During installation of VMware vCenter Standalone Converter, I receive the following:
Version: 5.1.0-1087880
OS: Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2
I've tried this install with local admin and domain admin accounts. I've installed this on other servers with the same accounts without issue. Same issue happens on my local laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise SP1.
Community, be greeted.
A short backstory. I recently converter 120+ VM's from ESXi 4.1 (running clustered with vCenter) to ESXi 6.5 standalone host (standard license).
These conversions were made with vmware converter and all went by with flying colors. Now the issue is that now I'm totally unable to convert anything from the new 6.5 host. This is a must-need-feature as our users constantly move these VM's from the host to their player/workstation infrastructure.
1) First error is with the converter. Some VM's convert okay but most of them give the "Not enough permissions" at 98%
2) Second error is with the export function in ESXi 6.5 (okay, a bit off-topic). Export goes pretty far but eventually gives network/time-out error.
3) Third error is with the newest converter 6.2. This version gives me the "cannot lock disks" error straight up. It doesn't matter, whether I'm using a NFS share or trying to convert to my local disk.
So far, it might have something to do with the ctb being enabled. Permissions should be okay as I'm having the issues with full root permissions.
Any clues to any of the issues mentioned above? All help is highly appreciated. Currently the only option for moving the VM's is through sftp and it doesn't sound like a plan for tomorrow
Cheers,
Pekka
I have a Windows 2003 server that I am trying to convert from a physial server to a VM guest using vCenter Converter Standalone. The original drive letters for this server are f: and g: where F: drive is my system boot drive. As I go through the process, the target says F: and G: drive but when it is done it gives me an error that no operating sytem found. I start the machine up and choose Windows Recovery mode and now see that the drive letters are changed to c: and d: drives which is why it will not start. I tried using diskpart from recovery mode but it will not allow me to change these drive letters. How do I get it to change or remain at F: and G: when using the vcenter converter?
Thanks.
Hello
I am trying to create a vm from a physical server fails at 1% from the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone client with the error:
FAILED: A general system error occurred: failed to poweron vm
The vmware-converter-server-1 log contains the following, (last 30 or so lines) below.
I have found a few topics regarding this error, but they did not work, such as assigning a static IP over using DHCP.
Environment:
VMware Server - ESXi 4.1
Physical machine - RHEL 5.5
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone client, version 5.0.0 Build-470252
Any/all help is greatly appreciated.
LOG:
2012-03-20T13:24:20.570-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] Connecting to host usmar-bldvmsvr02 on port 443
2012-03-20T13:24:20.570-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] localVersion is: vim.version.version7
2012-03-20T13:24:20.616-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] Remote version is: vim.version.version6
2012-03-20T13:24:20.632-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] Authenticating user root
2012-03-20T13:24:20.648-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] Scheduled timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeds
2012-03-20T13:24:20.663-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] ComputeResource for vim.ResourcePool:ha-root-pool is vim.ComputeResource:ha-compute-res
2012-03-20T13:24:20.710-04:00 [02452 info 'vmomi.soapStub[57]'] Resetting stub adapter for server TCP:usmar-bldvmsvr02:443 : Closed
2012-03-20T13:24:20.710-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] Created new scheduler item with id = "12", firstTimeToRun = "2012-03-20 13:24:20.570", source = "", targetRPOInMinutes = "0". -- __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemImpl::SchedulerItemImpl(const class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemSpec &,const int &,const class boost::shared_ptr<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerEnv> &,const class Vmacore::Ref<class Vmacore::Service::Logger> &,const class boost::optional<class Converter::VdbConnection &> &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-470252/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/schedulerItemImpl.cpp:87")
2012-03-20T13:24:20.710-04:00 [02452 info 'Default'] scheduler item with id="12" created -- int __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::PriorityQScheduler::AddSchedulerItem(const class boost::shared_ptr<class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemSpec> &,const class boost::optional<class Converter::VdbConnection &> &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-470252/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/priorityQScheduler.cpp:49")
2012-03-20T13:24:20.710-04:00 [02464 info 'Default'] Scheduler scheduling item 12 to run at time = 2012-03-20 13:24:20.710. -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Scheduler::SimpleScheduler::Run(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-470252/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/scheduler/simpleScheduler.cpp:109")
2012-03-20T13:24:20.741-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Connecting to host usmar-bldvmsvr02 on port 443
2012-03-20T13:24:20.741-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] localVersion is: vim.version.version7
