General System Error – internal error occurred

tried various things but no luck, have attached log, i have access to the
vspehre centre form my machine, I have the file on my local machine and stand
alone converter – I can start the vm in VMware workstation

VM was downloaded on to my local machine from another esx host, started and
run in workstation locally and now I want to put it in to our vsphere cluster

I am using my elevated account to connect to vsphere from standalone –

Checked hardware comatability level in workstation and cloned the vm to make
sure it was at 5.0.0 level

Left the disk alone (I was going to resixe them) and still fails

Log attached – some errors about SSL dangle but unclear what the cause is

The domain and user name have been replaced in the log with just
domain/first.last

I can connect to vsphere using both a standard account
first.last name and an elevated account a-first.last

Thanks in advance for any insight

I've recently moved over to VMWare Player and used VMWare Converter Standalone v4.3.0 to convert my old VMs. Once all the VMs were converted I uninstalled VMWare Converter Standalone from the host..

I now find I need to convert one additional VM, but when I attempt to reinstall VMWare Converter Standalone I get the following error:

Error 29163. Could not copy file C:\DOCUME~1\<User>\LOCALS~1\Temp\converter-agent.xml

Where <User> represents my userid.

Things I've checked include:

• I'm an admin on the host
  
• I've rebooted the host (Windows XP SP3)
  
• There's plenty of disk space
  
• I've cleared out the folder including hiden files
  
• Searched VMWare forums and the internet for anything similar
  

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

hello,

I have a Windows NT4.0 backup image from Acronis Server 9.7.

Which version of Vmware Converter can convert this image to a virual machine?

Because the latest 5.x and 4.x don't seems do that.

thx

Dear team,

while doing p2v , conversion gets failed at 99%, what will be the possible causes. please help.

regards

Mr VMware

Converting Windows 7, is returning this error. Any guidance.

I've got a machine that I've been tasked to virtualize, but I never get any farther than 1%, which is wierd because a collegue of mine P2Ved this server a couple months ago and it went through. (we had to delete that VM because it wasn't brought online in time.)

The conversion doesn't fail, it just stays at 1%.

Server is a Windows Server 2003 R2 box and it's main role is Raisers Edge. I turned off all the SQL services per another post. I'm not quite sure what else to include, other than the logs.

Thanks.

Message was edited by: Awanogardn Scrubbed the logs.

Hi,

I'm planning to migrate a machine physically with red hat and she has a lun that foreign direct wanted appends the vm. The question is, will lose data?

I'm converting VM's from xenserver to vsphere 5.1 and multple VM's will hang at random percentages, they never fail.  I have converted several VM's just fine but have been running into some that never finish.  The firewall and UAC are turned off.  I have tried using the converter locally on the server and remotely but still have the same affect.  I am also using the 5.1 converter.

I installed vmware vcenter converter standalone client/server Version 5.1.0 build -1087880 on my pc which also has vmware player installed.  I have true image home 2013 installed as well and have a tib file I would like to use as a virtual image.  I select local machine on the converter, select source type "Backup image or third-party virtual machine" and Virtual Machine File: and browse to the local file which is a .tib.  If I select next or "View source details..." it gives me the error "The source parameters are invalid."

I noticed that the documentation says the converter works with acronis true image 10 and 11.  Is that the reason I get the error or is this error caused by something else?

Thank you for your help in advance.

Cameron

I am trying to convert a windows 7 with two disks to a fusion 5.x vm (on a external harddrive) and it fails after 63% eveytime ...

below is the log at the time of failure ..

Please help .. I am trying to port my windows 7 to mac (on fusion 5.x)..

Also attached are the complete logs ..

2013-08-09T07:19:43.860-04:00 [05448 info 'task-4'] CloneTask updates, state: 1, percentage: 63, xfer rate (Bps): 11945680

2013-08-09T07:19:43.860-04:00 [05448 info 'task-4'] SingleVolumeCloneTask [source computer (unknown name)]-\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[F3-D6-2B-C1-00-00-10-80-0C-00-00-00] --> [target VM (unknown name)]-3/6-;21,0000010(<0000000 updates, state: 1, percentage: 52, xfer rate (Bps): 11945680

2013-08-09T07:19:43.860-04:00 [05448 info 'task-4'] VolumeBasedCloneTask source computer (unknown name) --> target VM (unknown name) updates, state: 1, percentage: 64, xfer rate (Bps): 11945680

2013-08-09T07:19:43.860-04:00 [05448 info 'task-4'] CloneTask updates, state: 1, percentage: 64, xfer rate (Bps): 11945680

2013-08-09T07:19:43.864-04:00 [01856 info 'task-3'] Worker CloneTask updates, state: 1, percentage: 64, xfer rate (Bps): 10946560

2013-08-09T07:19:43.864-04:00 [01856 info 'task-3'] Worker CloneTask updates, state: 1, percentage: 64, xfer rate (Bps): 11944960

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05152 info 'Default'] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_Write failed with 'The requested operation could not be completed due to a file system limitation' (error code:43581449)

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05152 error 'task-4'] TargetVolumeWriter::WriteToVolume(): Error (type: 1, code: 43581449) writing 655360 bytes to the destination volume at offset 0x0000000da8c80000

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05152 error 'task-4'] Converter::BackgroundWriter::WriteToVolume: Write failed with error 697303185.

