Hi all
Trying to upload a VM to ESXi 6.0 using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone version 6.2.0 but the task will not start giving the message "Invalid configuration for device '0'."
I don't know what this pertains to. The source VM came from Workstation 15 and I thought it may have to do with compatibility level. I tried changing the source VM level to 12 and to 11 but the same message appear. Anyone know what the solution might be?
Thanks
Hi All;
I'v two machine OS windows 2003 want to conver to ESXi 6.5 but two machines all fail
windows 2003 to esxi6.5
converter version : 6.2
Error Message :
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with sourcevolume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[84-23-93-1F-00-00-E6-00-19-00-00-00] and target volume id 4(323)?10000010(11000000. Error code:2'
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with sourcevolume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[DD-5B-2A-9B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00] and target volume id =-;5:2;)0000010000000000. Error code:2'
can help me thanks !
where Can I find a copy of stand alone version of Converter version 4.0.1
I need to download vCenter 5.5.3. VMWare download center forces me to download version 6.2. Any help is appreciated.
I have a Windows server 2019 machine on Hyper-V, and try to convert it to vCenter (or EXSi host)
VMWare Converter always reports an error: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.
Check product release note, I found that Windows server 2019 is not in “Supported Guest Operating Systems”.
https://docs.vmware.com/en/vCenter-Converter-Standalone/6.2/rn/conv_sa_62_rel_notes.html#platf
But on the “Known Issues” -> “Windows Source”, it talks about Windows server 2019, like:
“If you convert a Windows Server 2019 machine and you include a ReFS volume that....”
So, I’m a little confused, does Windows server 2019 is supported officially?
Any comment or suggestion is appreciative.
Thank you for your help!
Hi All,
I am trying to convert a VM from AWS to our vCenter. I have several VMs that are Centos, Ubuntu, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2008 etc. When i start convertion for Centos VMs, the speed is about 8 MB/s. But, when i try to convert a Windows VM, the speed is around 500 kb/s. The total speed between two sites is 100 Mbps. I have 1 TB Windows Machine, that's why this speed is a bit slow. Windows Machines are using 1 Gbit Network adapter.
What i did for resolving that issue;
-I have checked the pre-requisities for Windows VMs and i did but the speed is still the same.
-Disabled anti-virus program (ESET). It was deleted in one of the Windows Machines but speed was the same.
-Turned-off UAC
-Turned-off Firewall
-Disabled SSL Encryption from converter-worker.
-Increased the value in the Number of Data Connections in Converter
The speed is still slow for Windows based machines. I don't think that slow issue is related to network between two sites. Because i can see normal speeds for Centos Machines. Is there anyone who faced this kind of slow convertion issue ?
Regards
Hi,
I am trying to P2V a standalone ucs redhat server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 (Santiago). A df -h shows the amount of space available, but I get the error::
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: ' Volume group "vg_berdev0051" has insufficient free space (58360 extents):574592 required. (return code 5)'
I have [lenty of available space. Can someone help me to figure out what the real issue is?
Will there be a supported version of the Standalone Converter for SLES12 ant time soon?
I'm trying to convert a physical 2 virtual of my SLES12 SP4 bare metal server.
Maybe there is a way to do this with the older version.
If so, can someone please chime in.
Thanks
Larry
I want to migrate the virtual machine running on Xenserver to Vsphere. Can it be implemented? Can I use Converter Standalone? Thank you
It tells me "Your profile is incomplete. We need more information from you before you can download. Update your profile and try again."
What specific information do I need to put in the profile?
Hello Support,
I'm trying to convert a physical Linux based server it is a sciencelogic EM7 server, trying to convert to a VM for backup purposes. The physical server is up, & I can access it via SSH only. When I attempt to connect to the phyiscal server for coversation, i get the following message: "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine" don't see any error message just this information. Please, help me.
Ich habe keine Ahnung wie ich das verstehen soll. Hat jemand einen Tipp für mich wie ich den error vermeiden kann und woran sich das Programm stört?
Hello,
in the next months we are going to migrate our RHV environment to vSphere, probably the 6.7 version. I found that Vmware converter standalone should support KVM based environments and all of our CentOS/RHEL virtual machines. We have also a few physical Rhel servers that are probably going to be migrated to vm.
