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Problem converting a physical Ubuntu 14.04 server

June 5, 2014, 3:29 am
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Hi there. Anyone else tried to convert a physical Ubuntu 14.04 installation? For me it fails at grub-version check it seems like.

 

I also tried it on 12.04 and it works fine. The differense is this:

12.04:

$ grub-install -v

grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-21ubuntu3.14

 

14.04:

$ grub-install -V

grub-install (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-9

 

In 14.04 I have to use capital V for version check. Is it possible to change this in the Converter? I'm using Converter version 5.5

 

The result seems to be that the converter installs the wrong version of grub, or not at all.

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Performing a resize-only on disk of a VM

September 3, 2007, 2:16 am
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Hallo, i need to expand the disk size in a VMserver VM (wxpp SP2).

From the VMconverter 3.0 wizard it seems that a new VM would be created.

Can I expand the disk size using Converter and without creating any new vm?

Thanks

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P2V of disk with multiple partitions

January 7, 2015, 3:23 am
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Hello,

I'm working on a customer to convert his physical servers to vSphere 5.5 infrastructure.

I'm using converter 5.5 and have problems P2Ving one windows 2003 server with system disk with 2 partitions (C and E).

Physical Server

physical_disks.jpg

Disk 2: system disk with 2 partitions (C:, E: )

 

Vmware Converter

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I have converted in following way:

Partition C:, G:, F: together

Partition E: standalone (converter 5.5 doesn’t support conversion of multiple partitions on the same disk).

Result is I have one virtual machine with 3 vmdk (disks C, G, F) and another “fake” virtual machine with only one vmdk (disk E).

I have moved the disk E vmdk to the folder of the “real” vm and added it to the virtual machine.

 

Boot.ini file is as following:

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Standard" /fastdetect

 

When I boot the virtual machine, I see the boot.ini menu, but the system doesn’t start and loop forever to boot menu.

 

Can anyone help me ?

thanks in advance

Best regards

Davide

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Cold clone a Windows 2008 R2 machine

July 15, 2013, 1:16 am
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Hi,

 

Is there any way to cold clone Windows 2008 R2 machine? As far as I know there is no vmware 5.1 boot cd for cold cloning. So I've tried to use latest cold clone cd (4.1.1 - 206170). Problem is that it is able to clone my machine BUT it is created as Other-32 bit machine on esxi server and when I'm trying to start this machine this operation simply ends with blue screen. I desperately need to do coldclone and not the hot clone and I need your help. Thanks.

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Failing conversion at 98%

February 23, 2016, 4:35 pm
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Hi all,

 

A bit of a noobie, so I'll try give as much information as possible.

I'm trying to convert a powered-off Workstation VM to our ESXi host.

One was successful, but the other keeps failing at 98%.

 

VMware vCenter Converster Standalone client version: 6.1.1

ESXi host: 5.1.0

vCenter Server: 5.1.0

 

The reason is as follows: Unable to clone disk E:\PRDWFO95F\PRDWFO95F-cl1.vmdk on the virtual machine 'PRDWFO95F'.

It takes about 1 hour 15 minutes to get there, so it's not an instant failure.

 

I've attached the logs, hoping this will help someone give me an answer.

Please let me know if I can provide any more information!

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P2V win 7 64bit - Error: Unable to clone volume

April 15, 2016, 12:21 pm
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I'm using converter standalone v6.0

 

The error message is FAILED:  Unable to clone volume

 

C: 120 GB ssd

S: 4000 GB SATA

 

I try to concert C: virtualize in S:

 

 

I am not trying to resize volumes as part of the conversion.  There is plenty of free space on the volume I am writing the VM files to (that folder is on a shared volume on the host running converter).

 

I've tried running chkdsk on the VM being converted and it did not report any errors.  I also tried defragmenting the volumes but it made no difference.

 

I already tray

chkdsk c: /B

chkdsk c: /r

scandisk

 

Here is the log bundle from converter:

http://www.vinisaccardi.it/ConverterDiagnostics20160415211536.zip

 

Any suggestions on how I can fix this problem?

