Actually, I wasn't asking about changing to "thin" provisioning and "basic" storage; that is what the webpage says to do. It says that when you use LVM in a Linux machine, the converted VM won't boot, unless you make those changes during conversion. Then again, they were talking about CentOS (which is based on RedHat, granted). I hardly ever make changes to the default storage conversion options, and I much prefer "thick" provisioning to "thin", if I get to choose ...
OK, so it's good to know that the conversion should Just Work. Yes, the IP is static; I can use the E1000 NIC (I usually choose the VMXNET3 NIC).
Thanks