2012-03-20T13:24:20.788-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Remote version is: vim.version.version6
2012-03-20T13:24:20.788-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Authenticating user root
2012-03-20T13:24:20.820-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] ComputeResource for vim.HostSystem:ha-host is vim.ComputeResource:ha-compute-res
2012-03-20T13:24:20.820-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] ResourcePool for vim.ComputeResource:ha-compute-res is vim.ResourcePool:ha-root-pool
2012-03-20T13:24:20.820-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] ComputeResource for vim.ResourcePool:ha-root-pool is vim.ComputeResource:ha-compute-res
2012-03-20T13:24:20.835-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Datacenter for vim.ComputeResource:ha-compute-res is vim.Datacenter:ha-datacenter
2012-03-20T13:24:20.835-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Root VM folder for vim.Datacenter:ha-datacenter is vim.Folder:ha-folder-vm
2012-03-20T13:24:20.835-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Reusing existing VIM connection to usmar-bldvmsvr02
2012-03-20T13:24:20.866-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Scheduled timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeds
2012-03-20T13:24:20.866-04:00 [02484 info 'vmomi.soapStub[58]'] Resetting stub adapter for server TCP:usmar-bldvmsvr02:443 : Closed
2012-03-20T13:24:20.913-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [task,338] [task-12] -- BEGIN -- Convert
2012-03-20T13:24:20.929-04:00 [00360 error 'Default'] Found dangling SSL error: [0] error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1)
2012-03-20T13:24:20.945-04:00 [02484 info 'Default'] Started task "task-12" for job="job-12", item ="12" -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Job::JobProcessorImpl::StartProcessingJobs(void) ("d:/build/ob/bora-470252/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/job/jobProcessorImpl.cpp:383")
2012-03-20T13:24:20.945-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [taskSpec,467] [task-12] [TaskMap] task-12:task-23
2012-03-20T13:24:20.991-04:00 [01044 info 'Default'] ConverterConnection: KeepAlive timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeded
2012-03-20T13:24:20.991-04:00 [01044 info 'vmomi.soapStub[55]'] Resetting stub adapter for server PIPE:\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap : Closed
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [00360 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: vmodl.fault.SystemError
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-12] -- ERROR -- Convert: vmodl.fault.SystemError
--> (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> reason = "failed to poweron vm",
--> msg = "",
--> }
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,267] Retrieved taskInfo for "converter.task.Task:task-12" mapping it to "converter.task.Task:task-12".
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,307] The task with id = "task-12" was found to be a "recent" task.
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,321] No existing log bundle found for task with id = "task-12". The task is still "recent" so a log bundle will now be generated for it.
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,790] Retrieving task related diagnostics for server task with id = "task-12".
2012-03-20T13:24:28.429-04:00 [01036 info 'Default'] Run 0 of job "job-12" 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-470252/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/conversion/conversionJobExecutorImpl.cpp:405")
2012-03-20T13:24:28.444-04:00 [01036 info 'Default'] Suspended 1 scheduler items for job (job-12) -- void __thiscall Converter::Server::Job::JobProcessorImpl::SuspendJobAux(const class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,class Converter::VdbConnection &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-470252/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/job/jobProcessorImpl.cpp:828")
2012-03-20T13:24:28.601-04:00 [00360 info 'Default'] ConverterConnection: KeepAlive timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeded
2012-03-20T13:24:28.601-04:00 [00360 info 'vmomi.soapStub[59]'] Resetting stub adapter for server PIPE:\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap : Closed
2012-03-20T13:24:28.601-04:00 [00360 warning 'vmomi.soapStub[59]'] Terminating invocation: server=PIPE:\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap, moref=vmodl.query.PropertyCollector.Filter:session[5264bd60-de17-d6f4-e798-cb998a3233ed]52f3406e-964c-dea1-c23e-6f30439c2a81, method=destroy
2012-03-20T13:25:17.849-04:00 [01708 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,343] Generating Converter.Server log bundle with no task logs.
2012-03-20T13:25:17.849-04:00 [01708 info 'Default'] [diagnosticManager,370] Generating Converter.Server log bundle.
I am having a natron .Gho image of windows 2003.Can I restore the same image in virtual machine which can created.If posiable plaes advice i need which tool can be used.
Thanks in advance.
I'm having endless issues trying to convert a Physical Windows 2008 R2 Server. The failure always seems to be around not being able "to take Snapshop of source volume". The Event Viewer in the physical box throws a host of VSS errors (Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine CoCreateInstance) in the applciation event log.
Ive tried many differnent things from using Old Converters to the new vCenter 4 Converter. I even tried a VMware converter Boot CD which was successfull but the Converted VM would not boot moaning about device drivers and would not repair via any Microsoft Repair Tools.