Did anybody have experience with this operation? Do you have any hints or issues that we should consider before starting to move our servers?
Our Rhev-m version is 4.2.8.9
Our hypervisors version is 4.3.5
Please let me know if you need further informations
Thanks in advance
Ich habe mit VCenter meinen Windows 10 Rechner in eine VMDK/VMX Datei gespeichert. Nun habe ich die beiden Dateien in Linux in der dort installierten VMware gestartet. Hat gut ausgesehen, aber dann blieb das hängen und es kamen Fehlermeldungen. Kann es sein, dass ich im VCenter etwas falsch gemacht habe?
I have a server in Tampa I want to convert to a ESXi 5.5 host in Tampa. The vCenter server is in Orlando. Can I directly connect the Standalone Converter all in Tampa? I get an error when I try and directly connect to the host in Tampa
Missing Select volumes to copy for any Linux VM in VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
I am trying to create compact copy of VM for template using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
Additional information:
Any idea ?
Regards ,
Zaro
I'm running vmware-vdiskmanager -R against a VMDK file that produces "the virtual disk is invalid or needs to be repaired" errors in VCenter Converter. vmware-vdiskmanager does NOT report anything; it just silently returns to the command prompt after a second or two and does not fix the problem.
vdisk-vdiskmanager -e reports: Disk chain is consistent.
Now what? What to do when vmware-vdiskmanager -R does not fix the problem?
Source system was RHEL 7.6 with ~300G data. The conversion failed at 96% (after 1h 44 mins) with error:
FAILED: A general system error occurred: SSL Exception:
Operation was canceled
The resulting machine was then deleted by the converter from the target vCenter... I will try the conversion next week again. What to change in the parameters?
In the Converter server logs there is this:
2019-11-15T16:02:35.467+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[05832] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: vmodl.fault.SystemError
2019-11-15T16:02:35.708+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05832] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-199] -- ERROR -- Convert: vmodl.fault.SystemError
--> (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> reason = "SSL Exception: Operation was canceled",
--> msg = ""
--> }
In the GUI logs there is this:
2019-11-15T15:57:23.770+02:00 verbose converter-gui[01896] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterDataProviderImpl] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterDataProviderImpl::PropertyCollectorThread[1021] - (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet) {
--> version = "1021",
--> filterSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) {
--> filter = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]5215282c-43f4-4c6f-d8ea-10366440cfc7',
--> objectSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) {
--> kind = "modify",
--> obj = 'converter.task.Task:task-199',
--> changeSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.transferRate",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = 78355
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> truncated = <unset>
--> }
2019-11-15T15:57:23.785+02:00 verbose converter-gui[01896] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterDataProviderImpl] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterDataProviderImpl::PropertyCollectorThread[1022] - (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet) {
--> version = "1022",
--> filterSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) {
--> filter = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]5215282c-43f4-4c6f-d8ea-10366440cfc7',
--> objectSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) {
--> kind = "modify",
--> obj = 'converter.task.Task:task-199',
--> changeSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.estimatedTimeRemaining",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = 248
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> truncated = <unset>
--> }
2019-11-15T16:02:34.655+02:00 verbose converter-gui[01896] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterDataProviderImpl] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterDataProviderImpl::PropertyCollectorThread[1023] - (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet) {
--> version = "1023",
--> filterSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) {
--> filter = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]5215282c-43f4-4c6f-d8ea-10366440cfc7',
--> objectSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) {
--> kind = "modify",
--> obj = 'converter.task.Task:task-199',
--> changeSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.progress",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = 96
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> truncated = <unset>
--> }
2019-11-15T16:02:34.655+02:00 verbose converter-gui[01896] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterDataProviderImpl] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterDataProviderImpl::PropertyCollectorThread[1024] - (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet) {
--> version = "1024",
--> filterSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) {
--> filter = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]5215282c-43f4-4c6f-d8ea-10366440cfc7',
--> objectSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) {
--> kind = "modify",
--> obj = 'converter.task.Task:task-199',
--> changeSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.estimatedTimeRemaining",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = 0
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> truncated = <unset>
--> }
