Migration from Hyper-V to Esxi 5.1
Hi, I need to migrate few Windows 2008 and 2008r2 virtual machines from hyper-v 2008r2 host to esxi 5.1u2 host. Which option is prefered:a) p2v migration (converter agent installed inside guest OS, hot...
View ArticleHaving trouble with NIC driver for Cold Clone CD
I have an HP ML350 G6 that I need to Cold Clone because it is a Domain Contoller, and I can't seem to get the Cold Clone CD to recognize the network card. I have tried using: petool.exe -i...
View Articleserver 2012 dedup volume
Hi i am having trouble converting a iscsi target within a file server to a vmdk using vm converter. The machine is already a vm and has a iscsi which is a dedup volume within it which i am trying to...
View ArticleCannot Download VMware vCenter Converter
For some reason, I cannot download the free VMware vCenter Converter. Clicking on the "Manual Download" link simply reloads the web page. Clicking on the "Start Download Manager" link accomplishes...
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What method of conversion should i use for converting Oracle VM 2 virtual...
I've been reading the standalone converter docs today. I have 43 Oracle VM version 2 virtual machines to migrate to VMWare. The OS for all the VM's is either Oracle Linux 5 or Oracle Linux 6....
View ArticlePowered on Conversion with ESXi hypervisor?
I have Vcenter Converter Standalone 5.5 on my PC and have an ESXi5 hypervisor Server with several VMs. I would like to convert a powered ON VM (V2V) how can I do this?
View ArticleP2V ing RAID 1. . .
Is it not possible to p2v a windows 2008 server with RAID 1 system disk?My converter fails at trying to read system hardware. Tried locally installed converter, as admin. Attached are the logs.. . Any...
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 ArticleHot-clone Hyper-V to vSphere (cloud migration tool)?
I am looking for a tool to allow me to hot-migrate internal Hyper-V and vSphere servers to cloud (external) vSphere hosts. Can StandaloneConverterconvert Hyper-V VMs to vSphere?Can I kick-off...
View ArticleCan't convert Windows 7 with Vmvare converter v. 5.1, 5.5
Hello, I try convert my physical local online machine with windows 7 using Vmware converter in version 5.1 or 5.5.I still get immediately the same error:version 5.1FAILED: A general system error...
View Article"ERROR: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible" -...
Hello everyone,I am trying to hot-P2V a Win8 64bit OS which came pre-installed on my new notebook (it's an OEM license so I don't have the OS installation discs and thus cannot create a VM from...
View ArticleUnable to P2V.. An error occured while opening a virtual disk. Verify that...
ESXi 5.5Storage is fiber-attached SANHost not part of a vcenter. I am trying to migrate a physical machine to virtual using vCenter Converter in standalone mode.I receive this error: FAILED: An error...
View ArticleShadowProtect Backups (Storage Craft)
Just a point of clarification when I start up the conversion, v5.5 It notes that shadowProtect files (*.spf) is a valid input to the converter -- when I select the file, the converter generates a...
View ArticleUrgent Assistance Needed!!! - VMware converter 5.5 - error "An error occurred...
Hi All I have a need to migrate some VMs from a Co-located DC into a Shared farm I have. Using VMware Converter 5.5, I get all the way to the end, and then get presented with the above error. I have...
View ArticleSysprep for P2v
I going to perform a P2V of a Windows 2003 Standard VM. Will I still need to sysprep it? If so, where do I obtain the Sysprep cab files. We normally create new servers using MDT.
View ArticleConvert Oracle OVM VM's to OVF/OVA Format
First off you have to understand I just inherited a Oracle OVM environment. I am more of a VMware ESXi guy so I know how ESXi operates. I was recently told (yesterday) that we do not have a backup and...
View ArticleConvertの必須環境について
はじめて投稿します。 VMware Converter Standalone を使用しP2Vを行おうとしてます。その場合、vCenterは必須なのでしょうか。事前の動作確認後、vCenterを購入しようとしてます。私の想定は、PCにVMware Converter Standalone 全ポンポーネントをインストールし。 (VMwareClientもインストール）vSphere5.1...
View ArticleP2v Windows 2003 server
I have a physical Windows 2003 server that we'd like to P2v but the C drive only has about 100mb remaining. The D drive has 25GB. My preference is to install Converster onto this server and run it...
View ArticleIncreasing the cloning performance
There have been many complaints about transfer rate degradation in Converter 5.0.Converter uses NFC (a proprietary VMware protocol) for cloning to managed destination. Security has been enhanced in...
View ArticleP2V a win2k3 with exchange and a win2k8 with SQL
Hi, We have a in house browser based database order system which uses 2 servers - one that has all the 2003 IIS web stuff (also exchange 2003) on it which is linked to the 2008 box that runs sql 2005....
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