New thread from my post in http://communities.vmware.com/message/1341524#1341524.

I'm stuck with the issue of failed cloning of the /boot partition at 3%.

Source machine is a RHEL 3 box.

The DNS suffixes and servers are configured correctly in the converter task. I confirmed with tcpdump that the helper VM really does establish an SSH connection to the source machine. I also tried using only IP addresses in the task.

There is no firewall blocking communications between the converter server, the helper VM, source machine, vCenter or the ESX Host.

Note that I cloaked some specific information with stuff like or in those logs:

+All Users vmware-converter-server-2.log+

 

RecordOp ADD: event[35], task-1

HTTP Response: Complete (processed 6072 bytes)

Caught an exception while waiting on the agent task to complete. Gathering agent logs before propogating the exception further. Exception message: converter.fault.CloneFault

 

All Users vmware-converter-agent-3.log

 

Volume-based cloning --> updates, state: 1, percentage: 2, xfer rate (Bps): <unknown>

ConvertTask updates, state: 1, percentage: 3, xfer rate (Bps): <unknown>

RecordOp ASSIGN: info, task-1

HTTP Response: Complete (processed 1131 bytes)

updating on event (converter.event.UnixP2VVolumeCloningEvent) {

    dynamicType = <unset>,

    key = 2,

    chainId = 1,

    type = "info",

    createdTime = "2009-08-19T13:14:32.617527Z",

    userName = "",

    fullMessage = <unset>,

    hostName = "[IP_ADDRESS]",

    sourceMountPoint = "/boot",

}

RecordOp ADD: event[8], task-1

User agent is 'VMware-client/4.0.0'

HTTP Response: Client: NeedsContentLength: false UnderstandsChunking: true CanKeepAlive: true (PresetContentLength -1)

Converter Task GetEvent(taskID=task-1)

HTTP Response: Complete (processed 976 bytes)

User agent is 'VMware-client/4.0.0'

HTTP Response: Client: NeedsContentLength: false UnderstandsChunking: true CanKeepAlive: true (PresetContentLength -1)

updating on event (converter.event.UnixP2VVolumeCloneFailedEvent) {

    dynamicType = <unset>,

    key = 3,

    chainId = 1,

    type = "error",

    createdTime = "2009-08-19T13:14:37.654289Z",

    userName = "",

    fullMessage = <unset>,

    hostName = "[IP_ADDRESS]",

    sourceMountPoint = "/boot",

    reason = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {

       dynamicType = <unset>,

       faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

       description = "'/usr/lib/vmware-converter/copyFileSystem.sh --sshClient /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh --user --host --port 22 --sourceMountPoint /boot --targetMountPoint /mnt/p2v-src-root/boot --sshConfigFile /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf --sourceTarOption --sparse --useSudo' failed. Return code: 2; message:

/usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf @[IP_ADDRESS] -p 22 "sudo tar --one-file-system --sparse -C /boot -cf - ." | tar --numeric-owner  -C /mnt/p2v-src-root/boot -y -xf -

Warning: Permanently added '[IP_ADDRESS]' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

xmalloc: zero size

tar: This does not look like a tar archive

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

",

       msg = "",

    },

}

RecordOp ADD: event[9], task-1

Converter Task GetEvent(taskID=task-1)

HTTP Response: Complete (processed 1853 bytes)

updating on taskInfo (converter.task.TaskInfo) {

    dynamicType = <unset>,

    key = "task-1",

    task = 'converter.task.Task:task-1',

    name = <unset>,

    descriptionId = "",

    userName = <unset>,

    source = <unset>,

    target = <unset>,

    state = "error",

    cancelled = false,

    cancelable = true,

    data = <unset>,

    error = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {

       dynamicType = <unset>,

       faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

       description = "'/usr/lib/vmware-converter/copyFileSystem.sh --sshClient /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh --user --host --port 22 --sourceMountPoint /boot --targetMountPoint /mnt/p2v-src-root/boot --sshConfigFile /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf --sourceTarOption --sparse --useSudo' failed. Return code: 2; message:

/usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf @[IP_ADDRESS] -p 22 "sudo tar --one-file-system --sparse -C /boot -cf - ." | tar --numeric-owner  -C /mnt/p2v-src-root/boot -y -xf -