2019-11-15T16:02:35.708+02:00 verbose converter-gui[01896] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterDataProviderImpl] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterDataProviderImpl::PropertyCollectorThread[1025] - (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet) {
--> version = "1025",
--> filterSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) {
--> filter = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]5215282c-43f4-4c6f-d8ea-10366440cfc7',
--> objectSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) {
--> kind = "modify",
--> obj = 'converter.task.Task:task-199',
--> changeSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.completeTime",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = "2019-11-15T14:02:35.708493Z"
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.error",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> reason = "SSL Exception: Operation was canceled",
--> msg = "A general system error occurred: SSL Exception: Operation was canceled"
--> }
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.state",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = "error"
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "info.transferRate",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = 64444
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> truncated = <unset>
--> }
2019-11-15T16:02:35.750+02:00 verbose converter-gui[01896] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterDataProviderImpl] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterDataProviderImpl::PropertyCollectorThread[1026] - (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.UpdateSet) {
--> version = "1026",
--> filterSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.FilterUpdate) {
--> filter = 'vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]52570771-75ad-5b25-2d0d-abd58c505df4',
--> objectSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.ObjectUpdate) {
--> kind = "modify",
--> obj = 'converter.server.conversion.ConversionJobHistoryCollector:session[5248cfd8-2637-2c33-843e-d20d9c5a6648]52278f29-56a1-852c-d0c8-de2f72cd7e6d',
--> changeSet = (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) [
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "latestPage["job-199"].activeTask",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = <unset>
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "latestPage["job-199"].lastRunCompleteTime",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = "2019-11-15T14:02:35.708493Z"
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "latestPage["job-199"].mostRecentError",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> reason = "SSL Exception: Operation was canceled",
--> msg = "A general system error occurred: SSL Exception: Operation was canceled"
--> }
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "latestPage["job-199"].numConsecutiveErrors",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = 1
--> },
--> (vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Change) {
--> name = "latestPage["job-199"].state",
--> op = "assign",
--> val = "deactivated"
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> }
--> ],
--> truncated = <unset>
--> }
I have a Redhat 7.6 on Rhel. I am trying to convert the machine to vmware using the 6.2.0 version of vmware converter. I have done this repeatedly with little problems when the OS is 7.5 5 months ago.
Here are the steps that I do prior to starting the conversion...
1. Make sure root login is enabled via ssh
2. Make sure connection between the windows machine running the vmware converter, the vmware cluster tp be hosting the newly converted machine and the original rhel based redhat machine is good.
3. Make sure all unnecessary processes running on the machine have been stopped.
4. Make sure /var/tmp is unmounted
5. Make sure no processes are using /tmp
6. Remount /tmp as executable (mount -o remount,exec /tmp)
Start up the converter, set ip options, along with helper ip.
The converter chugs along till it gets to 98%, and the last message in Task Progess is "Creating initial ramdisk".
The task times out giving an error of
"SysCommandWrapper: Error encountered in SysCommand: SysCommand failed to wait /usr/lib/vmware-converter/chrootAndExec.sh to terminate"
I seem to have no problems with any 7.5 machine, but this happens on all the 7.6 machines that I have tried.
I have searched the error log file and google for anyone else having this error with 7.6 with no luck.
Any comments or hints of action would be helpful. If I am posting in the wrong place, let me know the proper place to ask my question.
TIA
Dave McFerren
Dear VMWARE
this is so frustrating that I would like to yell on this mess. I know you are aware of
https://communities.vmware.com/message/2873034#2873034
and
VMware Knowledge Base work around is useless as you can see:
yum downgrade lvm2-libs-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 lvm2-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 device-mapper-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 device-mapper-libs-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 device-mapper-event-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 --skip-broken
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: mirrors.liquidweb.com
* extras: mirror.sesp.northwestern.edu
* updates: ftpmirror.your.org
No package lvm2-libs-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 available.
No package lvm2-2.02.180-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 available.
No package device-mapper-event-libs-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 available.
No package device-mapper-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 available.
No package device-mapper-libs-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 available.
No package device-mapper-event-1.02.149-10.el7_6.2.x86_64 available.
Error: Nothing to do
anybody with other work around ?