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05448 error 'task-4'] BackgroundWriter::QueueItem: CircularBuffer AddItem error, destroy workItem!

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05448 error 'task-4'] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[F3-D6-2B-C1-00-00-10-80-0C-00-00-00]. Error: 697303185 (type: 1, code: 43581449)

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05152 info 'task-4'] BackgroundWriter::ThreadFunc: Broadcasting "ThreadDone" condition.

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05152 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread delisted

2013-08-09T07:20:31.807-04:00 [05448 error 'task-4'] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: failed with exception BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[F3-D6-2B-C1-00-00-10-80-0C-00-00-00]. Error: 697303185 (type: 1, code: 43581449)

G'day,

I recently purchased a Dell XPS8700 workstation which came with Windows 8 installed.

I want to install Ubuntu (not dual-boot) on it but before doing so I wanted to virtualize Windows 8.

So, I downloaded VMware Converter 5.1 Standalone, and used it to create a VM of Windows 8. So far so good.

I then tried to run this VM in VMware Player 5.02 (both the Windows and Ubuntu versions). Player recognises the VM correctly but when I try to power it on I see a black screen for a few seconds and then it exits. There are no error messages produced in the logs that indicate what the problem is.

Has anyone had success virtualizing Windows 8 for use with VMware Player?

Thanks,

Chris.

Hello:

I am converting physical machines to VM sot hat we can consolidate our environment. The converter V5.1.0 Build1087880 fails at 71%, with a Warning:

so far, I have good progress on other physical machines except for this stubborn XP -X64 machine. We need to keep it for legacy reasons until there are replacement apps for all sw running on it (; This machine has SSD drive and no spinning HD

each time the conversion is able to start and complete the first on two drives. The GUI states its fine , but the log shows

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading dynamic disks header or LDM database is corrupted

When it gets to the second drive, I stops as it cant read some sector block.

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 2 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 2 has been skipped because of errors while reading dynamic disks header or LDM database is corrupted

 

2013-08-11T10:16:13.706-04:00 [04324 error 'task-2'] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::ReadAndSkipBadBlocks():

Error (type: 2, code: 27) reading 223232 bytes starting at 0x000000069377f000 from the source volume D:

2013-08-11T10:16:53.800-04:00 [04324 error 'task-2'] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::ReadAndSkipBadBlocks():

Error (type 2, code: 27), detected bad sector at offset 0x0000000693796000 on the source volume D:

I have run several apps to check and fix the D drive, but none find any issues. the XP-X64 machine has been restated after each test and re run. no issues are found on either drive

I have tried to run the converter without  the D drive. It wont let me do so as it states that the D drive Is critical to the conversion and wont proceed without it

I have attached GUI screen shots and two logs files

Can anyone please help?

Is there is a way to find the root problem or proceed?

if windows cant find an issue with  the D Drive why does the converter?

Hi,

     I'm trying to convert a Ubuntu 12.04 VM to a VMware Workstation VM using the Standalone Converter on the same Windows 7 64bit machine. The

Source type for the VM is a 'Powered On Machine' with a OS Family of 'Linux'. I have worked out all the permission issues in the Ubuntu VM, so the

converter connects to the VM and brings me to the Wizards selection of the Destination System(see below.) The Pull-Down selection for destination

'Server' has no entries. What have I missed here?

Thanks,

     John C.

Hi guys,

I had an issue with a P2V process. I tried to virtualize a physical server running Windows Server 2008 R2 with Converter Standalone 5.1 to a vSphere Infrastructure - on a ESXi 5 host. The message is FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%. Below you can find some outputs from the conversion logs:

2013-08-14T05:03:25.310+03:00 [05032 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.ReconfigurationNoSystemVolumeFault

2013-08-14T05:03:25.372+03:00 [05032 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-1] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.ReconfigurationNoSystemVolumeFault

--> (converter.fault.ReconfigurationNoSystemVolumeFault) {

-->    dynamicType = <unset>,

-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

-->    description = "InternalError",

-->    msg = "",

--> }

After the conversion I did notice something interesting about the server. It only has a C: drive, which I selected in the conversion options, but it also has a folder from C: mounted as a separate partition, F:. Could this be the cause of the error?

Regards,

hello

i tried to take image of my pc and i get this eror

i attach the log file

can anyone help me?

There have been many complaints about transfer rate degradation in Converter 5.0.

