I am using the VMware-converter-en-6.2.0-8466193 installer. I am using a script to install it silently. I would like to learn how to tell the installer to install just the agent. Does anyone know how to do that?
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I need to know how to install just the agent from the command line.
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Vmware converter hyper-V error
Hello,
I am trying to convert a Hyper-V VM via the Vmware converter. The VM is shutdown.
Through the conversion wizard i use the local administrator account on the hyper-V node, and it lists all the VM's.
I select the turned off VM and it reports to collect vm information, when i get an error that indicates that it is unable to open the vhd file. The administrator account has full rights to the file of couse.
Agent log:
[Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::ExecuteQuery: Executing : Select * from Msvm_MemorySettingData where instanceID like 'Microsoft:5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0%'
2019-06-14T10:18:38.564+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetVirtualMemory: Virtual Memory on VM: 4096
2019-06-14T10:18:38.595+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetNumVCpus: retrieving number of virtual CPUs.
2019-06-14T10:18:38.595+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::ExecuteQuery: Executing : Select * from Msvm_ProcessorSettingData where instanceID like 'Microsoft:5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0%'
2019-06-14T10:18:38.611+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetNumVCpus: Num CPUs in VM: 2 * 1 = 2
2019-06-14T10:18:38.642+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetVmName: Obtaining VM's name
2019-06-14T10:18:38.642+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::ExecuteQuery: Executing : Select * from MSVM_ComputerSystem where Name = '5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0' and Description = 'Microsoft Virtual Machine'
2019-06-14T10:18:38.658+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::ExecuteQuery: Executing : Select * from Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService
2019-06-14T10:18:38.658+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::ExecuteQuery: Executing : Select * from Msvm_SummaryInformation where Name = '5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0' and ElementName != 'SKAXXX'
2019-06-14T10:18:38.658+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetGuestOS: Found guest OS for 5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0 'Other'
2019-06-14T10:18:38.658+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetVmFirmware: Retrieving VM Firmware for:5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0
2019-06-14T10:18:38.658+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::ExecuteQuery: Executing : Select * from Msvm_VirtualSystemSettingData where VirtualSystemIdentifier = '5B74ABF5-30E1-4F65-9A19-B1ED38629BA0' and VirtualSystemType = 'Microsoft:Hyper-V:System:Realized'
2019-06-14T10:18:38.705+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimage::HyperVWMI::GetVmFirmware: Retrieved VM InstanceID successfully.
2019-06-14T10:18:38.705+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [BaseDiskSetComputer::OpenDiskSet] Will use open retries count 3
2019-06-14T10:18:38.736+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_OpenWithPassPhrase failed with 'The parameter is incorrect' (error code:5701641)
2019-06-14T10:18:38.736+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error 5701641 opening disk C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\XXXXXX\XXXXX_disk_1.vhdx.
2019-06-14T10:18:38.736+02:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ERROR 5701641 opening disk disk-3.
2019-06-14T10:18:38.736+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Attempt to opening disk disk-3 again [rest 2] (sleep for 5 sec).
2019-06-14T10:18:43.783+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_OpenWithPassPhrase failed with 'The parameter is incorrect' (error code:5701641)
2019-06-14T10:18:43.783+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error 5701641 opening disk C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\XXXXX\XXXX_disk_1.vhdx.
2019-06-14T10:18:43.783+02:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ERROR 5701641 opening disk disk-3.
2019-06-14T10:18:43.783+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Attempt to opening disk disk-3 again [rest 1] (sleep for 10 sec).
2019-06-14T10:18:54.252+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_OpenWithPassPhrase failed with 'The parameter is incorrect' (error code:5701641)
2019-06-14T10:18:54.252+02:00 info vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Error 5701641 opening disk C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\XXXX\XXXXX_disk_1.vhdx.
2019-06-14T10:18:54.252+02:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ERROR 5701641 opening disk disk-3.
2019-06-14T10:18:54.252+02:00 error vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [BaseDiskSetComputer::OpenDiskSet] OpenDisks failed, mntapi error: 91226257
2019-06-14T10:18:54.252+02:00 error vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [BaseDiskSetComputer::AnalyzeErrorAndThrow] Error occurred when opening disk set, MNTAPI_ERROR = 91226257 MNTAPI errorType = 1, errorCode = 5701641
2019-06-14T10:18:54.252+02:00 error vmware-converter-agent[36724] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] AnalyzeErrorAndThrow(): DiskLib error 87
Thanks
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Vsphere Converter error
Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to do a p2v conversion. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'GrubInstaller::InstallGrub: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/installGrub.sh failed with return code: 127, and message: FATAL: kernel too old Error running vmware-updateGrub.sh through chroot into /mnt/p2v-src-root Command:
chroot "/mnt/p2v-src-root" /vmware-updateGrub.sh "GRUB2" "(hd0)" "(hd0,1)" /vmware-device.map "grub2-install" '
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VM Workstation Ubuntu 18.04 server migrate to ESXI
Can anyone help with this, vsphere converter does not support 18.04.
