P2V unable to obtain hardware information for selected machine - win2003 SP2 R2
Hello Server IBM x235 _OS Win2003 R2 STd SP2 -not domain controller, only member of domain, converter - installed directly on server -locally VMware-converter-en-5.1.0-1087880.exe I login in...
View ArticleConverter 5.0 and scheduling tasks
Hello, I want to schedule a P2V conversion task.Is that possible with vcenter converter standalone 5.0 ? I've read it was possible when the converter was a plugin in the previoux versions but i can't...
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Converted .sv2i SBS2011 image does not boot
We use Symanatec System Recovery 2011 (latest updates installed) to backup a Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (fully patched). The source server has 2 MBR hard disk volumes:We wanted to do a...
View ArticleConverter standalone stalls at 1% due to username/password
Hello, I'm attempting to do a hot P2V linux. I get coonected, machine creates new vm, boots but when asking for helper password it fails attempting to login with helper login, and password saying not...
View Articleconverter error "Host key can't be retrieved.
Hi all, I'm having an issue using the standalone converter to p2v a linux (CentOS) box. It gets to 1% then fails with the following error: FAILED: A general system error occurred:Network error. Host...
View Articletrying to convert win2000 with v3.0.3
hi there, Am trying to convert a win2000 server using vconverter v3.0.3 but it is failing with "unknown error". I've attached the log file can anyone help? TIA for any help with this. -Al
View ArticleConverter 5.1 - error 2338
Hi, I have several VM's on 2 locations, one datacenter that is managed by us on our site and several VM's hosted on external hosting company datacenter.Our own platform runs for now version 4.3 and the...
View ArticleTrouble after convert Windows 7 64 bit into VMware
after convert Windows 7 64 bit into VMware, I get a bluescreen. I try to install vmscsi onto the source Computer before convert. It is not possible. Do you have an vmscsi for 64 bit? Kind RegardsE.Prietl
View ArticleConverter fails on Server 2008 R2 P2P
I am trying to P2V several servers running Server 2008 R2. They all fail at about 1 minute with the error: Failed: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume.Error code: 2147754767...
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P2V Dynamic Disks
Dear all, We have an organisation who desperately want to convert a Server into VMware, however the disks are dynamic, please see image. Can anyone suggest the best route to achieve this? Many thanks
View Article"Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." Error ov...
So here I am again. Running a V2V conversion on a Windows 2K8 box. I get the "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." error when I try the conversion. So I try running the...
View ArticleP2V with Converter 5.1 fails
Hello, I'm trying to convert a physical machine which runs RedHat EL 5.1 with Converter Standalone 5.1 installed on Windows 7.The process start by taking the fingerprint of the source system and this...
View ArticleFails at 1% with error "FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
I'm trying to convert a physical Windows Server 2003 SP2 Web Edition with the converter (v 5.1) and every time it fails with the error " FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
View ArticleVMWare constantly failing...
Aloha, I have found that I can sometimes do conversion of the same computer or image file several time with different results and they all seem to be with DNS. Now I have no idea of how the conversion...
View ArticleHaving trouble with hot converting RHEL 3.0
I have eight physical hosts to migrate, five are running CentOS 4.5+ and seem to be manageable. The other three are running RHEL 3.0 (no Update level). I tried the RHEL ones first with converter...
View ArticleConverter standalone 5.1 crashes host on retrieving source machine information
Hi all, I'm kinda stuck atm. We are using 2 ESXi servers. I'd like to convert the servers of 1 ESXi to another.I'm using Converter Standalone 5.1. The source server is running ESXi 4.0, the destination...
View ArticleRedHat P2V Failed at 99% - Grub Issue
I seem to be having an issue (hot-clone) converting a RedHat ES 3 box to our VM environment using the Standalone Converter. I consistently get to 99% conversion at which point I get: Error:...
View ArticleAn error occurred during reconfiguration?
I am trying to convert my laptop to a virtual machine so i can run it on another computer. At about 98% it fails. Error: An error occurred during reconfiguration. Status: FAILED: Unable to create...
View Articleunknown internal error - when finishing wizard
I have no idea where have I write my previous post, so I'm creating one more. I have unknown internal error during conversion - when it tries to start.Windows 2003 SBS x32 conversion to vCenter Server...
View ArticleP2V of Centos Server fails with key can't be retrieved
Hi,I'm running Converter Standalone version 5.1.0 and am attempting to P2V a physical Centos 5.3 server to my vSphere 5.1 environment. When the conversion job kicks-off, the helper VM is created, it...
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