Retaining IP details after shrinking disk Windows 2012
Hi, Sorry if I'm being stupid but I cannot seem to find an answer I have a Windows 2012 server that has a primary partition of 60GB and I would like to shrink this to 40GB using the converter tool. The...
View ArticleP2V on RHEL 5.3: Unable to SSH to the source machine.
I've installed the Gold code of Converter 4.0 (client, server) on a local machine and I'm trying to P2V. I made sure SSH for root is enabled. The source is local, I enter its IP, username (root) and...
View ArticleP2V with Converter standalone 5.5 - Permission to perform this operation denied
Hi, Im atempting to perform a P2V and stall at the Source System section with "permission to perform this operation was denied" (screen shot attatched as 1.jpg - Note, i blanked out part of the acocunt...
View ArticleUnable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Hi,i try to convert the physical machine i'm working on and get this error : "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine" I run it as an administrator under Windows 7 with converter...
View ArticleFailing converting a backup image to esxi 6 system
Hello,as to object I'm unseccesfull trying to convert a backup image (done with VEEAM) to a esxi system. The task is always failing a 100% with "An errror occurred during the conversion: 'The operation...
View Article"An error occurred during the conversion: 'Block level cloning does not...
Hi,I'm attempting to virtualize a SQL database server that has an direct attached array connected to it. Some of the partitions are stored on this array. It gets through all of them, but one....
View ArticleWhere I can found old converter to download ?
Hi,I need to download oldiest converter standalone images, but on the website are only available 5.5.3 or 6.0 release.Does anyone know where to download 4.x or 5.x version ? Thanks in...
View ArticleVMware vcenter converter standalone 6 fails at 98%
Trying to convert a Dell physical server ( 2012 server ) to a VM using version 6 converter and it gets to 98% and fails with FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.It...
View ArticleUnable to obtain hardware information for selected machine
Hello VMware Community, I need help with P2V Conversion. I am running VCenter Converter Standalone 6.0 on My admin Windows 7 64 bit PC which is aVirtual machine. I am trying to convert a Physical...
View ArticleAnyone succesfull with 6.0.0
I have been working all day on a single machine standard and clean MS Windows 7 64bit enterprise. This OS is not uncommon but spells a world of trouble for VMWare Converter standalone 6.0.0. To the...
View ArticleConverted running Windows 2008 r2 Foundation VM won't boot in ESXi 6.0
Hi,my problem is to start a converted Windows 2008 r2 Foundation Server in ESXi 6.0The process of making a VM from the running Windows System works without errors.Starting the VM works without...
View ArticleBlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Error: 37409 (type: 1, code: 2338)'
Hi all, This ones got me a little stumped, hoping someone has some more experience. Source windows 2012 64bit (fresh deployment, test server for newbies in team)Converter version 6ESX 5.5 I start...
View ArticleRDM disk conversion using vconverter
hi guys, i have a Production ESXi3.5 VM in a standalone host, we plan to convert this VM to a ESXi4.1 standalone host. This VM has a RDM(physical mode) disk. Can vconverter 4.01 convert this VM RDM...
View ArticleVMWARE Converter standalone 03564 error 'ConversionState'
I try to convert a physical machine, after submitting the job, the converter generates the VM and after that an error occurs: [03564 error 'ConverterWizardWindow'] Next/Finish failed: Ein allgemeiner...
View Articlevmware converter without infrastructure server?
I am a new to VMware and am trying to create a virtual image of an old Ubuntu 7.10 laptop using VMware converter standalone 4.0.1 for the purpose of occasionally running the image in VMware player....
View ArticleP2V vSphere 6 Linux Mandriva Kernel panic on boot
Hello,I've converted with converter 6.0 one linux Mandriva 2008 server. Conversion process was successfull, but the vm doesn't boot (kernel panic) because cannot find /dev/sda1 device mounted on /.My...
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Converter Job failing trying to copy live system.
I'm trying to copy a live Centos 5 system to a new ESX environment in order to upgrade it. I'm using ESXi 6.0.0 and the standalone converter 6.0.0 build=2716716. I create the job to copy the system,...
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C onverter standalone can convert Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5 tib only ?
Hello, I downloaded latest v6 converter standalone, it can convert Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5 only.The v9.5 is from year 2009, yes it is 6 years old. Why is the converter standalone not...
View ArticleError virtualizing physical machine
Hi I am trying to virtualize a physical machine which runs centos. It gives me an error "There is no '/boot' directory mounted on the source machine. It is required to create a bootable virtual...
View ArticleNeed Education on VMWare Converter
Can someone point me to a reference that lists each of the major versions of the VMWare Converter that prepares standalone virtual machines for use in VMWare Workstation? I see now a product that is a...
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