Warning: Permanently added '[IP_ADDRESS]' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

xmalloc: zero size

tar: This does not look like a tar archive

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

",

       msg = "",

    },

    result = <unset>,

    progress = 2,

    estimatedTimeRemaining = <unset>,

    transferRate = <unset>,

    queueTime = "2009-08-19T13:12:35.448724Z",

    startTime = "2009-08-19T13:12:35.448724Z",

    completeTime = "2009-08-19T13:14:37.656567Z",

    eventChainId = 1,

    vcTask = <unset>,

    logBundleInfo = (converter.DiagnosticManager.TaskLogBundleInfo) null,

}

User agent is 'VMware-client/4.0.0'

HTTP Response: Client: NeedsContentLength: false UnderstandsChunking: true CanKeepAlive: true (PresetContentLength -1)

Volume-based cloning --> updates, state: 4, percentage: 2, xfer rate (Bps): <unknown>

 

converter-gui-5.log

 

"2009-08-19T13:12:37.700078Z",

                           userName = "[VC_USERNAME]",

                           fullMessage = "Partitioning the target disks.",

                        },

                        (converter.event.UnixP2VDiskFormattingEvent) {

                           dynamicType = <unset>,

                           key = 32,

                           chainId = 23,

                           type = "info",

                           createdTime = "2009-08-19T13:12:49.825234Z",

                           userName = "[VC_USERNAME]",

                           fullMessage = "Formatting the target partitions.",

                        },

                        (converter.event.UnixP2VVolumeCloningEvent) {

                           dynamicType = <unset>,

                           key = 33,

                           chainId = 23,

                           type = "info",

                           createdTime = "2009-08-19T13:14:34.826578Z",

                           userName = "[VC_USERNAME]",

                           fullMessage = "Starting to clone the volume mounted on '/boot' from '[IP_ADDRESS]'.",

                           hostName = "[IP_ADDRESS]",

                           sourceMountPoint = "/boot",

                        },

                        (converter.event.UnixP2VVolumeCloneFailedEvent) {

                           dynamicType = <unset>,

                           key = 34,

                           chainId = 23,

                           type = "error",

                           createdTime = "2009-08-19T13:14:39.748516Z",

                           userName = "[VC_USERNAME]",

                           fullMessage = "Failed to clone the volume mounted on '/boot' from '[IP_ADDRESS]'.",

                           hostName = "[IP_ADDRESS]",

                           sourceMountPoint = "/boot",

                           reason = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {

                              dynamicType = <unset>,

                              faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

                              description = "'/usr/lib/vmware-converter/copyFileSystem.sh --sshClient /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh --user --host --port 22 --sourceMountPoint /boot --targetMountPoint /mnt/p2v-src-root/boot --sshConfigFile /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf --sourceTarOption --sparse --useSudo' failed. Return code: 2; message:

/usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf @[IP_ADDRESS] -p 22 "sudo tar --one-file-system --sparse -C /boot -cf - ." | tar --numeric-owner  -C /mnt/p2v-src-root/boot -y -xf -

Warning: Permanently added '[IP_ADDRESS]' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

xmalloc: zero size

tar: This does not look like a tar archive

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

",

                              msg = "An error occurred during the conversion.",

                           },

                        },

                        (converter.event.VmRemovedEvent) {

                           dynamicType = <unset>,

                           key = 35,

                           chainId = 23,

                           type = "info",

                           createdTime = "2009-08-19T13:15:04.092577Z",

                           userName = "[VC_USERNAME]",

                           fullMessage = "Removed the virtual machine '[VM_NAME]'.",

                           vmName = "[VM_NAME]",

 

As I see it, it boils down to this line:

tar: This does not look like a tar archive

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Any help on this?

@vmweathers

What exact commands am I supposed to run from another Linux machine to imitate the helper VM? I not entirely sure on what I'm supposed to run from the logs.

The issue in http://communities.vmware.com/message/1228109#1228109 seems not to be related.

What kind of sshd configuration issue do you have in mind?

I have read the best practices guide for converting DCs. I see that the guide does not recommend it. I do see where some say they don't ever have a issue converting DCs. I am looking for some real world feedback.

I have 2 DCs. One of which is the "backup DC" I would like to convert first. It also has several other roles along with hosting a bunch of different shares etc... I am trying to avoid having to re-setup all the other roles, services, and permissions outside of the DC role. 

