How to Test a Virtual Machine
AdminStudio 2021 | 21.0 | Automated Application Converter
If you are having trouble using a virtual machine with the Automated Application Converter, you may want to perform the following steps to manually test that virtual machine to see if it is in working order.
To manually test a virtual machine:
| 1. | Connect to the technology provider: Microsoft Hyper-V Server, VMware ESX or ESXi Server, or VMware Workstation 6.5 or later. |
| 2. | Use Remote Desktop to connect to the virtual machine you want to test. |
| 3. | Launch the virtual machine to make sure that it boots up properly and that you can login using the user name and password you specified when you added the virtual machine to your Automated Application Converter project. |
Tip:If you discover that you specified an incorrect user name or password, update the Guest Username and Guest Password properties on the Machines tab for this machine.
| 4. | Check to see if a snapshot exists and that snapshot name is either AutoRepack_Base or that you have specified an alternate name in the Snapshot Name property on the Packages tab for that virtual machine. |
| 5. | Manually copy the Repackager folder in the AdminStudio installation directory to the virtual machine to determine if you have write permission on the virtual machine. |
| 6. | Manually copy an application to the virtual machine. |
| 7. | Launch the Repackaging Wizard and repackage that application. |
| 8. | Copy the captured data from the virtual machine to the host machine in the output location specified for that package in the Path property on the Packages tab to test if you have permission to write to that location. |
| 9. | Repeat these steps for each of the virtual machines you are using with your project. |