P2V 98% ERROR "Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine"
I used converter to convert windows 2003 , but failed at 98%. It is "Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine.".I had tried to convert the windows 2003 server for 5 days at some...
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How do you disable SSL...
How do you disable SSL...in Converter 4.3 I have to migrate some Windows 2003 Servers (non R2 so I must version 4.3). Performance is slow so I want to disable SSL. In the C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware...
View ArticleVCenter Standalone 5.5 requires domain administrator account to P2V a Domain...
I'm trying to P2V a 2008 R2 domain controller. The clients are very security paranoid and don't want to use the regular administrator account when performing P2V's. However when I try to use other...
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VSS error - Windows 2003 conversion
Hello Folks , I am trying to do a P2V using stand alone converter but I am getting following errors. Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147549183 (0x8000FFFF). I...
View ArticleIssues P2V with 2003 SQL Server
I have done this in the past successfully however my issue is as follows. I had created a new staging environment using Physical to Virtual converter on my production cluster, on my vacation my team...
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Error : Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine -- Log...
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...
View ArticleP2V 98% ERROR "Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine"
I used converter to convert windows 2003 , but failed at 98%. It is "Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine.".I had tried to convert the windows 2003 server for 5 days at some...
View ArticleP2V to ESXI on same box
I have a Windows server box that I need to P2V. I need to save that image to a disk cause that same box is where I will be putting ESXI 5. I am have tried the P2V converter and it works great to a...
View ArticleStandalone Converter 5.5, slow P2V, GPT disks, etc
The physical server is 2008 R2. I installed Standalone Converter on the physical machine. There is a 250gig C: and a 4.3TB D: with 2.7TB used. the D: drive is GPT. When I run my conversion, with...
View ArticleVMWare p2v coversion fails at 1 %
Hi All Currently i have a physical server 2003 r2 32bit, going to use vmware convertor standalone 5.1 to convert to esxi 5.1 server, a vcenter is installed on win 2k8 R2, which is managing two...
View ArticleAny reason for painfully slow transfer rates with VMWare Converter?
By now I have been through several P2V and one V2V conversion using the VMWare converter 5.0, 5.1 and now 5.5 and all have suffered from very slow transfer rates. On 5.0 and 5.1 I have disabled SSL...
View ArticleUbuntu P2V won't boot (ureadahead main process terminated with status 5)
Hi, I'm trying my first experiment with P2V, creating a VM on ESXi 4.1 of an Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS machine. The conversion runs fine (although I do have to resize my partitions to make them small enough...
View ArticleUnable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine
I have checked all of these forums, yet the solutions are not helping me in this instant. I am somewhat new to Vmware, I can get around to perform most standard tasks. I am attempting my first...
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Upload a backup remove the original virtual machin
Hello, A few days ago, I tried to use an initial backup of an existent virtual machine to create a new one (as it was a template) using vmware converter standalone 5.0 into my ESX 3.5 server. I use a...
View ArticleConvert a physical disk - Not a live OS
Hey All, I've been looking around for a solution to this, but am having a lot of issues. I have a hard drive out of another computer that I'd like to convert to a VM. I've tried disk2vhd without much...
View ArticleV2V Data Flow Question
Source is a VM on ESXi 5.0 managed by a vCenter instance in datacenter A. VM is powered off since it is a V2V. Destination is ESXi 5.1 managed by a vCenter instance in datacenter B. Converter 5.1...
View ArticleExtremely Slow Performance
I was trying to P2V a server tonight and ran into substantial performance issues. I was getting transfer speeds approximately 500KB/sec on each attempt. Here are some of the steps I tried in...
View ArticleSlipstream drivers into Coldclone
I'm trying to slipstream some drivers into a coldclone cd ISO. However the iso does not have the petool.exe in it so I can't slipstream the drivers. Can anyone maybe post the petool.exe for me or point...
View ArticleNetwork Error - fails between 1 and 5%
Hello all, I am trying to migrate VMs from standalone VSphere ESXi 5.0.0 servers (Build 469512) to our production vCenter Cluster 5.1.0 (Build 947673). The VMs to be migrated are a range of Debian...
View ArticleAn error occurred while configuring the customization script to run at the...
I have been trying to virtualize my file server for a month now. Every time it fails at different points. Latest one fails at 97% because this is a file server changes are always being made. Will it...
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