I'm running vcenter in a 64 bit win2k8 host operating system (172.16.1.1).

On top of that, i have setup a 2 esxi host and a win2k8 server using workstation 7.13.

esxi-1 using 172.16.1.51 & esxi-2 using 172.16.1.52 and win2k8 using 172.16.1.201. Just random IP address.

I try to import machine 172.16.1.201 using vcenter converter in vcenter but the error message is shown as below.

Anyone can gimme idea of how to resolve this issue? I've been sitting and trying all night without any success.

Appreciate any  help again. Thanks.

FAILED: A general system error occurred: Server closed connection after 0 response bytes read; <io_obj p:0x04022c34, h:
1228, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>>

Error above.

I am currently trying to convert Win7 PC to VM and loading it onto a External Hard Drive. How am I getting a response error? I ran as admin and am supposed to be connecting to the same device......

See attached logs for details

Hello! I am attempting to use vmware converter, but am receive the below error after it gets to around 75%. I've tried deselecting the 2nd Partition, but that didn't work. Let me know if there is more information that would assist in troubleshooting. Thank you!

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with sourcevolume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[D3-E8-C3-55-00-00-F0-15-00-00-00-00] and target volume id 3-8.3,550000057100000000. Error code: 112'

I have SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12.x virtual machines currently running from HyperV2012 R2, with UEFI Firmware Interface.

As per the VMWARE converter user guide, its not listed as supported. SLES 12 is not listed at all, and as for the UEFI in SLES 11 version itself is listed not supported in the userguide. Would that mean it would not support the offline migrations as well ?

any feedback is much 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.

I am trying to p2v an Ubuntu 10.04 x64 server using vCenter Converter Standalone version 4.3 to a host running ESXi 4.1. The layout of my physical server is such:

Disk /dev/sda: 159.5 GB, 159450660864 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19385 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00030a8c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1         244     1951744   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2             244         730     3906560   82  Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3             730       19386   149853184   83  Linux

No LVM in use. When I perform the conversion it fails at 99%. The converter log shows:

[2011-02-15 15:20:49.588 07708 info 'App'] [task,373] [task-5] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.CloneFault
(converter.fault.CloneFault) {
   dynamicType = <unset>,
   faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
   description = "GrubInstaller::InstallGrub: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/installGrub.sh failed with return code: 127, and message:
/vmware-updateGrub.sh: 38: grub: not found
Error running GRUB
Error running vmware-updateGrub.sh through chroot into /mnt/p2v-src-root
",
   msg = "",
}

I cannot start the VM. I followed instructions I found at http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021306 and http://communities.vmware.com/message/1395202#1395202 with no success.

What I have found, based on exploring the system after using the Ubuntu 10.04 ISO to boot from, is that the drive structure has been maintained in the new VM, but there is nothing in /boot. I ran apt-get install grub2  and the legacy udpater command as per one of the above threads, and it created a /boot/grub directory but no grub.cfg. I then ran upgrade-grub and it created grub.cfg but still no joy.

The source OS is listed in the compatibility guide so I'm not sure why this isn't working, but I'm hoping someone can help me figure out a way to make this work. I'm so close, and it'd be really great to be able to use this. I appreciate your ideas and suggestions.

Thanks.

HI,

#1
I have  installed vCenter Standalone VMware-converter-en-6.2.0 as Converter Standalone client on W10 OS

#2
I want to convert the local machine to use the Image Data in  another Host by  VMWare Workstation PRO

#3
configure the source as it is

destination is a external HardDisk for to move the Data  to the Workstation Host

#4

Start and working some minutes  the converter output this  error message :

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume:

Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=

[2D-54-D3-E8-00-00-50-1F-00-00-00-00].

Error: 126877841 (type: 1, code:7929865)'

what is this  ?

can someone help ?

Thanks

  Hi,

I need to convert CentOS 7 P2V. In Converter (verison 6.2.0) i set static IP address but there is no possibility to put MAC Address. In my Company everything is filtered by MAC and this is a problem. After process start it just gets stuck on 1% with “Connecting to the Converter helper server on the destination virtual machine.”

I found this explanation https://communities.vmware.com/message/2220153#2220153 but I'm not sure that it's clear for me

I login to Converter Helper. IP is the same like I set at the beginning but MAC is wrong. I register new MAC for IP but this nothing change. I try also set HWADDRESS in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ and restart network service.

