P2V Question on OLD and unorthodox system
I have a question regarding the feasability and support (from vmware) of P2V'ing a windows 2003 box running SQL 2000. Now here is the kicker. The sql databases and much of that data lives on the SAN...
View ArticleFAILED: A general system error occurred: SQL_CANTOPEN: unable to open...
I have tried to convert a physical disk with the program and every time I try it fails with the same error, FAILED: A general system error occurred: SQL_CANTOPEN:unable to open database file I have...
View ArticleStart vConverter services on demand from cmdline possible?
I installed successfully vConverter v5.5.1 under 64bit Win7. During the installation vConverter installed three services which are started automatically at startup. I prefer to have as less services...
View ArticleVM does not start after successful P2V Conversion
Hello, after an alleged successfull (Converter Standalone finishes without errors) P2V Conversion of a Windows Small Business Server 2008 the VM will not start. The source server has two physical...
View ArticleQuestion P2V when Hypervisor is not reachable
Hi allI just checked the VM Converter to virtualise a Win2k8 Server . My problem is the physical Machine is not connected to the Network where the Hypervisor is. So I cannot create the VM on the fly.Is...
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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 ArticleConversion starts, then fails at 3% with network unreachable error.
As the subject notes, I'm trying to test out converting some physical systems to VMWare using Converter 5.5 Standalone. Running it on a Windows 7 system, and I'm attempting to convert a Linux system...
View ArticlePlease fix the download for Converter 3.0.3
I just noticed that the VMware download page no longer offers Converter 3.0.3 This link used to work until recentlyhttp://download3.vmware.com/software/converter/VMware-converter-3.0.3-89816.exe...
View ArticleVmware convertor error while converting a physical server
Hi Support, We have Vsphere 5.5 and trying to convert one physical machine to vm usingvmware standalone convertor 5.5 . source server is windows 2008 r2 we are receiving following error FAILED:...
View ArticleV2V Conversion Fails on Unable to submit job:...
Hello all, I'm trying to run an V2V Live migration from one cluster location to another cluster location, same VCenter. I'm using VMware Converter 5.5 Standalone client and ESX 5.5. The job submits,...
View ArticlePage Fault in Non-Paged Area WIN32k.sys
I am trying to convert a Windows 2000 SP4 (SCSI attached 12GB c:\ drive, 1024MB memory) running on Microsoft Virtual Server over to VMware(Version 3.5.0 Build 123630) using VMware converter...
View ArticleA General System Error Occur Invalid Fault for windows 2008 using VMware...
Hi Guys, I am trying to convert VMs from Hyper V to ESXI and i am running into this error "A General System Error Occur: Invalid Fault" I am running vmware esxi server 5.5.0 build 1623387 and vmware...
View ArticleUnable to reconfigure VM after successful P2V conversion
Using Converter Standalone 5.5 I have successfully converted a physical machine running Windows Server 2008 64-bit to a virtual machine. The VM starts fine and I can log in without any difficulty....
View ArticleConvert 2012 R2 VHD to VMDK
The latest version says it cannot convert a 2012 R2 Hyper-V guest and I must choose an older Hyper-V version?! Am I doing something wrong or is the latest Converter seriously not compatible with 2012 R2?
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Customization Specification not working
Ive been trying to create a new customization specification for server 2012 R2 servers. I have previously been using one for 2008 R2 which has worked fine.However, when i create a new VM from a 2012 R2...
View ArticleVmware 5.5.1 hangs at end install in XP Sp3 Pro
While installing it hangs and won't finish install but progress bar is right to end. Have waited over an hour for it to finish - using administrator account. I can see a folder for it but nothing in...
View Articlevery slow converter transfer rate
i am getting very very slow transfer rate between source and destination machine when doing a v2v. The rate is at 527kb/s and both machines are connected to local area network i did another machine...
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 Articleplease, please help a desperate guy
maybe easy question for u, but i get lost....... i converted my both most urgent machines about 100 times, now i need ur help, cause they wont run in workstation 10.0.1..... everytime the same....good...
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