P2V Windows 98 (!)
I need to convert (physical to virtual) and old Windows 98 box.I made some tests with VMware Converter with no success.Should I use an old version (as I made to P2V a Windows 2000 box some times ago,...
View ArticleConverter 5.5 -- permission denied for operation error
I have Converter Standalone installed on my notebook, I put in the vCenter IP or name, doesn't matter, enter the administrator account, and still get permission denied to choose the VM to be v2v'd. The...
View ArticleConverter produces VM's that result in a black screen with a frozen cursor
Virtual machines created on my old box, with vCenter Converter, fail to boot in VMplayer (on either old or new boxes). I'm seeing a black screen with a frozen cursor in VMplayer. I get this result with...
View ArticleCan not login to Windows 7 after installation of VMware C Standalone and reboot
I am new to the community. I have used VM's in the past, but have not created one. I have VM Workstation 8.0 (2011). I have two laptops, Dell E6510 W7x64 and HP 8760W W7x64. I am trying to perform a...
View Article98% FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine. Win srvr 2003
We are trying to convert a Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 machine and get this error at 98 percent,"FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine." The only reference I see in the log...
View ArticleConverter unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume Error code...
During conversion P2V after 42 minutes 95% the conversion failed as shown in the subject? I tried twice and I obtained the same information at the same time and at the same % Someone know why it is...
View ArticleHow does Converter handle open files?
If I resize my disks and it does a file/file copy on a hot migration. Am I guaranteed every file from the source server will be copied to the desitnation server. What does Converter do if a file is...
View ArticleVMWare converter fails with Unable to update drive letters for the...
I have tried converting a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 32 bit from physical to virtuel with VMWare Converter 5.5.But every time it fail with "this Unable to update drive letters for the destination...
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Converted local machine succesfully but cannot open in VMPlayer
Just created a from a local machine (Windows 8 ) using Vmware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5.0 build 1362012 to a VMware Player 6.0.x vmxBut when i try to open it in VMware player 6.0.1 nothing...
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VMware Converter Standalone 5.5 does not show Drop Down Menu for Destination...
Hi Folks, I am trying to use VMware Converter Standalone 5.5 for use with VMware Player and am not able to select Destination Type of my choice (I'd like to choose "VMware workstation or other VMware...
View Articlefor p2v conversion poet need to be open
for Linux p2v where these TCP port should be open 22, 443, 902 . In esxi server , vcenter server , Linux power on machine which we want to convert or where our standalone converter is installed...
View Article"Unable to Obtain Hardware information for the selected machine"
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...
View Articlepetool.exe - help!
Hi, I'm in dire need of this tool in order to inject some drivers into the cold clone disk. We have the cold disks from VMware but the ZIP file that contains the petool.exe app is missing and I can't...
View Article"Unable to Obtain Hardware information for the selected machine"
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...
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CentOS 5.3 , Kernel Panic - mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'
Hi.I am trying to convert a machine based on CentOS 5.3 , I keep getting "kernel panic" on boot. mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root'setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or...
View ArticleMove Vms from XEN 6.2 & 6.1 to ESXi 5.5
Hello everybody, we are currently planning to move our VMs from our old Virtualisation Citrix XenServer to VMWare ESXi. Under XenServer we have different types of machines running.There are some...
View ArticleError: An error occurred during reconfiguration.
I'm converting physical server to vSphere Hypervisor. It said: "Error: An error occurred during reconfiguration." after transfered all data.I attached the Converter log file here and hope someone can...
View ArticleError 1920 when installing VMWare Converter 4.0.1
Hi folks, when we try to install (as administrator) the actual converter on our windows 2003 std. 32 bit server (domain controller, 1 nic, fully ms patched) we always receive the following error:...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 P2V: unable to obtain hardware information
I am trying to convert a windows 2003 32-bit server, I have done this many times before but this is the first time I'm having troubles.Already tried 4 different converter versions (4.0, 4.3, 5.1, 5.5)...
View ArticlePermission denied when apptenting to converte a remote Ubuntu Machine
I have an old laptop running Ubuntu that I wish to convert to a virtual machine. I am running vCenter Converter Standalone version 5.5 on a Windows 8 physical machine. Both the machines can ping each...
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