Informations from logs:

- vmware-converter-worker.log

2020-01-29T15:39:55.070+01:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[29096] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x066176d0, h:2520, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '10.xxx.xxx.xxx:443'>>, e: system:10060(A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond)

2020-01-29T15:39:55.070+01:00 error vmware-converter-worker[29096] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [ConnectComplete] Connect failed to <cs p:01a91b70, TCP:10.xxx.xxx.xxx:443>; cnx: (null), error: class Vmacore::SystemException(A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond)

- vmware-converter-server.log

2020-01-29T15:41:54.349+01:00 error vmware-converter-server[24564] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x040faf14, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

When i cancel converter job i get: “Error: Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the destination virtual machine.”

I've used the current version of standalone converter several times and had no problems at all.

Now I want to convert a Windows-10 PC (retail key activated build 1903) to a Workstation VM, before I retire the machine.  I am logged in as the administrator and have "run as administrator" as well.  Before pressing the final button to submit I can read the source details, and the job submits (destination a LAN smb share) but fails with the above error.

I've disabled UAC as recommended somewhere, and joined the special VM ____ user to the administrators group although I never needed to do either thing previously.  I notice another user has hit the same problem in the last few days

Logs are attached in case anyone can help.  I may try uninstalling and re-installing when I get a moment and maybe updating to 1909, but I can't see why that  would help when it's the 1903 version I last converted.  Last option would be to use a backup of this machine to restore onto another existing or newly created VM, but I'd like to know why it's not working in any case.

Thanks for reading,

Hi,

Just installed VMware vCenter Converter Standslone Server on a Windows 2008 Enterprise Server with no specific roles activated.

Upon startup I receive the message copied in title here.

I've pasted the logs there :

VMware vCenter Converter Startup error log - Pastebin.com

Hi

I tried to search , but i couldn't find any converter to convert .img to .vmx.

I have the image & it is not running on any environment & just want to convert it into vmware compatible , so that i can host it VM Esxi.

Thanks.

I am running Converter on Windows 7 ans trying to make a virtual machine of the current installation to upgrade to Windows 10.

Whenever I start to use the converter I get this error message "Unable to complete Converter agent installation on Dell-9020.  Another version of this product is already installed.

I have looked around the machine and the only one I can find is the current installation.

Anyone any ideas.  Thanks

FAILED: A general system error occurred: Server closed connection after 0 response bytes read; <io_obj p:0x04022c34, h:
1228, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>>

Error above.

I am currently trying to convert Win7 PC to VM and loading it onto a External Hard Drive. How am I getting a response error? I ran as admin and am supposed to be connecting to the same device......

See attached logs for details

There have been many complaints about transfer rate degradation in Converter 5.0.

Converter uses NFC (a proprietary VMware protocol) for cloning to managed destination. Security has been enhanced in Converter 5.0 by encrypting the data transfer. Unfortunately this has caused a more severe performance degradation than expected.
Switching off SSL encryption is a way to work around this issue. Here is how it is done:

1. Open the converter-worker.xml configuration file. It is located in "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone" folder for Windows Vista or newer or in "%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone" for older Windows versions.
2. Set the key Config/nfc/useSsl to false and save the configuration file.
3. Restart "VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Worker" service.

I.e. it should look like:

    ...    <nfc>       <readTimeoutMs>120000</readTimeoutMs>       <useSsl>false</useSsl>    ...

Hi,

I'm having an issue converting a Windows 7 machine to a virtual machine running on VMWare ESXi 6.0. I'm using vCenter Converter 6.1.1.

The conversion stops at 98% with an "Internal error." I can see the VM has been created on the ESXi server, but when attempting to start the VM, it goes into a boot loop failing at the "Starting Windows" logo, so I'm thinking it has something to do the configuration after the conversion. This is what I see in the vmware-converter-server log around the time of the failure:

2017-08-23T13:04:55.318-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[04188] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Started task "task-4" for job="job-4", item ="3" -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Job::JobProcessorImpl::StartProcessingJobs(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/job/jobProcessorImpl.cpp:384")

2017-08-23T13:04:55.370-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,338] [task-4] -- BEGIN -- Convert

2017-08-23T13:04:55.387-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[03984] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ConverterConnection: KeepAlive timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeded

2017-08-23T13:04:55.391-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [taskSpec,618] [task-4] [TaskMap] task-4:task-7

2017-08-23T13:24:50.751-05:00 error vmware-converter-server[03848] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x040e75c4, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

2017-08-23T13:24:55.751-05:00 error vmware-converter-server[04000] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x03f67894, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

2017-08-23T14:46:34.235-05:00 error vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: vmodl.fault.SystemError

2017-08-23T14:46:34.284-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-4] -- ERROR -- Convert: vmodl.fault.SystemError

--> (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {

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

-->    reason = "InternalError",

-->    msg = ""

--> }

2017-08-23T14:46:34.284-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [diagnosticManager,260] Retrieved taskInfo for "converter.task.Task:task-4" mapping it to "converter.task.Task:task-4".