 

edit by wila Discussion moved from Workstation Pro to VMware Converter Standalone

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ISO for latest Converter 4.1 - Does it exist?

February 5, 2010, 5:37 am
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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!

 

 

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Conversion fails with the error:FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:'root is not found'

April 7, 2013, 10:37 am
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I try to convert P2M Linux server SUSE SLES 11 64 bit.

The Converter server log is attach.

It is my first linux to convert.

Any help?

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Converter v6.1 - Convert selected partitions from physical disk

January 22, 2016, 7:30 pm
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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 the VM drives is mapped to one partition on a physical disk in the host machine.  I'm trying to convert the VM so that the disks will be virtual segmented VMDKs files and get rid of the physical volume access and just use standard files.

 

My problem is that Converter (v6.1) insists on converting the entire physical disk (all partitions), not just a selected/selectable partition(s).  This problem is exacerbated by the fact that two of the VM hard disk partitions are located on the same physical drive... so it wants to convert the same disk twice.  It is not a small disk (2TB).

 

Looking at the Converter user manual there is supposed to be an 'Advanced' button that allows changes and partial conversions... except that there isn't any 'Advanced' button that I can find.  Converter is running in administrative mode on Win7.

 

Is it not possible to convert 2 partitions off of one physical drive in my host machine and end up with two virtual disk files?

 

Am I missing options somewhere?  I do *not* have a entry "Select volumes to copy" in the "Disk/Edit" panel as is described in the documentation.

 

I'm not past creating a 4th partitioned disk, booting up the machine under SystemRescueCD and doing a physical partition copy from the mapped physical disk to the new file-based disk from inside the VM...  but I'd pretty much thought Converter was supposed to preclude having to jump through those hoops.

 

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...

 

Thanks,

Gary

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Error: event.ReconfigurationFailedEvent.summary Windows Server 2003

January 6, 2015, 8:30 am
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Hello everyone,

 

My customer have a Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition who failed at P2V conversion around 97-98%.

The error on GUI is : Error: event.ReconfigurationFailedEvent.summary

 

So, I found a discussion on the vmware communities (link below) and this person was the same problem as mine. So I tried a lot of modifications on my server but nothing works.

FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.

 

I've attached my exported logs.

 

Thanks in advance for your help

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Converting (P2V) a legacy Windows 98 client

April 6, 2011, 6:53 am
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I need to perform the P2V conversion of a legacy Windows 98 client.

The client hosts legacy applications that must run on a Windows 98 box.

I attempted converting it using Converter 3.x but it looks to be unable to install the agent.

Should I install Converter on the Windows 98 box itself?

Should I use any other procedure, maybe based on a third party backup solution?

Suggestions, pointers and hints welcome...

marius

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Can any one help on how to import xva file to vmware vcenter ?

January 21, 2015, 4:36 am
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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,

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Unable to connect the network share admin$ on the windows 2000 server

March 12, 2012, 10:19 pm
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Hi All,

I read the same post on the forum and followed all the instruction but it couldn't work.

I used my windows XP latop that was installed the vmware converter standalone 5.0 to create a virture machine from a windows server 2000.

I tried "net share" on the windows 2000 server and the result

 

ADMINS               C:\Windows          Remote IPC

.......

 

I also tried

net use * 192.168.6.236\admin$ /u:192.168.6.236\administrator *

 

after i entered the admin password, it gave the response " The server is not configured for remote administration

 

I searched on website to turn off simple share in windows 2000 as follow, but the net use * 192.168.6.236\admin$ /u:192.168.6.236\administrator * gave the same response. :

Disable file sharing on Windows 2000
  1. Click START.
  2. Select SETTINGS.
  3. Click NETWORK AND DIAL-UP CONNECTIONS.
  4. Double click on LOCAL AREA CONNECTIONS.
  5. Click on PROPERTIES.
  6. Be sure File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Network is NOT CHECKED.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Close all windows and restart your computer.

Please advise.

 

Thanks

Kelvin.

