so recently when trying to some P2V conversions, i have been getting errors, including the following:
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: '/usr/lib/vmware-converter/copyFileSystem.sh: line 125: 1979 Done echo 'password' 1980 | /usr/lib/vmware-converter/bin/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf root@10.12.8.123-p 22 " tar --one-file-system --sparse -C '/' -cf - ." 1981 Killed | /bin/tar_1.28 --numeric-owner --delay-directory-restore -C '/mnt/p2v-src-root/' -y -xf - /usr/lib/vmware-converter/bin/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.confroot@10.12.8.123 -p 22 " tar --one-file-system --sparse -C '/' -cf - ." | /bin/tar_1.28 --numeric-owner --delay-directory-restore -C '/mnt/p2v-src-root/' -y -xf - (return code 137)'
Around a month ago, P2V was working fine. The only change since then would be that all the esxi hosts and the vcsa were upgraded. we are on VCSA 6.0.0.2000 build 3617395 ESXI build 6.0.0, 4192238 According to the task summary of the standalone converter, it clones the /boot and /var and completes, but slows to a crawl (percentage-wise) while cloning the / partition, and eventually, after 1.5-2.5 hours fails with the above message. Previously a similar sized VM would take about 7-15 minutes to finish successfully.
EDIT: The server that gave the above error is running rhel/centos 5 although i also have failures with rhel/centos 6