My vCenter Standalone Converter 5.5 installation is corrupted on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server.  Using the typical uninstall procedure through the Control Panel results in a "Could not stop service" message.  This is the message I receive regardless of whether I try to uninstall, repair, or reinstall the application.  Can someone direct me to a list of the various files and registry entries that need to be deleted to effectively remove the application to the point where I can reinstall it again?  Thanks.

I attemptred to convert a Windows 2000 Server SP4 server to a VMware ESXi server 4.1.

I started the process from a Windows XP PC running VMware-converter-all-4.3.0-292238 and I got the error "Unable to complete vCenter Converter agent installation on %server%. Errror code 1,603".

Reading in forums it looks that the right VMware Converter Standalone version is up to 4.1: is it correct?

To solve the problem I installed VMware converter standalone 3.x on the Windows 2000 box, but I don't think it is the best choice.

Can anybody please help understandiong what is the right way to convert a Windows 2000 server?

Regards

marius

Hi

I get the above error when trying to P2V a Windows 2000 SP4 server using the "Import Computer" function in VirtualCenter V2.5 (Build 147704). I have tried to delete the ADMIN$ and IPC$ shares on the client machine I am running the VI Client from, but as you create the job the IPC$ is reconnected.  If you delete the IPC$ during the creation of the job, the job is terminated.  I have tried using "net use * /del " and the IPC$ is recreated as the job is started.  My colleague used RDP to directly connect to the VirtualCenter server to create the P2V job, but also got the same error as above.  He also uninstalled VMware Converter on the VirtualCenter server and reinstalled it again.  I have tried to manually map the IPC$ using the same credentials as I created the P2V job with.  

I have uninstalled the VMware Converter Enterprise Service from the source server machine, and obviously it is reinstalled when you create the job and the source server is rebooted. I have tried a domain and local admin accounts, and rebooting my XP desktop that runs the VI client.

I can't check if there a session already connected through My Computer, Manage, Shared Folders because the Windows XP SP2 desktop is locked down with group policies. 

Any suggestions welcome!

I am in the process of trying to convert a machine to a VM using vCenter Converter and cannot get the conversion to work. It always fails at 1% or 2% with the error in the title of this post. The full error is: FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[98-87-BA-25-00-00-80-0C-00-00-00-00]. Error: 401 (type: 1, code: 25)'

I'm trying to convert the local machine to VMWare Workstation 11/12. The source machine is Windows 7 Pro x64. I've recently done two conversions just like this one from similar source hardware which both converted with no issues, so I have no idea what could be wrong here.

I've done some searching online and have tried many suggestions from similar cases but none have worked. Here's everything I've tried:

• Run vCenter Converter as a different (admin) user
• Disable SSL using the XML file in %programdata%
• Stop all SQL services before converting
• Change destination disk size to a custom value
• Ensure no other disks are being converted - the machine only has a single drive in it. That drive has two partitions - the system partition and the main data partition.
• Run chkdsk to make sure there are no issues with the source drive - none detected

I can't find a solution that seems to work for me, so I'm hoping someone here may be able to help. I'm attaching the exported logs for reference. Any help is appreciated - thanks in advance!

Can any one help on how to import xva file to vmware vcenter ? Because i tried using vmware convertor but i was not detecting any file,

Hi everyone.

I was used VMware Converter Standalone 6.0 to converter server 2003 on Hyper-V to host ESX of vCenter.

Hyper-V have IP : 10.132.2.200

vCenter have IP: 10.132.2.177

Host ESXi have IP : 10.132.2.192

We haven't policy firewall for 3 IP this. All ports are open in Firewall.

But, when I convertering 1% that have error with status : FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'The operation experienced a network error'

So, Can you help me fix case this ?

Best regards.

Can someone provide a download to converter 3.03 please?  I need to convert a XP machine to VM and VMWare's site only has version 6 available to download and it doesn't support XP.  I am unable to upgrade this pc from XP as it is running software at a mining plant that won't run higher than XP. 

Hello,

I'm trying to p2v a redhat in a HP BL460c with the new converter 4 standalone.

I give an error "Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the target virtual machine". And the Status on the "task progress" tab is "FAILED. Failed to communicate with the remote host, either due to network errors or because the host is not responding".

I'll found this error in documentation & forums, but I have no luck, maybe someone can help me with this issue. I attach the log files.

Thanks a lot.

