So I'm analyzing and getting ready to convert a provided list of physical servers to vmware VMs and wondering what is the best solution to use. Do I use vCenter Converter or VEEAM? I want to know what most people are using out there and any pros and cons with each of them.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I need to do a P2V from my WS 2008 R2 so I used Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 (not trial).

This one create me a *.tib image but, unfortunately the VMWare Converter Standalone (4.0.1 & 5.5.2) don't want to convert it.

When I upload the TIB I have this error : The source parameters are invalid.

I add that I'm not able to do a powered-on conversion probably due to Symantec which blocks range of ports and we don't have permission to manage Symantec.

Error : Unable to contact the specified host...

Can someone help me please?

Regards,

Clément

Hello Support

I used kvm, but  I need to migrate to VMware Workstation 11 and images of vmx 

The kvm used qcow2 images.

I tried

qemu-img convert  /media/Secure_HDD/images/Virtual_Client_for_Linux_Windows_7-KVM-2.qcow2 -O vmx win7.vmx

but the linux command returns..

Unknown file format 'vmx'

Is there any migration option?

Thank you!

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?

Hi Folks,

I am trying to use VMware Converter Standalone 5.5 for use with VMware Player and am not able to select Destination Type of my choice (I'd like to choose "VMware workstation or other VMware virtual machine" from the "Select destination type" drop-down menu.)  Please see the image below where the drop-down menu is not there at all.  Thanks for your help.  Hai

First off you have to understand I just inherited a Oracle OVM environment. I am more of a VMware ESXi guy so I know how ESXi operates. I was recently told (yesterday) that we do not have a backup and restore solution in place for the Oracle environment, so this includes the Oracle OVM manager environment, several production and non-production VMs as well as our Oracle OEM environment which is currently configured as an Oracle VM. I have already opened a ticket with Oracle for a real "Certified" Oracle backup software solution, but so far this request has fallen on deaf ears.

From what I can see, Oracle Virtual Manager (OVM) is based on the older RHEL-like Xen format (with some unique naming nomenclatures) for virtual machine (VM) and disk allocation. As seen below, this is an example of what a current Oracle VM configuration looks like and how convoluted it is for figuring out where everything resides. If you notice the disk images are NOT named in any way back to the actual VM image (i.e. myserver.xvda), but more of a UUID format. Oracle's version of Xen is just plain out nasty.

So my question: Is there a way under VMware Converter to change a Oracle VM format into an OVF/OVA without having to do the old intermediary Virtual Box conversion steps (i.e. How do I convert VirtualBox files to work with VMWare Workstation? - TechRepublic)?

vif = ['mac=00:21:f6:01:00:04,bridge=10c3a851b1', 'mac=00:21:f6:01:00:05,bridge=10c3a851b1']
OVM_simple_name = 'jxappvtxq001'
disk = ['file:/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000cae72a692fd2ee21/VirtualDisks/0004fb0000120000ac64aa852f59979a.img,xvda,w', 'file:/OVS/Repositories/0004fb0000030000cae72a692fd2ee21/VirtualDisks/0004fb0000120000bbf0792baf175fa3.img,xvdb,w']
bootargs = ''
uuid = '0004fb00-0006-0000-262b-2ab85dc66b61'
on_reboot = 'restart'
cpu_weight = 27500
OVM_os_type = 'Oracle Linux 5'
cpu_cap = 0
maxvcpus = 2
OVM_high_availability = False
memory = 4096
OVM_description = ''
on_poweroff = 'destroy'
on_crash = 'restart'
bootloader = '/usr/bin/pygrub'
guest_os_type = 'linux'
name = '0004fb0000060000262b2ab85dc66b61'
vfb = ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vnclisten=127.0.0.1,keymap=en-us']
vcpus = 2
OVM_cpu_compat_group = ''
OVM_domain_type = 'xen_pvm'

First, sorry for my por English.

I have a problem. On having turned P2V on a servant the following message appears:

Phisical Server: Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

"Permission to perform this operation was denied"

After many attempts I check the logs and I found the following thing:

SSL error message is The remote host certificate has these problems:

* The host name used for the connection does not match the subject name on the host certificate.

* The host certificate chain is not complete.

