Samsung MZ-5PA128B User Manual - Page 147

Managing backup destinations 147 Defining a virtual conversion job Split virtual disk into 2 GB (.vmdk) files Select this option if you want to split the virtual disk into multiple 2 GB .vmdk files. For example, use this option if your virtual disk is stored on a FAT32 drive (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. Note: This option is specific to VMware; it is not available if you selected Microsoft Virtual Disk as the conversion format. 8 Click Next. 9 Review the summary of the choices you made. If you need to make any changes, click Back. 10 Click Finish. Defining a virtual conversion job You can create a schedule to convert recovery points and incremental recovery points to a VMware Virtual Disk or a Microsoft Virtual Disk. You can also convert recovery points directly to VMware ESX Server. Virtual disks are excellent for testing and evaluation purposes. The following platforms support virtual disks created from recovery points: ■ VMware Workstation 4, 5, and 6 ■ VMware ESX 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0 ■ VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 ■ VMware Server 1 ■ VMware GSX Server 3.x (replaced by VMware Server) ■ Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 and later ■ Microsoft Hyper-V 1.0 and 2.0 Scheduled conversions use the system index file (.sv2i) to convert recovery points to virtual disks. The .sv2i file reduces the time it takes to convert multiple recovery points. When a recovery point is created, a .sv2i file is saved with it. The .sv2i file contains a list of the most recent recovery points, which includes the original drive location of each recovery point.