I have a question regarding the feasability and support (from vmware) of P2V'ing a windows 2003 box running SQL 2000. Now here is the kicker. The sql databases and much of that data lives on the SAN which is accessed via iscsi initiator software (this is not my set up).
Please tell me the dangers of doing this. I know that I would shut downt the sql services, unmount that LUN and just p2v the server itself. What issues will that present when reconnecting iscsi initiator on the virtual side?
I have tried to convert a physical disk with the program and every time I try it fails with the same error, FAILED: A general system error occurred: SQL_CANTOPEN:
unable to open database file I have tried over 10 times and always get the same error. It usually failed after a few % but has failed at other times, once at 97%. I have tried with networking turned off, rebooted the machine, ran chkdsk on both the machine and external drive. the drive is under 700gb and the disk I'm trying to install the image on is 932gb free.
any suggestions? attaching error logs.
I installed successfully vConverter v5.5.1 under 64bit Win7.
During the installation vConverter installed three services which are started automatically at startup.
I prefer to have as less services running as possible. Since I use vConverter only once in a while I want
to stop these three services, then set them to "Manual" and start them on-demand if necessary.
Can I do this?
If I need them I would call them from cmdline with the commands shown in taskmanager:
D:\vConverter\vmware-converter.exe -s "C:\ProgramData\VmWare\VmWare vCenter Converter Standalone\converter-server.xml"
D:\vConverter\vmware-converter.exe -s "C:\ProgramData\VmWare\VmWare vCenter Converter Standalone\converter-worker.xml"
D:\vConverter\vmware-converter-a.exe -s "C:\ProgramData\VMware\VmWare vCenter Converter Standalone\converter-agent.xml"
Matt
Hello,
after an alleged successfull (Converter Standalone finishes without errors) P2V Conversion of a Windows Small Business Server 2008 the VM will not start. The source server has two physical harddrives.
The german error message is:
Ereignisdetails:
Typ: Info
Uhrzeit: 05.05.2014 16:49:50
Aufgabendetails:
Beschreibung: Virtuelle Maschine einschalten
Fehlerstapel:
Beim ESX-Host ist ein Fehler beim Einschalten der virtuellen Maschine RCSSRV02 aufgetreten.
Das Starten der virtuellen Maschine ist fehlgeschlagen.
Einschalten des Moduls DiskEarly fehlgeschlagen.
Die Festplatte '/vmfs/volumes/52d54d75-39089066-b92d-901b0e07ec65/RCSSRV02/RCSSRV02-000003.vmdk' oder eine der Snapshot-Festplatten, auf die sie angewiesen ist, konnte nicht geöffnet werden.
Die übergeordnete virtuelle Festplatte wurde nach dem Erstellen der untergeordneten virtuellen Festplatte geändert. Die Inhalts-ID der übergeordneten virtuellen Festplatte stimmt nicht mit der Inhalts-ID für die übergeordnete virtuelle Festplatte der untergeordneten virtuellen Festplatte überein
Zusätzliche Ereignisdetails:
Typ- ID: Info
Ziel Objekttyp: ComputeResource
DataCenter Objekttyp: Datacenter
Host Objekttyp: HostSystem
Host-Build: 1331820
VirtualMachine Objekttyp: VirtualMachine
ChainId: 6985
Zusätzliche Aufgabendetails:
VC-Build: 1398495
Aufgaben-ID: Task
Abbrechbar: False
abgebrochen: False
Beschreibungs-ID: Datacenter.ExecuteVmPowerOnLRO
Ereignisketten-ID: 6985
Does anyone have a clue what may be wrong?
Thank you and best regards
Jens
Hi all
I just checked the VM Converter to virtualise a Win2k8 Server . My problem is the physical Machine is not connected to the Network where the Hypervisor is. So I cannot create the VM on the fly.
Is there a solution to create the files of the server on a external drive connected to the server, take it with me and import the machine at the Hypervisor?
regards Ron
Can I P2V a HP-UX server?
Hi,
I'm being stuck in a project and desperate help needed after long time of searching here and on Google... 