Thanks.

I'm trying to convert a remote linux server, and have run into a problem. I launch VMware vCenter Converter Standalone and can successfully connect to the remote machine (by IP address or hostname). However, the next thing it does is give the following error:

There is no '/boot' directory mounted on the source machine. It is required to create a bootable virtual machine. Please mount the '/boot' directory on the source machine.

However, /boot is mounted, as shown when I use SSH to connect to the source machine (using the same user/pass as provided to VMware Converter) and run mount -l:

/dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw) []

Anybody run into this problem before? Any suggested solutions? The source machine is running Centos 4 (RHEL 4 clone).

Hi all,

I get the following error when I try to convert a WinXP machine (SP2 installed):

FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754776 (0x80042318).

I´m using "VM Ware VCenter Converter Standalone Client Version 4.0.0"

Many thanks

VMNewbie1969

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!

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

I work at a college that is a Dell shop.  We are Dell...soup to nuts.  As I began to explore virtualization, and more specifically P2V apps, I ran in to a road block with Windows activation after I would P2V one of our systems.  We have a site license for all of our desktop OS but Windows would have none of it.  Even a call to Microsoft woulldn't resolve this activation issue. 

Then I had a thought...  What if I performed a repair of the OS with my site license copy?  Sure enough after starting the repair with my copy it prompted me for my key.  After the repair completed (which is basically an in-place install) I was able to fire up my virtualized Dell without blowing out My Docs, Favs etc...

Hadn't seen this solution posted here, so I thought I'd pass it along.  My apologies if this is common knowledge.

Hi all,

This ones got me a little stumped, hoping someone has some more experience.

Source windows 2012 64bit (fresh deployment, test server for newbies in team)

Converter version 6

ESX 5.5

I start conversion and fails at 3%~ with error.

BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00]. Error: 37409 (type: 1, code:2338)'

In worker logs all i can see is after the Worker InitialSyncFullCloneTask updates, state: 4, percentage: 3, xfer rate (Bps): 47285248 rows is as follows, no other errors - it just ends....

2015-11-08T02:16:48.945-06:00 info vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=task-7] TargetVmManagerImpl::DeleteVM

2015-11-08T02:16:48.945-06:00 info vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=task-7] Reusing existing VIM connection to 10.27.132.228

2015-11-08T02:16:48.976-06:00 info vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=task-7] Destroying vim.VirtualMachine:83 on 10.27.132.228

2015-11-08T02:16:49.241-06:00 info vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=task-7] WorkerConvertTask: Generating Agent Task bundle for task with id="task-1".

2015-11-08T02:17:26.916-06:00 info vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=task-7] WorkerConvertTask: Retrieving agent task log bundle to "C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-temp\vmware-SYSTEM\agentTask-task-1-vzohlwml.zip".

2015-11-08T02:17:26.931-06:00 info vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=task-7] WorkerConvertTask: Bundle successfully retrieved to "C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-temp\vmware-SYSTEM\agentTask-task-1-vzohlwml.zip".

2015-11-08T02:17:26.931-06:00 error vmware-converter-worker[07764] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Task failed:

The only clue i can give thus far is that i received an ADMIN$ error when connecting initially, resolved by changing "Turn on network discovery" to on.

There are no other errors in the worker log to give any clues, so far i have tried the following

EDIT: Checked the agent log, found the following.

Will review: VMware KB: Troubleshooting issues when vCenter Converter fails during conversion

Will review 2: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2018582

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNetTcpRead: bRead: -1

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNet_Recv: requested 264, recevied only 0 bytes

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcGetMessage: recv failed:

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcFssrvr_IO: failed to receive io reply

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_Write failed with 'NBD_ERR_NETWORK_CONNECT' (error code:2338)

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] TargetVolumeWriter::WriteToVolume(): Error (type: 1, code: 2338) writing 655360 bytes to the destination volume at offset 0x0000000037894000

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] Converter::BackgroundWriter::WriteToVolume: Write failed with error 37409.

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::QueueItem: CircularBuffer AddItem error, destroy workItem!

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00]. Error: 37409 (type: 1, code: 2338)

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::ThreadFunc: Broadcasting "ThreadDone" condition.