What are your thoughts on me demoting the DC, converting it to a VM, and then promoting it to the DC role following the conversion?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Jason

Hi All,

I have a Laptop with

     6 GB RAM,

     300 GB HDD, 

     2 CPU (1 socket and 2 cores)

     Windows 7 64 bit OS.

I am having external HDD (2TB capacity with 460 GB free space) which will have the destination folder for the VM.

When I try to convert this using  VMware converter standalone I am getting this following error.

"FAILED: The VSS snapshots cannot be stored because there is not enough space on the source volumes or because the source machine does not have any NTFS volumes. Error code: 2147754783 (0x8004231F)."

I have attached the error log for your reference.

Thanks in advance to all for helping to overcome this issue.

Cheers

Kumar RAMASAMY

Hello Community!

I try to convert a local System to a virtual one using  VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.

Should be an easy job. But I fail.

I get:

Warning: Unable to update drive letters for the destination volume layout.

Error: An error occurred during reconfiguration.

And then FAILED: A general system error occurred:
Platform-specific error 2.

I already studied the log files – but no success.

Can somebody help me to fix this problem? 

Thanks

Erhard

The logs are attached for your analysis

Hello,

I have a physical Debian 7.0 Linux system which I am trying to P2V using Converter 5.5.3.  When I select my target ESXi server, I get told:

The destination does not support EFI firmware.

How do I confirm/deny this, and/or enable EFI support on my ESXi node?

By now I have been through several P2V and one V2V conversion using the VMWare converter 5.0, 5.1 and now 5.5 and all have suffered from very slow transfer rates. On 5.0 and 5.1 I have disabled SSL Encryption and while doing a local P2V from the physical machine or a P2V from a remote machine (all on a Gigabit LAN network) I have seen slow transfer rates of maybe 5 MB/s.

And now doing a V2V using 5.5, I am moving a VM from internal storage onto a SAN, I am seeing average of 2MB/sec transfer rates. This is with SSL enabled. And I am converting a 1.6TB VMDK (windows 2008) that has only 480GB used. For this particular V2V, I had to resize the volume and make it a thin from thick, so I realize a slower file level copy is taking place instead of a block level or volume level. But are these transfer rates "normal"?

Thanks for any and all feedback in advance.

Hi all,

I have a converting task created in VMware converter. I ran first synchro and I plan to do final synchro laster. Between these two steps, admin password has been changed on my VMware infra.

So, when I want to run synchro, I get the following error: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password. I can't restore initial password on the VMware infra. So, how can I change password memorized into VMware Converter ?

Thanks for help

I was given a USB drive with several Acronis 11.5 image (.tib) files.

Converter does not work - I get an error ,,,,The source parameters are invalid

So, I was going to try a restore of an image to a VM by booting up the Acronis Universal Restore and selecting the image.

However, the image disk is 298 gb but only about 30gb is used

Since I can't use converter to down size, what is the best way to get the image over to a VM?

Searching I couldn't find anything related to "Cannot format volume"

Tried converting Windows 2008R2 server from one vSphere 5.1 server to a new vSphere 6.0 using vCenter Converter Standalone 6.

The source VM was fully powered off.

4 partitions on the server, 3 were successful but the last failed almost immediately.

One partition was increased from 100GB to 200GB, that was successful.

Second and third partition was 220GB and left alone, successful

The fourth partition failed we were trying to increase the size from 500GB to 2TB.

I am trying to convert an old Windows 2000 Server using the latest converter client and it is going dog slow.  Is there an ISO for the latest version of converter?  I'd much rather do it clean than inside the OS...

Thanks in advance!

We're using Vcenter to P2V some of our servers. Most have worked, but the ones that fail, fail with a description that is not helpful at all.

mostRecentError = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

--> description = "Unknown exception",

--> msg = "An error occurred during the conversion: 'Unknown exception'",

--> },

--> numConsecutiveErrors = 1,

We're tried several different ways of cloning including matching the hardware, not thin provisioning, setting permissions, using a domain admin account and still we get this error.

has anyone else had this error and figured out a solution?

Thanks.

Hi,

I'm trying to virtualize a Windows 2008 R2 server.

it fails at 97% with the following error : "Unable to proceed since the sysprep parameters provided are not correct"

I tried to run converter "as administrator" but I got the same error twice.