Converter uses NFC (a proprietary VMware protocol) for cloning to managed destination. Security has been enhanced in Converter 5.0 by encrypting the data transfer. Unfortunately this has caused a more severe performance degradation than expected.
Switching off SSL encryption is a way to work around this issue. Here is how it is done:

1. Open the converter-worker.xml configuration file. It is located in "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone" folder for Windows Vista or newer or in "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone" for older Windows versions.
2. Set the key Config/nfc/useSsl to false and save the configuration file.
3. Restart "VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Worker" service.

I.e. it should look like:

    ...    <nfc>       <readTimeoutMs>120000</readTimeoutMs>       <useSsl>false</useSsl>    ...

Hi All,

I may have this wrong but I have been told I can use Converter for the following issue.

I have two old desktop PCs dating back to 2000 and 2004. Both are running win2000pro and they were business PCs. I keep them because there is data that I occasionally need to refer back to. I would like to make images of them and install them in the VMWare Player if that is indeed what Converter will allow me to do. Then I can clear the old machine HDDs and donate the boxes to the local Seniors Center.

Current Host PC is win7pro and the process is...

Booted a win2000 box, logged in and got it's Dynamic IP address.

Win7 can see and access the w2000 Folders and file, as can TightVNC (just to make sure it was available).

I started Converter (v5.1) and logged into Local.

Clicked "Convert Machine".

Selected "Powered on Machine," only option.

Entered IP, Login and Password for Windows family.

Accepted the "install files..."

Error Message "The operation could not be completed for 192.168.0.6\ADMIN$ for incorrect User credentials."

It upper-cased the Admin and added the $ to the end. Is that the problem or something else?

Thanks

Harry

I have been told that I can not use vCenter Converter or the Standalone Converter to convert a VHD file to vmdk.  file to use to create a VM on vCenter ESXi host.  Is that correct?   I thought that this was possible or is it only possible directly from a running hyper-V virtual machine?

Hi Experts, Need your help for 4 physical server virtualization solution.

Since I am new to VM and not sure can go alone with Vm without VCenter cost.

Meaning only virtualize all 4 server withthout vCenter server.

Sorry for dummy question but need to learn as well. Thanks.

Hello all,

I am trying to migrate VMs from standalone VSphere ESXi 5.0.0 servers (Build 469512) to our production vCenter Cluster 5.1.0 (Build 947673).

The VMs to be migrated are a range of Debian Squeeze, Ubuntu and dedicated Linux appliances, none of them use LVM.

I'm running the converter on Windows 7 64bit with an i5-2500, 8GB of RAM, latest BIOS, chipset and relevant drivers.

I've been able to convert several of the machines with no issues. My computer will no longer convert machines, however my colleagues with the same configuration will.

I have built a straight forward Debian Squeeze VM on one of the standalone ESXi hosts, I cannot convert it, however my colleague can (using my credentials).

I have uninstalled, restarted and re-installed the converter.

Looking through the logs, the issue is the creation of the disk on the attached storage. I also see API errors where the Converter is calling the API on my machine.

If it was errorCode 3 for the highlighted section below, that would be cannot create file. I cannot find a listing of the error codes to find out what 2 is.

I have attached the server, gui and worker logs.

From the worker log:

2013-08-15T15:58:41.342+01:00 [05264 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2013-08-15T15:58:41.346+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR 1005 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\

2013-08-15T15:58:41.350+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR 50 while call FSCTL_QUERY_FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\

2013-08-15T15:58:41.350+01:00 [02028 info 'Default'] MNTAPI: Mounted volume \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\ FS:<>

2013-08-15T15:58:41.354+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR 1005 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\

2013-08-15T15:58:41.358+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR 50 while call FSCTL_QUERY_FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\

2013-08-15T15:58:41.365+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR 1005 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\

2013-08-15T15:58:41.369+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR 50 while call FSCTL_QUERY_FILE_SYSTEM_RECOGNITION for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-163C0500000010000000000001000000\

2013-08-15T15:58:41.375+01:00 [02028 warning 'Default'] ERROR opening boot.ini file boot.ini for reading

2013-08-15T15:58:41.375+01:00 [02028 error 'Default'] [GetMntapiOsInfo] Got an error getting MNTAPI OS information

2013-08-15T15:58:41.375+01:00 [02028 error 'Default'] [BaseDiskSetComputer::AnalyzeErrorAndThrow] Error occurred when opening disk set, MNTAPI_ERROR = 32 MNTAPI errorType = 0, errorCode = 2

From the Server log:

2013-08-15T15:59:27.780+01:00 [03528 info 'Default'] [task,338] [task-5] -- BEGIN -- Convert

2013-08-15T15:59:27.797+01:00 [03528 info 'Default'] [taskSpec,467] [task-5] [TaskMap] task-5:task-1

2013-08-15T16:00:01.404+01:00 [03528 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.CloneFault

2013-08-15T16:00:01.415+01:00 [03528 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-5] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.CloneFault

--> (converter.fault.CloneFault) {

-->    dynamicType = <unset>,

-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

-->    description = "The operation experienced a network error",

-->    msg = "",

--> }