I see this issue going on for years, and for me it is still relevant for me using versions 6.1.1 and 6.2.
I want to convert a pair of Windows 2012 R2 servers to get a test environment in Workstation.
There are one domain controller and one member server.
I can't P2V any of them. All attempts has resulted in Error code: 2147754758 (0x80042306) within 2 minutes.
I only want to convert the system drives, and they has this layout:
Grey: 300 MB
Red: 99 MB
Yellow: 185 GB 50% free NTFS
(In version 6.2 there is an additional partition at 127 MB showing a question mark icon)
There are data drives attached to the servers as well, but I do not want to virtualize those.
In the settings before hitting the Finish button I changed as follows, to adapt to the hardware running VMware Workstation:
RAM 512 GB -> 8 GB
CPU 2x10 cores +HT -> 1x2 cores
After each converting attempt, the VSS service stops, as do the Microsoft Software Shadow Service Provider service.
In the converter logs I can't find much useful - perhaps I need guidance in what to look for besides the word "Error".
In the Windows System Event Log, I found this of interest, but I do not know how to proceed from here.
Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.
Windows Event Log
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Information:
- Provider
[ Name] VSS
- EventID 8224
The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout.
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Error:
- Provider
[ Name] VSS
- EventID 12289
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{78721650-e8f1-462c-93fd-72366f100c69} - 00000000000001A0,0x0053c008,0000001F3ECAA7E0,0,0000001F3ECAB7F0,4096,[0]). hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
.
Operation:
Processing EndPrepareSnapshots
Context:
Execution Context: System Provider
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Error:
- Provider
[ Name] VSS
- EventID 12289
Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{78721650-e8f1-462c-93fd-72366f100c69} - 00000000000001A0,0x0053c008,0000001F3ECAA7E0,0,0000001F3ECAB7F0,4096,[0]). hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.
.
Operation:
Processing EndPrepareSnapshots
Context:
Execution Context: System Provider
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converter-gui.log
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Line 594: --> displayName = "Windows Error Reporting Service",
Line 595: --> description = "Allows errors to be reported when programs stop working or responding and allows existing solutions to be delivered. Also allows logs to be generated for diagnostic and repair services. If this service is stopped, error reporting might not work correctly and results of diagnostic services and repairs might not be displayed.",
Line 595: --> description = "Allows errors to be reported when programs stop working or responding and allows existing solutions to be delivered. Also allows logs to be generated for diagnostic and repair services. If this service is stopped, error reporting might not work correctly and results of diagnostic services and repairs might not be displayed.",
Line 969: --> error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
Line 1004: --> error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
Line 1041: --> error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
Line 1102: --> mostRecentError = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
Line 1103: --> numConsecutiveErrors = 0,
Line 1138: --> mostRecentError = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
Line 1139: --> numConsecutiveErrors = 0,
Line 1302: --> name = "info.error",
Line 1307: --> msg = "Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754758 (0x80042306)."
Line 1313: --> val = "error"
Line 1348: --> name = "latestPage["job-9"].mostRecentError",
Line 1353: --> msg = "Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754758 (0x80042306)."
Line 1357: --> name = "latestPage["job-9"].numConsecutiveErrors",
Line 1374: 2018-03-31T19:30:51.233+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: NetworkNameMap
Line 1375: 2018-03-31T19:30:51.233+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: TimeZoneList
Line 1377: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.960+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: NetworkNameMap
Line 1378: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.960+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: TimeZoneList
Line 1380: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.991+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: NetworkNameMap
Line 1381: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.991+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: TimeZoneList
vmware-converter-server.log
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Line 1249: 2018-03-31T19:15:46.405+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[05376] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault
Line 1250: 2018-03-31T19:15:46.405+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05376] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-8] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault
Line 1260: 2018-03-31T19:15:46.405+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05672] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Run 0 of job "job-8" finished with an error. -- struct Converter::Server::Job::JobExecutor::SchedulerUpdateSpec __thiscall Converter::Server::Conversion::ConversionJobExecutorImpl::UpdateJob(class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,bool,const class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemStatistics &,const class Converter::Task::TaskInfo &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/conversion/conversionJobExecutorImpl.cpp:405")
Line 1265: 2018-03-31T19:27:10.896+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[07100] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x0456a054, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)
Line 1265: 2018-03-31T19:27:10.896+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[07100] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x0456a054, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)
Line 1394: 2018-03-31T19:30:06.762+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[05904] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault
Line 1395: 2018-03-31T19:30:06.778+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05904] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-9] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault
Line 1405: 2018-03-31T19:30:06.778+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05672] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Run 0 of job "job-9" finished with an error. -- struct Converter::Server::Job::JobExecutor::SchedulerUpdateSpec __thiscall Converter::Server::Conversion::ConversionJobExecutorImpl::UpdateJob(class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,bool,const class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemStatistics &,const class Converter::Task::TaskInfo &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/conversion/conversionJobExecutorImpl.cpp:405")