Here are the logs export.

Thanks for your help !

I have a physical PC backed up with BESR 2010 which has a *.sv2i file presumably containing information about the two *.v2i files stored with it.

Importing this image backup into ESX results in both *.v2i files, one representing the C:\ system volume, one representing the D:\ data volume, being imported into one single *.vmdk file file within the newly created VM on the ESX host.

I could not see any options to create separate vmdks for each *.v2i file within Converter 4.0.1, are there any techniques or workarounds??

How is it possible to import each *.v2i file as its own vmdk??

I imported it all as a thin-provisioned disk(s), can I do what I want if I import as a thick disk(s)??

Should I wait for Converter 4.2??

I could try using GParted to remove the excess partition stuff, VMware Tools won't allow me to shrink a thin-provisioned disk...

Thank you, Tom

Hello all,

I am having an issue with a Windows 7 Pro x86 that I am trying to convert.  I have tried it 3 times and it continues to fail at 98%.  I have searched forums and tried several things.

I have tried to configure the machine through converter but that fails saying "unable to find System Volume"

I have tried rebuilding the boot manager from recovery console but that fails saying it can't find the boot manager.

I have made the 7b changes to the VMX file but I get the same issue when it boots up.  NTLDR missing.

Is there anything else that I can try?

A few things of note.  I am using Converter 5 and VMWare Player 4.

Hello,

I trying to copy a vm that's on an old amd processor to another system with a newer socket amd processor using the latest vm converter standalone.  I get the following error "Unable to validate the destination.  Error:vmodl.fault.SystemError"  the esxi 5.1 versions are the same on both servers and the difference is the older is regular SATA vs SATA raid controller on the newer system.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  The VM that im trying to move over is Windows 2008 R2 64 bit.

Thanks

We are trying to convert a Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 machine and get this error at 98 percent

FAILED: A general system error occurred: Unknown exception.

The only reference I see in the log file is,

2015-09-25T18:07:50.032+08:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[04980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNetTcpWrite: bWritten: -1

2015-09-25T18:07:50.032+08:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[04980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcSendMessage: send failed: NFC_NETWORK_ERROR

2015-09-25T18:07:50.032+08:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[04980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcFssrvr_IO: failed to send io message

2015-09-25T18:07:50.032+08:00 info vmware-converter-worker[04980] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_Write failed with 'NBD_ERR_NETWORK_CONNECT' (error code:2338)

2015-09-25T18:07:50.032+08:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[03140] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ERROR: Vmount library: Error 2338 while while writing to device

All log attached. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

VMWare team, please instead of showing the error and cancelling conversion of the physical machine, offer "Do you want to continue conversion anyway?" option.

I'm trying to converta physical desktop to NAS using network path (\\bnas4\vms), and getting the error. The volume has 6TB of free space but the Converted cannot determine the free space.

Please fix this!

Hello friends,

I'm using converter 4.0 for to cold clone a windows 7, but this message is displayed.

How I can to solve ?

Please!! i think that i try all !!!

Attach my log files

Thanks in advance,

Christian W

Alright I've seen several posts but none seem to quite fit my problem and since I've know had converter fail on the 2nd machine I've tried to virtualize I'm punting and asking the question.

Each time I've tried the conversion of two different machine (one Linux CentOS 5, the other Window 2008) the conversion process runs to the 1% (maybe 2 %) and fails with a "a general system error occurred: Unknown exception" error.

The source software firewall has been turned off on each host and I'm running vConverter on  a Win7 64-bit machine and the destination for the virtualized machine is a ESX 4.1 host and I've tried direct both vCenter and direct host authentication and different hosts to no avail.

I've attached my log files from the most recent conversion attempt. The error shows as:

Any clues on what I might be doing wrong would be extremely helfpul.

Thanks,

Tim Munn

Hi everyone!!

I convert physical to virtual, but I only have non-root user(need: sudo -s)

I take a look here:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008164

but the problem is the same...(The user 'test' does not have root privileges on the source machine.)

Could anyone tell me how to solve it?

Thank you!!

My steps are following:

In source machine:

vi /etc/sudoers

#Defaults requiretty

test ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

In Converter Standalone(windows)

change the <code>useSudo</code> flag from <code>false</code> to <code>true</code> and restart Converter Standalone agent.