Using Network

Important: After importing Windows and your data, you may need to reactivate some of your Windows programs using the activation keys you received when you purchased the programs.

When migrating over network, your source and host computers must be connected to the same network.

Note: If you are going to migrate a Windows computer, make sure that the Windows Firewall is turned off. You can turn it on after the migration is finished.

Migrating From a Remote Computer Over Network

1. Turn on your host and source computers. Make sure that they are connected over network.
2. Start Parallels Transporter Agent on the source computer:
   • In Windows, click the Windows Start menu and choose All Programs > Parallels > Parallels Transporter Agent .
   • In Linux, click the Applications menu and choose System Tools > Parallels Transporter Agent .

   The Parallels Transporter Agent window appears:

   

   Do not close this window until the migration is finished.

3. On the host computer, start Parallels Workstation and click File > Migrate .
4. In the Introduction window, select Parallels Transporter Agent is open on the source PC and click Next .
5. In the Migration Method window, select the Network option and click Next .
6. In the Connecting to Parallels Transporter Agent window, select the source computer name from the list of detected computers and click Next .

   

7. Provide the source computer administrator credentials when prompted. Parallels Transporter connects to Parallels Transporter Agent and starts collecting information about the source computer.
8. If you are migrating Windows and the Windows Installation Files window appears, insert the Windows installation disc into your computer's optical disc drive and click Next .
9. In the Automatic Logon window, you can enable automatic logon to the operating system you're migrating when it is started. If you don't want to enable automatic logon, select Do not enable Automatic Logon . When ready, click Next .
10. In the Select Name and Location window, specify the resulting virtual machine or hard disk name and location on the host computer. When ready, click Next .

    

11. If you are migrating Windows, in the next step there's a warning about Windows activation that might be required when you start using it. To proceed, read this message, select I want to continue and click Migrate .
12. Once the migration is complete, click Done .

After quitting Parallels Transporter, you can start using the newly created virtual machine on the host computer. Open Parallels Workstation and install Parallels Tools.

Note: To be able to install Parallels Tools in a virtual machine, log in to its operating system as an administrator.