Thanks
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P2V Failing in last few %
I have been attempting to P2V a server into our vSphere 5.5 environment and keep running into an issue at the very last minute.. It clones all of the volumes and then starts its final snapshot, and fails with the following messages.
Converter Error:
"An error occurred while taking a snapshot: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created. The content ID of the parent virtual disk does not match the corresponding parent content ID in the child."
vSphere Error:
CID_MISMATCH
Once it fails, it ends the P2V job and then deletes the VM.
This is part of a big migration project to virtualize all of our remaining physical server. We have successfully P2V'd the first few and have a few more to do.
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Converter Hyper-V to Vmware
Hi guru
I would like to know what the heck am I doing wrong:
I have a windows 2008 R2 enterprise in Hyper-v that I would like to convert to a VMware Virtual server.
I have tried to do the standalone converter install on the source machine and all is cool but the virtual machine created in Vcenter require to be fix using windows Installation disk, so it does not boot up.
Has anyone here been lucky converting 2008 r2 ent. to vm server that converter correctly?
Thanks for any help on this matter
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Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 259 (0x00000103).
Hi,
We are virtualising a Win 2011 SP1 server using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone - running locally on the server.
We encounter @ 3% complete.
The error code is FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:
259 (0x00000103).
Can anyone advise on what might be causing the error\how to resolve?
Thank you
John
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P2V stock at 1% - cannot connect to helper
Hello,
I'm trying to convert physical machine (Linux) to my VMWare.
The converter vm is created, powered on and remain in the login prompt.
The problem is that the process does not continue. It just stock at 1% with no additional info.
Log highlights:
Connecting to the Converter helper server on the destination virtual machine.
Waiting for the destination virtual machine to boot up as the Converter helper server.
Connecting the Converter helper ISO image to the destination virtual machine.
Powering on the destination virtual machine to run as the Converter helper server.
Task: Convert physical machine.
Detailed log:
https://mtlabs.box.com/shared/static/3m3bswx9rrcw8xpvj0t8dxdf4msel1zn
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Unable to find supported boot loader
or boot loader configuration file. Error: Windows VM Converter Standalone 6 trying to p2v powered on remote linux machine.
Here is my grub.conf.
#
# GRUB configuration file
#
# General configuration
background ffffff
color black/cyan black/light-gray
default 0
foreground 000000
hiddenmenu
splashimage (hd0,3)/boot/grub/3comSplash.xpm.gz
timeout 10
# Serial configuration
serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
terminal serial
# OS Installation 'A'
title VCX Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/A quiet console=ttyS0,9600n8
initrd /boot/initrd.img
Is there anything that I can edit to make this work?
Thanks!
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Blue screen 0x0000007B VM boot error with 64-bit Windows 2003
Blue screen 0x0000007B boot error with 64-bit Windows 2003 virtual machine converted from physical machine.
I am running VMWare Converter Starter Edition version 3.0.0 build-39557 installed on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 (a couple of months old) running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 R2 (version 5.2.3790, SP1 with all the latest updates). The server has SCSI RAID drives (2 separate arrays for a physical C: and D: drive).
The physical machine is a new clean installation of 64-bit Windows Server 2003 with no other software installed except for VMWare Server and Converter.
I am attempting to create a virtual machine from this machine to run in VMWare Server (version 1.0.1 build-29996) on the same physical machine. The conversion appears to succeed, but when I attempt to start the new virtual machine, it begins to boot, displays the Windows 2003 startup screen briefly, and then fails with a blue screen with the following error:
STOP: 0x0000007B (0xFFFFFADFD520F3C0, 0xFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000)
I understand the "0x0000007B" means that it can't access the boot device for some reason. I have searched these forums and the knowledge base, but haven't found a solution to this problem.
I have been able to successfully convert and boot a 32-bit Windows Server 2003 physical machine as a virtual machine running in this same VMWare Server. I don't have any other 64-bit machines to test this with.
I am logged in directly to the console of the physical machine with the administrator account. I enabled virtualization in the BIOS. I have tried various combinations when building the virtual machine (customizing or not, fixed or variable disk sizes, importing both C: and D: drives or importing only the C: drive, etc). I have the SYSPREP files from the x64 installation disks locally on the server, and I have run SETUPMGR in this folder to create a SYSPREP.INF file. All of these various attempts have failed with the same boot error.
Is it possible to build a 64-bit virtual machine using VMWare Converter Starter Edition? Any suggestions on how to resolve this issue?
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Convert Win 2000 server
In ESXi 5.5 hosts + vCenter 6.0 environment I need to convert and import the physical device which runs Windows 2000 server SP4, so what vConverter version can I use?
Where I can download it? I have credentials for Vmware support.
