMware vCenter Converter.
- Click Convert Machine.
- Under Source Type, select VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine. Choose the location of the VMX or OVA file. Click Next.
- Under Select destination type, select VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine.
- Under Select VMware product, select VMware Workstation 11.0.
- Enter a name for your VM in the Name field.
- Select a destination location for the converted file. Click Next.
- To accept the default options, click Next.
- On the summary page, verify the settings.
- Click Finish to begin the conversion process. Depending on the size of the VM, the conversion process can take more than an hour to complete.
- Import the converted VM into Skytap. For instructions, see Importing VMs into Skytap.
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