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 name with ***)

I've had a dig around the forums and seen similar V2V issues where vCenter permissions were not high enough - not an issue here as it's a P2V and I havent got to destination credentials as yet,

I've also seen mention of local admin rights required on source server. I've done this. The account i'm using is a domain admin and although domain admins are part of the local administrators permissions group i've also added my comain account to the source servers Administrators group too.

I've also started the application with "run as Administrator" when logged in with my domain admin account and when logged in with local Administrator account.

now for some logs:

2014-01-30T10:06:07.063+11:00 [01684 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Local Domain : ACTEVL

2014-01-30T10:06:07.063+11:00 [01684 info 'Libs'] [ADS] IsWorkgroup: No

2014-01-30T10:06:07.063+11:00 [01684 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Local Machine: EVLP2V001VS

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] BaseScheduler initialization complete -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::BaseScheduler::Initialize(const class boost::shared_ptr<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerEnv>,const class boost::optional<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerConstraints const &> &,const class boost::optional<class Converter::VdbConnection &> &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-1362012/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/baseScheduler.cpp:112")

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] Loaded all items from the scheduler's database tables. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::BaseScheduler::LoadSchedulerItemIdMap(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-1362012/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/baseScheduler.cpp:70")

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] Loaded all items from scheduler's database tables.Scheduler's item map contains 0 items. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::PriorityQScheduler::LoadPriorityQ(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-1362012/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/priorityQScheduler.cpp:185")

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] [plugin,158] ServerPlugin Init

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Initializing SSL context

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Mime type: properties = text/plain

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Mime type: js = text/javascript

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Mime type: css = text/css

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Micro web server pipeName: \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-web

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'HttpSvc.HTTPService'] Setting buffer size to 32768

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'HttpSvc.HTTPService'] Using default for nonChunkingAgents: 'VMware VI Client|VMware-client|VMware-client/3.*'

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'HttpSvc.HTTPService'] Using default for agentsNeedingContentLength: 'VMware-client'

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'HttpSvc.HTTPService'] Max buffered response size is 104857600 bytes

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'HTTP server'] HTTP server created with docroots C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\docRoot, chunked responses enabled: true

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Micro web server created

2014-01-30T10:06:07.703+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Plugin initialized

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [01996 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [01996 info 'Default'] [task,338] [task-internal-1] -- BEGIN -- TaskManager

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] [plugin,188] ServerPlugin Start

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [02004 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [02000 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [02008 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2014-01-30T10:06:07.719+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc'] Proxy service created: http port (80), https port (443)

2014-01-30T10:06:07.844+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc-80'] Max proxy connections currently set to 0 (unlimited), buffer size: 16344 bytes

2014-01-30T10:06:07.844+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc'] Created endpoint 80

2014-01-30T10:06:07.844+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc-443'] Max proxy connections currently set to 0 (unlimited), buffer size: 16344 bytes

2014-01-30T10:06:07.844+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc-443'] vmacore/ssl/useSSLCtxPool: true

2014-01-30T10:06:07.844+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc'] Created endpoint 443

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc'] Proxy service initialized

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc-80'] Proxy: Starting new Proxy service

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'ProxySvc-443'] Proxy: Starting new Proxy service

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] SOAP pipe name: \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Setting buffer size to 32768

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Using default for nonChunkingAgents: 'VMware VI Client|VMware-client|VMware-client/3.*'

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Using default for agentsNeedingContentLength: 'VMware-client'

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Max buffered response size is 104857600 bytes

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] enableChunkedResponses: true

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Http Service started: <server p:0x018a1e88, '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Soap (over Named Pipe) started on pipe \\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap. enableRemoteAccess = false, nonRootAccess = true, useSSL = false

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'HttpSvc.HTTPService'] Http Service started: <server p:0x018a1b88, '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-web'>

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Web Server started

2014-01-30T10:06:07.860+11:00 [01684 info 'Ufa'] Plugin started

2014-01-30T10:06:07.875+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] Running on OS: Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 2 (Build 6002); CPUs: 2

2014-01-30T10:06:07.875+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] [serviceWin32,416] vmware-converter-server service started

2014-01-30T10:10:04.304+11:00 [01688 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Account muz_***_a found, but not local

2014-01-30T10:10:04.350+11:00 [01688 info 'Default'] [user,874] Successfully authenticated user ACTEVL\Muz_***_a from this local machine (using pipe)

2014-01-30T10:10:06.708+11:00 [01696 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Account muz_***_a found, but not local

