HyperVNotsupportedFault Error
Hi, trying to conver a VM from Hyper-V 2012, I'm getting the error HyperVNotsupportedFault when tryng to connect to Hyper-V with Converter 5.1.0 1087880 On Hyper-V 2012:- disabled firewall- sucessfully...
View ArticleUnable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible
Hi All, When I use Vcentrer conversion standalone to convert windows 7 PC I am getting the following error."Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible" I am using Windows 7 64...
View Articlean error occurred during the conversion 'unknown exception'
Hi, this is the error I get when trying to convert a live (or turned off) server 2008R2 Hyper-v machine to Vcenter inf. using VMware Vcenter converter 5.0.0 build 470252. any help would be appreciated....
View ArticlevCenter Converter Unable to Convert Win764bit?
Is this a known limitation ? I am unable to using a trial of vmware workstation 9 converter 5.0.0 build 470252Craig
View ArticleExplorer Won't Launch after P2V w/ Converter
I have a Windows Server 2003 R2 that I'm attempting to P2V with converter, but I'm getting some odd results I was hoping folks could help me with. The conversion itself succeeds and in a reasonable...
View ArticleHost key can't be retrieved
I am using VMWare Converter and all 3 machines are on the same subnet. Going through the logs it appears to happen directly after a checkSSHFingerprint.sh script is called. Google finds one result with...
View ArticlevCenter Converter 5.1 - Can you use command line to interface with it?
I am in the process of upgrading from vCenter 4.0 to vCenter 5.1 Update 1. I have P2V conversions scheduled to run once a week as a back up source. I know that scheduling has been removed from 5.1,...
View ArticleConverter Sync schedule?
Going over the advance options for syncronization i do not see any option for creating scheduled syncronizations? Any ideas around how to accomplish this or are the syncronizations meant to be...
View ArticleP2V using vmware converter boot CD in vcenter server 4.1 as the destination
Hello all,I am trying to do P2V conversion of W2k3 sp2 in to vCenter server 4.1 as the destination with Cluster of ESX 4.1 Hosts, using VMware converter 4.1 Boot CD option as a Cold cloning by booting...
View ArticleCan I do a P2V on a LIVE file server, and delay the switchover?
Hi,May sound like a really simple question, but I can't afford to get it wrong.We have Windows 2003 R2 servers, which are file servers, with 100 users connected, who rely on these servers to be up...
View ArticleP2V Ubuntu 10.04
Hi, I am trying to P2V a couple of Ubuntu server using the Converter Standalone client 5.1. I have tried to enable sudo to not use passwords, as described in the following KB article VMware KB:...
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P2V / V2V over WAN
Hi All, Is it possible to perform p2v/v2v migration over WAN? Any best practice or recommendations? Thanks in advance...
View ArticleUnable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Downloaded and installed VMWare VCenter Converter Standalone. Started to convert an older Dell Inspiron desktop running Vista to an external hard drive. Got to the point of selecting the location to...
View ArticleConversion fails with kernel error.
Hello, In trying to do a P2V conversion I am getting a very weird kernel error. I am using the 5.1 standalone converter. The error is: FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: ' * got kernel...
View ArticleVirtual to Virtual conversion
I have a VM that has an 800Gb disk that needs to be reducedin size to accommodate the data that is actually on the disk about 150Gb. A V2Vconversion seems to be the best solution create a clone then...
View ArticleUnable to convert P2V with converter cd
Hi all We are trying to convert a Windows 2003 Server SP2 with the converter CD.The Server is shut down an we start from the cd. The Converter says that the network ist connected to the networt, it's...
View Article"Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." Error ov...
Hello, I'm trying to convert s Windows 2008 32 bit VM from VServer to ESXi 5.1. It always errors with the above message. I have tried using VmWare Converter 5.1, 5.01 and 4.3. Using 4.3 I get a...
View ArticleP2V windows 2003 R2 64 bit failed Error: Unable to clone volume 'D:'.
Hello everyone Can someone help me with the issue P2V a win2k3 64 bit machine into vmware?I am using esxi 4.1 Update 1 with vmware converter standalone 4.3, it always stopped at Drive D, while no...
View ArticleError converting Windows 2008 R2 Server with two disks
Hi, I am trying to convert a Windows 2008 R2 Server that has two drive (C:\ drive is 80 GB and D:\ drive 1 TB). This machine is residing on ESX4.0 server and its production server so I can't afford...
View ArticleVery slow P2V with Standalone converter 5 without SSL
Hello all, we are trying to P2V a physical server (Proliant G4 with Win2k3, 1Gb lan connexion) to a VM using Standalone converter 5 (destination Proliant G7 with redundant Gb LAN running ESX 4.1).This...
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