Has anyone every got this right? I'm sure it has something to do with creating a snapshop of the disk in Windows Server 2008 but I cant find any solutions around correcting the issue.
Help!!!!
Hello Experts,
I'm having a problem converting the RHEL 5.x powered Linux machine in Converter 5.1. I'm not sure if this is a known issue or a bug. Is there anyone experienced the same issue? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Additional notes: /srv/data203591 -> 140GB used disk space (source system). The filesystem contains a large database files of more than 2GB and up in sizes.
Logs snippet:
--> fullMessage = "event.UnixP2VVolumeCloneFailedEvent.summary",
--> job = <unset>,
--> hostName = "135.247.217.121",
--> sourceMountPoint = "/srv/data203591",
--> reason = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> description = "/usr/lib/vmware-converter/bin/ssh -z -F /usr/lib/vmware-converter/ssh.conf root@135.247.217.121 -p 22 " tar --one-file-system --sparse -C /srv/data203591 -cf - ." | /bin/tar_1.20 --numeric-owner --delay-directory-restore -C /mnt/p2v-src-root/srv/data203591 -y -xf -
--> /bin/tar_1.20: Archive value 13585343488 is out of size_t range 0..4294967295
--> /bin/tar_1.20: Skipping to next header
--> /bin/tar_1.20: Error exit delayed from previous errors
--> (return code 2)",
--> msg = "fault.CloneFault.summary",
I'm using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone client, v5.0.0 build-470252, running on a Windows 7 64bit computer, trying to import a running Windows 2008 virtual machine (hosted by VMWare infrastructure) onto my local box.
On starting the converter, I "Connect to a local server"
Specifying the source system goes smoothly, though I ignore the certificate error. The conversion wizard installs its agent and connects to it OK.
For the Destination System I specify:
Destination type: VMware Workstation or other VMware virtual machine
VMware product: VMware Workstation 8.0.x
Virtual machine details:
Name: same as source system, as detected by the converter
Location for the virtual machine: \\localmachine\sharedfoldername
Username & password: my Windows 7 login credentials, with Full Control over \\localmachine\sharedfoldername, both the share and the underlying folder.
When the converter verifies the destination parameters, it reports: Unable to connect to the network share '\\localmachine\sharedfoldername'"
Investigative steps so far:
- Connecting to the share via Windows Explorer works fine; it is possible to write to the share
- I tried specifying the share as "\\localhost\sharedfoldername", but get "The specified network share 'localhost\sharedfoldername' does not exist." This was a bit of a long shot I guess, but the form does work in Windows Explorer.
- Have tried with file and print sharing both on and off - seemed worth a try after looking at other posts on this forum
The Help states "If you are connected to a local Converter Standalone server, provide a network path or a local path to the destination directory." I tried local path "C:\Virtual Machines\sharedfoldername", but got the message "Error: Destination specified as a (local) drive. Please specify a UNC path such as: \\machine\sharename"
The help also states "You do not have to provide user credentials if the destination location is on the local storage of the machine where Converter Standalone server runs." However the Next button is always disabled until credentials are provided.
Can anyone help please?
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.
After I run VMware Converter, I am ready to convert the local physical machine.
I mapped a remote Windows share folder to Z: disk, and then converted the destination file to Z: disk
Error after task start: "File Z:\MININT\ minint.vmx was not found"
What's the reason?
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
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,
Hello all,
I need to make an virtual machine of a windows 2000 machine. Where can I find a download for that?
Please help!
I am trying to convert a backup of my XP partiton (which was done using Acronis True Image Home 11 release) to a virtual machine. When I browse to the tib image file and click the View Source Details link or click Next, it shows an error message at the top of Converter window stating "The source paramteers are invalid." I thought Acronis True Image 10 and 11 were fully supported and would work? Does anyone have any ideas what I can do to use this image? Do I need to do anything different when creating the image file in Acronis True Image?
Hi,
I have VM (Exchange) along with attached Raw LUN. I am using ESXi 5.0U2
My question that is that can I convert this VM (Offline) The Raw Lun will be including in this conversion or not?
Regards,
Badr
Hi!
Is there always a Cold Clone CD for convert physical machine to VM? Where can i download it? Found only Converter Standalone...
Thx
Tomber
Has anyone tried connecting to VCenter 6.7U3 with the lastest Standalone converter? Keep getting the following error when trying to connect. "Unable to recognize the server type or version when connecting to the host"
Hello All,
Could you please assist me with the best practice to convert an Active Directory Domain Controller, My scenario is as below:
I have 3 nodes works together:
Thanks in advance