2014-01-30T10:10:06.724+11:00 [01696 info 'Default'] [user,874] Successfully authenticated user ACTEVL\Muz_***_a from this local machine (using pipe)

2014-01-30T10:10:38.369+11:00 [01688 info 'Default'] [agentManager,83] [AgentManager] Install Agent on 172.16.97.113

2014-01-30T10:10:53.913+11:00 [01696 error 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x018d7aac, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

2014-01-30T10:11:26.805+11:00 [01696 info 'Default'] [agentManager,129] [AgentManager] Uninstall Agent from 172.16.97.113

2014-01-30T10:11:33.659+11:00 [01696 info 'Default'] ConverterConnection: KeepAlive timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeded

2014-01-30T10:11:34.752+11:00 [01696 info 'vmomi.soapStub[0]'] Resetting stub adapter for server <cs p:018d94a0, PIPE:\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap> : Closed

2014-01-30T10:15:32.187+11:00 [01692 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Get user name failed: 1332

2014-01-30T10:15:32.187+11:00 [01692 info 'Libs'] [ADS] GetTokenInformation failed: 1312

2014-01-30T10:15:32.202+11:00 [01692 info 'Default'] [user,874] Successfully authenticated user Administrator from this local machine (using pipe)

2014-01-30T10:15:33.711+11:00 [01692 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Get user name failed: 1332

2014-01-30T10:15:33.711+11:00 [01692 info 'Libs'] [ADS] GetTokenInformation failed: 1312

2014-01-30T10:15:33.726+11:00 [01692 info 'Default'] [user,874] Successfully authenticated user Administrator from this local machine (using pipe)

2014-01-30T10:16:19.100+11:00 [01684 error 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x018d984c, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

2014-01-30T10:16:26.131+11:00 [01692 info 'Default'] [agentManager,83] [AgentManager] Install Agent on 172.16.97.113

2014-01-30T10:16:57.977+11:00 [01684 info 'Libs'] [ADS] GetTokenInformation failed: 1312

2014-01-30T10:16:57.977+11:00 [01684 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,423] Generating Converter.Server log bundle.

I see in the log "2014-01-30T10:10:04.304+11:00 [01688 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Account muz_***_a found, but not local"

but it is part of the local Administrators group. I've added it to both the source physical server (evlp2v102) and the VM that is set up as the converter server (evlp2v001vs)

any help or sugestions appreciated

Also worth noting that is i use the loval Administrator credentials i can get past this.

However, I am atempting to use the Domain credentials as part of troubleshooting/testing with another P2V issue

when when a a domain member physical server is p2v, the virtual instance is not longer a valid domain member (ie: can not log into that VM with domain credentials)

I'm stuck with the issue i am trying to convert Centos Physical machine to VM please see this errors.

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: '/usr/lib/vmware-converter/copyFileSystem.sh: line 114:

2241 Done echo "$PASSWORD" 2242 | $SSHCLIENT_CMD $USERNAME@$SRCHOST -p $SRCPORT "$TAR_CMD" 2243 Killed | $UNTAR_CMD /usr/lib/vmware-converter/bin/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf root@192.168.0.17 -p 22 " tar --one--file-system --sparse -C /home -cf - ." | /bin/tar_1.28 --numeric-owner --delay-directory-restore -C /mnt/p2v-src-root/home -y -xf - (return code 137)'

Please help me for this.

I'm trying to convert a RHEL4 server and am getting 'Unable to query the live linux source machine' after I push Next on the credentials screen.

I can use putty from this server to logon as the root account.  Any Ideas ?

The following is in the log files:

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

Cached agent connection is for a different source, recreating connection

Creating SOAP stub adapter over pipe:
.\pipe\vmware-converter-agent-soap

Impersonating hitsar

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

Cached agent connection is for a different source, recreating connection

Creating SOAP stub adapter over pipe:
.\pipe\vmware-converter-agent-soap

Impersonating hitsar

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

I keep getting this error and i have checked all the steps with the helper VM and it gets stuck at 1% then errors after about three hours this is with a static IP for the helper address. converter 5.1 is what i'm using

Thanks!

or boot loader configuration file. Error: Windows VM Converter Standalone 6 trying to p2v powered on remote linux machine.

Here is my grub.conf.

#

# GRUB configuration file

#

# General configuration

background ffffff

color black/cyan black/light-gray

default 0

foreground 000000

hiddenmenu

splashimage (hd0,3)/boot/grub/3comSplash.xpm.gz

timeout 10

# Serial configuration

serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1

terminal serial

# OS Installation 'A'

title VCX Linux

        root (hd0,1)

        kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/A quiet console=ttyS0,9600n8

        initrd /boot/initrd.img

Is there anything that I can edit to make this work?