The Scenario
There are VMs on 2 x ESX 3.5 servers and 2 x Hyper-V servers to be migrated to 5 x new ESXi 5.5 servers. But now the new servers are installed with ESXi 5.0 as I found that VMs from ESX3.5 probably cannot migrate to ESXi5.5 directly. I installed vCenter Server 5.5 on a physical Windows 2012 server, and on the same machine I installed vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 for the VM migration. All ESX, ESXi and Hyper-V hosts are on the same network, with old hosts having storage on a Dell MD3000 and new ESXi hosts having storage on NetApp. And plan to do in-place upgrade of ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.5 by Update Manager after all VM migrations successful.
Source - Hyper-V (Win 08 Server R2), ESX 3.5 Update 2
Destination - ESXi 5.0 cluster
vCenter Server - 5.5
Guest OSs : Windows 2003, Windows 2008
Requirements:
- move VMs from the source hosts to the destination cluster
- VMs preferred to be migrated online (but offline still OK if it's the only option)
- shutdown source
- bring up VMs on new hosts
The Issue
Using vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0, I can connect to the Hyper-V servers and the ESX 3.5 hosts and see the VM inventory. However when try to choose the VM to convert, an error occured :
Error : Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
(as shown in attached Pic 1.jpg)
And the conversion cannot proceed further. I exported the diagnostics logs too and also attached in this thread. There is an error of "Cannot query source HW info: vmodl.fault.SystemError" in the log.
- Anyone hitted this same issue before?
- Any idea on how to solve it?
- If not, then are there any other alternatives to migrate the VMs from Hyper-V/ ESX 3.5 to ESXi 5.5?
Thanks everyone!
Calvin
As the subject notes, I'm trying to test out converting some physical systems to VMWare using Converter 5.5 Standalone. Running it on a Windows 7 system, and I'm attempting to convert a Linux system that's running CentOS6. The wizard goes through smooth, and the source information is pulls down all looks correct. The conversion starts, connects to the helper, and starts formatting the destination. Then, at 3%, the conversion fails with this error:
FAILED: A general system error occurred: connect (`192.168.8.232'): Network is unreachable connect (`192.168.8.232'): Network is unreachable connect (`192.168.8.232'):
Network is unreachable Network error. Host 192.168.8.232 key can't be retrieved. (return code 2)
192.168.8.232 in this case is the source system. It's up and running just fine, and I maintain a SSH connection the entire time, but for some reason this error keeps coming up and I'm not sure why.
The conversion prompts for the key initially when the process starts, so I'm not sure if the "key can't be retrieved" error is as result of the "network unrechable" error, or if the key error comes first before the network error. Either way, network connectivity is fine, and I'm stumped as to why it keeps failing at this point. Any thoughts?
I just noticed that the VMware download page no longer offers Converter 3.0.3
This link used to work until recently
http://download3.vmware.com/software/converter/VMware-converter-3.0.3-89816.exe
Please fix this ASAP.
At the moment the file is only available at non-vmware sites.
Thanks
Hi Support,
We have Vsphere 5.5 and trying to convert one physical machine to vm using
vmware standalone convertor 5.5 .
source server is windows 2008 r2
we are receiving following error
FAILED: An error occured while opening a virtual disk. Verify
that the Converter server and the running source machines have a network access
to the source and destination ESX/ESXi hosts
Please help me to solve the same if it’s not
the right forum to discuss this issue please guide me to the right Forum
Also find the error logs
Thanks
Anoop
Hello all,
I'm trying to run an V2V Live migration from one cluster location to another cluster location, same VCenter.
I'm using VMware Converter 5.5 Standalone client and ESX 5.5.
The job submits, but gives the error: An error occured while opening a virtual disk. Verify that the Converter Server and the running source machine have a network access to the source and destination ESX/ESXi hosts.
The conversion starts, the VM is created, but fails. I found this error in the log Unable to submit job: converter.fault.ManagedDiskOpenFault.
Anybody got any clues how to solve this?
Thanks in advance!
