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6.0 doesnt seem to work on XP with no service pack
I have been unable to install the converter or agent from the 6.0 exe's locally on the machine or from the server. Throws a generic error. but does not leave any install log behind to troubleshoot and...
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Importing linked clones with snapshots into ESXi
Hi all, Somewhat new to the details of VMWare, but have been a user for a while. I have a situation that is perplexing and hoping someone can help. I have several virtual machines created on...
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VMware Converter Standalone 6.0 and GFS2 (Global File System)
Hello Everyone, Just a query. Is VMware Converter Standalone 6.0 support Physical Linux System with GFS2 (Global File System) P2V Convention into VMDK?
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Experts guide me
Hi everyone, i am using vcenter 5.5I have a windows 2003 physical server, i need to convert it to virtual machine.I have downloaded vmware standalone converterAfter converting will it ask for windows...
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P2V of a Windows 7 OEM Workstation
Hi, It is requested by my manager to perform a P2V of a Windows 7 workstation running OEM license. After the P2V, windows license is not genuine and need another license key to reactivate (We have done...
View Articlethe destination guest os cannot be reconfigured
HiI'm trying to convert a fusion VM running 32bit linux to run on my ESXi 6 server ... the conversion seems to go ok but the converted VM doesn't boot - i'm getting a call stack dump on the OS boot...
View ArticleConvert physical machine to virtual machine
Dear Experts;please help me solve the error appear when Convert physical machine to virtual machine "Warning: Unable to read the block at offset '293,563,158,528' on volume 'C:'." the OS of Source is...
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Converting V2V Error
I am trying to do a V2V conversion from a 5.5 Host to a temp 5.5 Host. Everytime I convert the machine it gets to 15% and fails with the message "FAILED: A general system error occurred: TaskInfo...
View ArticleVMware converter failure - 91% ever time. - Can't find the cause
Hi I'm hoping someone can help me out with this problem.I'm in the process of migration of our Hyper-V 2012R2 enviroment to an new vSphere 6 installation, and it is going fine.So far I have used VMware...
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VMWare Converter 3.0.3 Giving "Unable to determine guest operating system" on...
On a Windows 2000 SP4 server, I am running VMWare Converter 3.0.3 and select the "Physical machine" as the source. VMWare scans the disk and gives "Unable to determine Guest Operating System" and...
View ArticleUnable to fine boot loader or boot loader configuration file
Hi,When i am trying to P2V a linux machine with VMware convertor i get "Unable to fine boot loader or boot loader configuration file"Need help!!! Michel v
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Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Hi, We need to migrate windows 2008 R2(64 bit) to vmware environment ,source VM is located in Xenserver.While converting the process its shows as "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected...
View ArticleWhat has happened to the VMware Standalone Converter download?
It doesn't exist on the VMware site anymore!! Can anyone help? I'm desperate for a copy. I've tried older versions also but there is now download link anymore. Has the product been removed?
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FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.
While converting a Server 2003 server to an ESX 3.5 server I received this message after 95% Complete. Error Reconfiguration failed. With a status of: FAILED: Unable to find the system volume,...
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...
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Vcentre Converter Standalone - unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source...
Hi I am trying to do a P2V on a Physical Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 machine using Vcentre Converter Standalone. Every time it fails at 1% with the following error, 'unable to create a VSS snapshot of...
View ArticleP2V issue vconverter 6.0.0
Hello all, Today I have a bad issue. We are doing a P2V of a windows 2008R2 SQL server to put it on a ESX 6.0 U1. I had several issues when I began the virtualization. First issue was that the...
View ArticleVMware Physical to Virtual Conversion - No VMware products on site
I’m still expanding my VMware skills so I’m not sure how to do this or if it can be done. The scenario: No VMware products on site (or in network). Need: Want to do a P2V on a Linux webserver and...
View ArticleGuide needed to convert XEN Linux VM to ESXi
Hi, i am new in VMWare and i want to evaluate ESXi 6 to virtualize Windows and Linux Servers. At the moment we use Xen 4.4 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. NOT XEN SERVER FROM CITRIX. Now i installed ESXi 6 on a...
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Converter v6.1 - Convert selected partitions from physical disk
Hi, I have a VM (Ubuntu Linux) that has disks that reference 3 different mapped physical partitions (root, user, swap). The VM is v9.0 virtual machine that runs in Workstation 11. That is, each of...
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