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P2V for efi-based linux (debian stretch)
Hi,
I have a minipc based debian stretch linux server that I want to migrate to my vmware esxi hypervisor 6.7u2. For that purpose, I have tried the converter, but it reports "The destination does not support EFI firmware". I tried to search for solutions, but the solutions I have found range from "it should work with virtual machines >11" to disabling the EVC mode in the cluster which as far as I can see does not even exist on the free esxi hypervisor. After some frustration, I have tried to dd the harddisk to an usb stick and tried to convert the raw image to vmdk with qemu. This didn't boot either.
I'm really glad for any suggestions how to move this physical machine to the esxi server.
Thanks!
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unable to query the live linux source machine
Hi,
I am migrating the physical machine to virtual by using vmware p2v converter while migrating the physical machine it's giving error message has unable to query the live linux source machine.
the physical machine is RHEL5.5 version and p2v converter version is 6.2.
I have attached the logs file pls help me out this issue.
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Unable to find the system volume, reconfigurationis not possible - any fix?
Hi all,
I've some servers moved from Microsoft Azure to onpremise Hyper-V. They all run as Gen1 (BIOS mode)
We're moving to VMware and is using VMware Converter to convert them to VMware. For all none previous Azure servers, VMware Converter works great! both BIOS (Gen1) / EFI mode (Gen2)
With all servers which previous was on Azure they all fail with "Unable to find the system volume, reconfigurationis not possible". What i've seen is that I can start the servers fine in VMware after I see this error but cannot use the sync. feature in VMware. The sync. feature is needed to be sure I have all changes on the "new" servers in VMware.
I've idenitifed the problem. On all failed servers i've the BCD boot image at c:\Boot. I managed to move the BCD c:\boot to another drive on a test machine but can't remember how I did it
After the C:\boot moved to another drive, the server still boots fine and VMware Converter was happy.
Can someone help me how to use the utils: bcdedit, bootrec, bootsect, diskpart to move from C:\ to another drive (remember for BIOS / MBR mode!)
Hope to hear from someone ASAP
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VMWare converter to migrate CentOS4 and CentOS5 to ESXI 6.5
Hello Folks,
I'm in the process of kicking off a mass migration of xen domu CentOS4 and 5 VMs in to VMware.
I had assumed i would be able to use the converter to do it however I've only just realised that pre CentOS 6 doesn't seem to be supported on any version of the converter?
Am I right in thinking it simply hasn't been tested/certified by VMWare?
I'd be surprised if the converter can handle as low as RHEL3 but cannot handle the CentOS equivalent.
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Converting linux machine error with private key
Hello.
I have to convert "Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4" to vmware, then I got private key using command ssh-keygen-t rsa via putty. Also I convertet to .pem file
Then I tried to convert it with that pem key with vCenter Converter standalone but it gives error with:
Authentication error. Incorrect user name, password, or client private key. This operation also requires that the source machine's SSH daemon configuration allows remote root login.
I am new to linux. Please help me guys
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Fail to convert P2V at 3% with error. Host key can't be retrieved
The physical computer which I am trying to convert to a VM:
CentOS 6.6 running FreePBX 10.66-22
Destination ESXi host running: ESXi 5.5.0 6480324.
The middle man computer which running: VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.0.0
All of the 3 computers are on the same network without any firewall restriction.
From the vCenter server managing the ESXi host I can see the VM was created, powered on and booted to the VMware converter helper. However, it stuck at the screen. And it then fail!
From the middle man computer I see the error "A general system error occurred: Network error. Host 1x.2x.x.201 key can't be retrieved."
I already tried the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2.0. But it too ran into the same issue.
The below article advised to use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.0. However, this version is no longer available for download.
The more interesting thing is just about 6-7 months ago I was able to convert the same machine onto the same server over the same network!
Could someone please help?
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Virtualizing an XP Machine
Good afternoon everyone,
i am trying to virtualize an old xp machine
OS: Windows XP Professional
Version: 2002 Service Pack 3
Could anyone be so kind and tell me which version of the VmWare Converter is best, and provide a link where i can download it?
NOTE: the target machine is not connected to the internet, therefore i need to download the installation package on another machine, and then transfer it to the target.
Thanks,
Adriano
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How to P2V multiple 2003 Servers to 6.5
We have a Client with 10+ 2003 physical Servers that we need to convert to VMs in ESXi 6.5.
I've done some searching, and found that Server 2003 is no longer supported, and that Converter 6.0 was the last to support it.
What is the best way to P2V the 2003 Servers and get them into 6.5?
Do we use Converter 6.0 to P2V to ESXi 6.0 and then migrate to 6.5? Or will Converter 6.0 work directly with ESXi 6.5?
What Hardware version should we choose?
Any other tips for P2V on 2003?
Thanks!
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Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Hi there!
I'm trying to downgrade VMWare hardware of existing local VMWare machine by using VMWare vCenter Converter Sandalone 6.2.0.1. The problem is when I select the vmx file in the VMWare vCenter Converter Sandalone 6.2.0.1 I got the error "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine" though I'm using Administrative mode for this.
Could you tell me how to fix it please?
Thank you!
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