Best Regards,
Martijn W
I am trying to convert a Windows 2000 SP4 (SCSI attached 12GB c:\ drive, 1024MB memory) running on Microsoft Virtual Server over to VMware(Version 3.5.0 Build 123630) using VMware converter 3.0.3-89816. The conversion process completes successfully, but when I try to start the server in VMware I receive a page fault in non paged area win32k.sys BSOD. Any ideas? Thanks.
Hi Guys,
I am trying to convert VMs from Hyper V to ESXI and i am running into this error "A General System Error Occur: Invalid Fault"
I am running vmware esxi server 5.5.0 build 1623387 and vmware vsphere converter 5.5.1 build 1682692. I am trying to convert a windows 2008 server r2 machine.
I have been doing some reading on the internet and have not been able to find a solution but have found a lot of people having these issues
My logs are attached
Using Converter Standalone 5.5 I have successfully converted a physical machine running Windows Server 2008 64-bit to a virtual machine. The VM starts fine and I can log in without any difficulty. Now, I'm trying to run the "configure machine" feature within Converter Standalone to generate a new SID for the VM, remove it from our domain, and set the network adapter to DHCP. The configure task runs successfully (supposedly), but when I boot the VM nothing has changed. It is still a member of the domain with the same static IP address. Any thoughts as to why the configure machine task is not working correctly? Thanks.
The latest version says it cannot convert a 2012 R2 Hyper-V guest and I must choose an older Hyper-V version?! Am I doing something wrong or is the latest Converter seriously not compatible with 2012 R2?
Ive been trying to create a new customization specification for server 2012 R2 servers. I have previously been using one for 2008 R2 which has worked fine.
However, when i create a new VM from a 2012 R2 template, using the specification, nothing happens. Nothing at all. The machine is never customized and i cant seem to find any evidence of a failed attempt.
Any ideas?
While installing it hangs and won't finish install but progress bar is right to end. Have waited over an hour for it to finish - using administrator account.
I can see a folder for it but nothing in start menu.
Not sure if fully installed or missing components. Nothing in add/remove programs related to it so I think not fully installed.
How to get this to install in Xp or is there another older version number that can do a physical to VM conversion of multiple partitions (retaining drive letters) to make a conversion of an existing XP for a XP Sp3 VM guest to run on Windows 8.1 host - prob hyper-v or vmware player/ virtual box?
i am getting very very slow transfer rate between source and destination machine when doing a v2v.
The rate is at 527kb/s and both machines are connected to local area network
i did another machine which was a 2008r2 and it was pretty fast at over 10mb/s speed
why is that? i do have multiple v2v jobs going
Summary:
I am trying to migrate two VMware virtual machines from Linux VMware server 2.01 to a VMware infrastructure install running VMWare ESXi 5.1.0. When I try and use the Standalone converter to convert the VMware virtual machine to 5.1 I get the error "Unable to Obtain Hardware information for the selected machine". I have followed the various suggestions on how to deal with this issue and am still Unable to import the machines.
More info:
I have a Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit) server and a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (32-bit) server VMWARE virtual Machine image I am trying to migrate.
To do this I shut the machines down and copied the entire machine folder from the Linux server to a Windows 2008 R2 enterprise machine.
I have then run the VMWARE standalone converter (by right clicking on it and running as administrator)
I have gone into "convert machine" and selected "VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine"
I have gone and selected the vmx file from the machine I wish to import
Upon selecting "View Source Details" and or "next" I get that error: "Unable to Obtain Hardware information for the selected machine"
I COULD run the Stand Alone importer on the machines however I would rather use the offline images. The import process changes all the hardware and the change in hardware means reapplying the windows license keys. Which means "what else is going on in the important software we use if windows is now thinking the hardware has changed THAT much?"
maybe easy question for u, but i get lost.......
i converted my both most urgent machines about 100 times, now i need ur help, cause they wont run in workstation 10.0.1.....
everytime the same....good convert without problems....then i wanna start them in Workstation.....
how to say...i click the play-button, it pops up..and thats it....no failure message, etc
weird thing is, that its goin to happen with a laptop & a workstation !?!?
btw, i tried with old converter 3 & the newest......same result.
please help me...goin mad,
thx a lot