Thanks!

hi,

I installed VMware vcenter converter 6.2.0 build 8466193 (latest one) which has in log history fix for smb share I had.

Conversion of a powered on Windows machine to an SMB share fails with the following error message: Unable to obtain the lock on virtual disks.

This issue is resolved in this release.

even that issue was fixed I have another issue which is thrown once I execute convertion ... with status FAILED: Insufficient permissions to access the source.

2018-11-09T15:32:38.150+01:00 info vmware-converter-server[17732] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-2] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.ImportSourceNoPermission

--> (converter.fault.ImportSourceNoPermission) {

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

-->    source = "\\10.0.1.129\storage3-shared\vmware-x11-clone-20181109\x11\x11.vmx",

-->    msg = ""

--> }

why clone to SMB share is still broken? or do I miss something?

thanks

Hello All,

I am trying to convert a Physical Linux machine to a VMWare Workstation VM.

It appears there is no Linux version of the converter in order to select "This Local Machine" as source... So I downloaded this onto windows box. But, when selecting Remote Machine as the source, my only option as a destination is a ESXi vSphere server. If you choose local machine you can select a external HDD, but not for remote linux machine.??

I saw just searching online that there used to be a VMWare Converter 4.0 for Linux, which was a tar file. Is there anyway to still get this older installer for Linux? Found here: https://linhost.info/2009/04/vmware-converter-installation-on-ubuntu-linux/

Or is there anyway to convert a remote physical linux machine to an External HDD..?

What are my options?

Thanks in Advance,

Matt

Well i'm converting a 2012 server on to esxi, but as i start the conversion i get the error from the Topic. My pc is on win10. agent is well installed on the server, i've did other servers in the past.

What's missing ?

PS: maby there is some magic out there to find that vstor2 driver to !

Thanks !

Can someone provide a download to converter 3.03 please?  I need to convert a XP machine to VM and VMWare's site only has version 6 available to download and it doesn't support XP.  I am unable to upgrade this pc from XP as it is running software at a mining plant that won't run higher than XP. 

"An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with sourcevolume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[4B-3A-31-E9-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00] and target volume id ;4:3139.0000010000000000. Error code: 2'"

I have a problem, I am using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0. I am trying to convert an Acronis image to a VM, in the process of using the converter when the option for me to select a Backup image or third-party virtually machine comes up I then browse to that image and when I click next to go to the next step I get an error message "The source parameters are invalid."  is there anyone else with this problem I've been trying for days now to find a solution to the problem.  So if anyone has a fix work a work around to this please share.  If I can get this to work I am going to have to go back to Symantec backup exec, and I don't want to do that because we just purchased Acronis

Hello:

I am converting physical machines to VM sot hat we can consolidate our environment. The converter V5.1.0 Build1087880 fails at 71%, with a Warning:

so far, I have good progress on other physical machines except for this stubborn XP -X64 machine. We need to keep it for legacy reasons until there are replacement apps for all sw running on it (; This machine has SSD drive and no spinning HD

each time the conversion is able to start and complete the first on two drives. The GUI states its fine , but the log shows

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading dynamic disks header or LDM database is corrupted

When it gets to the second drive, I stops as it cant read some sector block.

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 2 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table

2013-08-11T09:00:00.782-04:00 [02748 warning 'Default'] Disk number 2 has been skipped because of errors while reading dynamic disks header or LDM database is corrupted

 

2013-08-11T10:16:13.706-04:00 [04324 error 'task-2'] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::ReadAndSkipBadBlocks():

Error (type: 2, code: 27) reading 223232 bytes starting at 0x000000069377f000 from the source volume D:

2013-08-11T10:16:53.800-04:00 [04324 error 'task-2'] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::ReadAndSkipBadBlocks():

Error (type 2, code: 27), detected bad sector at offset 0x0000000693796000 on the source volume D:

I have run several apps to check and fix the D drive, but none find any issues. the XP-X64 machine has been restated after each test and re run. no issues are found on either drive

I have tried to run the converter without  the D drive. It wont let me do so as it states that the D drive Is critical to the conversion and wont proceed without it

I have attached GUI screen shots and two logs files

Can anyone please help?

Is there is a way to find the root problem or proceed?

if windows cant find an issue with  the D Drive why does the converter?