Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine - Standalone...
vCenter: 5.1.0Standalone Converter: 5.1.0ESXi : 5.1 I am unable to complete any P2V conversions with vCenter Standalone Converter. I get the error message "Unable to obtain hardware information for the...
View ArticleUnable to convert Linux with LVM / BRTFS configuration
I have a number of servers currently running on Hyper-V that I can't seam to convert to ESXi using standalone converter 5.5. Converter is able to connect to the powered on VM and prepare the job but...
View ArticleConverting VMs from hyper -V 2012 host machine to vSphere ESXi 5.1 host machine
I want to convert the Hyper-V 2012 hosted VMs to ESXi 5.1 host machines using VMware Converter 5.1.0 build -1087880 but it prompt below error message when i try to connect the Hyper-V 2012 host machine...
View ArticleIIS issues after deploying a template
Hi all, I built a Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine from scratch and configured it with the base setups that I want all of my Server 2008 R2 virtual machines to have. I tested everything and it...
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V2V Giving "A general system error occured: Invalid argument" error
Trying to move a few VMs off an older ESXi 4.1 host to a new 5.5 host using Convertor. I have done this with no issues on a few other hosts but this one isn't cooperating. When I select the source...
View ArticleFailed convertion at 96%
Why the convertion process fails at 96%? I want to convert a notebook with W7 pro, I installed VMware vCenter Converter Standalone on notebook and start the "power on machine" convertion for the local...
View ArticleDestination System problem
I have to convert a physical pc (a notebook with W7 Pro, IP 192.168.2.189) to a vm for VMware player by using the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone on a virtual server (ip 192.168.2.132), so I have...
View Articleblank blue screen after P2V
I converted a windows server 2008R2 that is my Vcenter with sql server 2008 R2 in virtual infra structure (ESXi-Update 1) . every thing pass ok and all of the task run but after finish the task when...
View ArticleC# sdk fails to submit the P2V job for linux clone
Hi, I am trying to clone a centos machine from a windows machine using Converter SDK but it fails with following error, Actor : Code : ServerFaultCode Detail XML :...
View ArticleConnection refused
Hi !Need Some help. I'm trying toconverta powered machinethat's inanother networkwithlinux. I putthe IP address,username, passwordbutwhen i try to connectthrough SSH,fails. This's correct, becouse we...
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 ArticleConverter consolidated 2 drives into one VMDK
I just P2Vd a Windows 2008 R2 server with two disks, C and D but the resulting VM has only one VMDK files which means I cannot increase the C: drive if I needed to in the future. I saw no options to do...
View ArticlePorts to be opened for P2V
Hi folks, Have a question on ports required to P2V a server to vCenter server cluster (not directly to ESXi host) with the standalone converter tool installed directly on the source. Do I need to open...
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Ubuntu Linux P2V issues
Hi,We are trying to P2V some physical Ubuntu servers across to our Vsphere 5.5 cluster (using SAN storage over FC), with standalone converter 5.5. However, we constantly get this error below.The Helper...
View ArticleVMware converter routing across subnets
Hello, I apologize if this has already been answered. I am also relatively new to VMware stuff. Here is the problem, I have a vcenter converter standalone installed on my laptop (windows7 pro) which is...
View ArticleConvert Hyper-V to VMare, no access to VMWare server
I run a Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V host internally that is running a Linux VM. I need to convert the Linux Hyper-V VM to a VMware VM so that I can give it to a client running VMware. The VMware vCenter...
View ArticleVMWare Converter 5.52 fails at 96% - unable to create ... $ReConfig$
Hi, I have tried to convert a Win7 32 bit desktop several times. It worked once but then I noticed the VMWare tools option so would like to do it again. After 5 tries, it keeps failing at 96% with a...
View Articleunable to create a vss snapshot of the source volume error code 2147754753...
I'm trying to do P2V for our active directory domain controller. The source machine is a windows 2008 R2. I'm getting a VSS error on the DC. I'm seeing this error in converter. "Unable to create a VSS...
View ArticleConvert *.tib to ESXi
Hi,I need to do a P2V from my WS 2008 R2 so I used Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 (not trial).This one create me a *.tib image but, unfortunately the VMWare Converter Standalone (4.0.1 & 5.5.2)...
View ArticleError: Unable to clone volume C:
I'm using converter standalone v5.5 build 1362012 and am trying to copy a VM that is presently in Amazon Web Services to my local vSphere environment. I've done it successfully before with this exact...
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