100% successful P2V leaves multiple empty(?) delta files
I have done a successful P2V test conversion from a Symantec System Recovery image. Although it completed successfully, vCenter told me that "Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed." When I go...
View ArticleThe source parameters are invalid for sv2i file
I'm new to vmware and converter and the community.Hpe someone can help.I tried converting an "sv2i" file created by BESR.Once I browse to the Virtual Machine file, I get the following error"The source...
View ArticleError converting Symantec BESR 8.5 with Converter 5.0.1
Hi, I will be working on a customer's system from my office, so we've taken a copy of their Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery (ver 8.5) files and I'm trying to put them through the VMware...
View ArticleConverting Debian poweredOn mystical fail.
Hi Forum! I have a old Bladechassi with Dell-servers that i am going to convert to our companycloud.Hardware is Dell Poweredge 1955 servers withProcessor, 80556K, Xeon Clovertown, E5335, LGA771, Burn...
View ArticleConvert a Windows 2000 Professional SP2 ??
Hi, Is it possible to get a copy of VMware Converter 3.x somewhere?I have this old Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - and I cant upgrade to SP4 due to somesoftware incompatibility....Or is there some...
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 ArticleProblems virtualizing Windows 8 OEM using VMware Converter 5.1 and Player 5.02
G'day, I recently purchased a Dell XPS8700 workstation which came with Windows 8 installed. I want to install Ubuntu (not dual-boot) on it but before doing so I wanted to virtualize Windows 8. So, I...
View ArticleDo I need to run windows to use converter?
Maybe I'm missing it or not looking in the right place, but the only download I see for converter is a .exe file. If I don't run Windows is there an ISO file download link somewhere? I run mac and...
View ArticleConverter fails to realign partitions after successful conversion
Hello All! Was wondering if someone can help me out, i'm using Converter 5.1.0 i'm trying to realign a VM running Win2k3 32bit. We previously have cloned this box and made it a test machine, which i've...
View ArticleVMware converter 5.5 failed with error Unable to partition the destination disks
I tried to convert a physical linux centos server to virtual. However, I received an error message at 1% as below, Error: Unable to partition the destination disks. FAILED: An error occurred during the...
View ArticleConveter 5.5 and RHEL 6 keeps splitting phyiscal partitions into multi VMDK's.
I am trying to convert a RHEL 6 server with 1 disk and 2 partitions to a virtual server. Each time I convert I end up with 2 virtual disk on the ESX side.Is there a way to force the disk layout. I dont...
View ArticleUnable to create virtual machine using 5.5
Hi all, I have just installed Converter 5.5. While trying to p2v I get (at the last step) the following message:"Unable to create virtual machine <name>".I did p2v for another server using 5.1...
View ArticleSnapshots?
Hello -- I see that with 5.5 version of converter, I can convert an (old) workstation VM to a (new) player VM -- the old vm has a few snapshots -- will all the snapshots get discarded when the...
View Articlevcenter - server problem - Error 2245
Hi, I installed the newest one version of the VMware Workstation 10.0.1 and I downloaded and installed VMware vcenter converter in client/server mode (version 5.5.0). When I try to start Vcenter I got...
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