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Remove Broadcom Team Adapter after a conversion

November 26, 2014, 11:13 am
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What's the best way to remove the team after the conversion?  You can't open the Broadcom utility because no adapters exist.  If you try to remove the BASP Virtual Adapter from the device manager it says "failed to uninstall the device.  The device may be required to boot up the computer"

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VMware vcenter converter standalone 6 fails at 98%

November 3, 2015, 11:28 am
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Trying to convert a Dell physical server ( 2012 server ) to a VM using version 6 converter and it gets to 98% and fails with FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.

It does not delete the VM after failing, attached is the export bundle.

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Use Converter for automated P2V conversions?

December 8, 2015, 2:37 pm
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Hello all! This is my first post - I created account to ask this Q.

 

Is it possible to automate P2V process using VmVare converter?

 

The idea is to use VmWare Converter as a contingency. I would have it create immediately runnable virtual machine, in case hardware disaster occurs (RAID field dies, etc.)

 

I was looking at the program itself, but it seems it lacks command line options. - I did noticed, however, that it has different mode of operation: client-server one.

 

Can someone help in regard to this Q?

 


Thank you.

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Any reason for painfully slow transfer rates with VMWare Converter?

November 17, 2013, 8:21 pm
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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.

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Windows VISTA P2V failing - FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.

April 7, 2015, 4:39 am
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Hello,

     I am tring to convert from Win VISTA to VMFusion

Whe the conversion process it 98% I get:

 

UNABLE TO FIND THE SYSTEM VOLUME, RECONFIGURATION IS NOT POSSIBLE

 

I already read some suggestino in the community but I am not sure what I have to do.

 

I attach LOG file

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Linux VM failing to migrate

April 6, 2016, 5:56 am
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I'm trying to move a Linux VM from 1 DC to another DC across different VLANs.  I opened up the specific ports according to this KB: VMware KB: Required VMware vCenter Converter ports.  When that didn't work I put a any/any rule in place from the Linux VM VLAN to the vCenter VLAN on the other DC and from the Source to the ESXi Host VLAN.  I can't figure out why I'm getting this error, does anyone have any ideas?

 

warning vmware-converter-worker[12684] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x0661c980, h:2912, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]: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)

2016-04-05T16:44:03.193-04:00 error vmware-converter-worker[14956] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000082] [ConnectComplete] Connect failed to <cs p:01901088, TCP:[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]: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)

2016-04-05T16:44:03.193-04:00 error vmware-converter-worker[12684] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [ConnectComplete] Connect failed to <cs p:01901088, TCP:[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]: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)

2016-04-05T16:44:03.193-04:00 error vmware-converter-worker[14956] [Originator@6876 sub=vmomi.soapStub[81]] Resetting stub adapter for server <cs p:01901088, TCP:[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]:443> : service state request failed: 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)

2016-04-05T16:44:03.193-04:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[14956] [Originator@6876 sub=vmomi.soapStub[81]] Terminating invocation: server=<cs p:01901088, TCP:[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]:443>, moref=converter.agent.helper.ServiceInstance:ConverterAgentHelperServiceInstance, method=retrieveContent

2016-04-05T16:44:04.194-04:00 info vmware-converter-worker[11456] [Originator@6876 sub=task-10] Connecting to Converter Helper with retry, retryCount 596, interval 1, times left 596

2016-04-05T16:44:25.198-04:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[13056] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x0661c6a0, h:1192, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]: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)

2016-04-05T16:44:25.198-04:00 error vmware-converter-worker[13056] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [ConnectComplete] Connect failed to <cs p:01901088, TCP:[fe80::350:68ff:ff86:1708]: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)

2016-04-05T16:44:26.200-04:00 info vmware-converter-worker[11456] [Originator@6876 sub=task-10] Connecting to Converter Helper with retry, retryCount 595, interval 1, times left 595

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Anyone have a script to remove all the HP/Compaq agents after conversion?

February 1, 2007, 9:05 pm
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Hi,

 

With both old school P2V and the new converter tool, we have to uninstall about 10 HP agents/tools from "Add/Remove Programs", manually uninstall the HP  Network Configuration Utility, and delete two registry keys that "Add/Remove Programs" does not remove after the conversion is completed.

 

Does anyone have any sweet scripts or tools to do all this automatically?

 

Thanks

SlickBag

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