2017-08-23T14:46:34.284-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [diagnosticManager,300] The task with id = "task-4" was found to be a "recent" task.

2017-08-23T14:46:34.284-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [diagnosticManager,314] No existing log bundle found for task with id = "task-4". The task is still "recent" so a log bundle will now be generated for it.

2017-08-23T14:46:34.295-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[01944] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [diagnosticManager,1092] Retrieving task related diagnostics for server task with id = "task-4".

2017-08-23T14:46:34.431-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[04184] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Run 0 of job "job-4" finished with an error. -- struct Converter::Server::Job::JobExecutor::SchedulerUpdateSpec __thiscall Converter::Server::Conversion::ConversionJobExecutorImpl::UpdateJob(class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,bool,const class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemStatistics &,const class Converter::Task::TaskInfo &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/conversion/conversionJobExecutorImpl.cpp:405")

2017-08-23T14:46:34.523-05:00 info vmware-converter-server[04184] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Suspended 1 scheduler items for job (job-4) -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Job::JobProcessorImpl::SuspendJobAux(const class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,class Converter::VdbConnection &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/job/jobProcessorImpl.cpp:829")

I've attached that log as well as the ConverterDiag log. I'm thinking the "faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null, reason - "Internal error" " is somehow related the "Failed to read request" and "Vmacore::TimeoutException" error message, but I'm not 100% sure. I've been trying to research this issue, but cannot find anything in Google to resolve this issue.

I have tried using SCSI LSI Logic as well as SATA (which is what is in the machine) to no avail.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you very much!

Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to do a p2v conversion. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you!

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'GrubInstaller::InstallGrub: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/installGrub.sh failed with return code: 127, and message: FATAL: kernel too old Error running vmware-updateGrub.sh through chroot into /mnt/p2v-src-root Command:
chroot "/mnt/p2v-src-root" /vmware-updateGrub.sh "GRUB2" "(hd0)" "(hd0,1)" /vmware-device.map "grub2-install" '

Hi there,

I'm trying to convert a windows 2000 server sp4 box using VM Converter 3 enterprise direct to ESX, and am encountering a BSOD when I try and boot the resultant VM.

Error message is:

STOP: 0x0000001E (0xC0000005, 0x8045D9BF, 0x0000000, 0x001A0018)

\** Address 8045D9BF base at 80400000, Datestamp 45069e6e - ntoskrnl.exe

I've tried the fix for windows sp4 rollup and scsiport.sys to no avail, and besides, this error address is different.  Is there anything anyone can suggest to try?

Regards,

Mike Cretan

I am P2Ving some HP machines and have read the posts here on how to remove most of the HP components but I am stuck on how to get rid of the HP network Configuration Utility program which puts the HP Network icon in the system tray.  There is a post from Guillermo Musumeci back in 2007 that said using this command:

snetcfg.exe -v -u cq_cpqteam

should do it but I can't find snetcfg.exe on this server.

There is also a post from Jasemccarty in 2007 that said this keymay be the key you have to remove:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\

{4D36E975-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\{FD0FF0D6-4876-4894-9274-258564E35C07}

But that key doesn't appear to be in the registry on this server.  Anyone have any ideas on how to remove this last bit of HP centric software from a P2V'd VM?

Anyone know why HP makes it so blasted difficult to remove their drivers and other components?

thanks,

Dan

I have 2 file servers to convert. 1 is Win 2008 R2, one is Win 2012 R2. I've been asked to estimate the amount of time it will take to convert, and i have no way how to do that. I have the sizes of the machines to convert (1 is 500G, the other is a bit over 600G).

How would I make such an estimate? The standalone converted is block-based, right? Has nothing to do with the number or size of files on the servers, only the total size of the disks.

Each server would have 2x1G Ethernet NICs, teamed.

Anyone have any pointers on how to make such an estimate? 4 hours?

Converter v6.2, destination ESXi 5.5 U3b. ESXi has 2x10G NICs for VM traffic.

After installing this software, I am getting the following error when starting to convert my local machine: "permission to perform this function is denied", this occurs at the selection of the source machine.  Any reason why?