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06348] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread delisted

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: failed with exception BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00]. Error: 37409 (type: 1, code: 2338)

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] BackgroundWriter::~BackgroundWriter: Emptying CircularBuffer with abort conditions

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] ScopedBackgroundWriter::~ScopedBackgroundWriter: Error in ReleaseBackgroundWriter 37409.

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] [StreamCacheWriter] - TotalZeros : 0, TotalWrites : 1331

-->

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] SingleVolumeCloneTask:DoRun: Volume cloning failed with clone error BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00]. Error: 37409 (type: 1, code: 2338)

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] TaskImpl has failed with MethodFault::Exception: converter.fault.CloneFault

2015-11-08T02:16:48.250-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[06048] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] SingleVolumeCloneTask [source computer (unknown name)]-\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00] --> [target VM (unknown name)]-3)=-;5;00000010000000000 updates, state: 4, percentage: 3, xfer rate (Bps): 47286047

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] CompositeTask canceling #2 subtasks

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] TaskImpl issuing Cancel command

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] SingleVolumeCloneTask [source computer (unknown name)]-\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00] --> [target VM (unknown name)]-3)=-;5;00000010000000000 updates, state: 4, percentage: 3, xfer rate (Bps): 47286047

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] TaskImpl issuing Cancel command

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] SingleVolumeCloneTask [source computer (unknown name)]-\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[09-7B-3F-8E-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00] --> [target VM (unknown name)]-90;7?3>(0000010000000000 updates, state: 0, percentage: 0, xfer rate (Bps): <unknown>

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNetTcpWrite: bWritten: -1

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcSendMessage: send failed: NFC_NETWORK_ERROR

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcFssrvr_Close: failed to send close message

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNetTcpWrite: bWritten: -1

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 warning vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcSendMessage: send failed: NFC_NETWORK_ERROR

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] VolumeBasedCloneTask source computer (unknown name) --> target VM (unknown name) updates, state: 4, percentage: 3, xfer rate (Bps): 47286047

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] VolumeBasedCloneTask failed

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] CloneTask updates, state: 4, percentage: 3, xfer rate (Bps): 47286047

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 info vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=task-1] CloneTask failed

2015-11-08T02:16:48.750-06:00 error vmware-converter-agent[04340] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Task failed:

Actions

• Rerun job a couple more times - failed
• Convert only C:\ - failed
• Run Check disk /R on C:\ - failed

Points to consider.

• Next step would be to install converter locally but i want to avoid this for now.
• No workarounds to be deployed, i.e. use acronis - must be able to proceed with converter alone
• Normally a checkdisk resolves this issue for me.

Question: What other things can cause the following errorBlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[93-DD-5B-0B-00-00-10-00-00-00-00-00]. Error: 37409 (type: 1, code:2338)'

Hello,

I am having an issue doing a V2V conversion of a Linux machine. The source is located on local storage of an ESX 4.1.0 build 260247 and the destionation system is an ESXi 6.0.0 build 2494585 (using vCenter) and local SSD storage.

I did the same conversion in a test environment (which is identical) last week, without any problem, but at the live environment it keeps failing at 26% with the same error.

Since it is 2 times on the same source disk, I am assuming it is not a network issue, but rather a problem of the source disk. But I attached the logfiles for you to investigate.

The source machine is shut down before conversion, and the second time I tried I even rebooted the whole source ESX just to be sure... but without success.The source ESX only has 25 GB free, but I have read 200 MB should even be enough?

Could you please assist?

Thanks a million!

Kind regards

Davy

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?

I'm starting the process of migrating a collection of VMs in a KVM environment to an existing vSphere cluster and am trying to use Converter (5.5) to do a live conversion/migration of an Ubuntu box, but it's failing due to create the virtual disk on one of hosts due to the SSL certificate, and I haven't found any other posts or articles specifically about this (seems like most SSL related items are about improving speed)

From the worker log, I can see that:

• Converter is able to successfully create the target VM
• The attempt to create the virtual disk fails due to the SSL certificate not being valid (All systems in the cluster appear to be using VMware default certs).  From the worker log file:

2014-08-07T09:35:13.947-07:00 [06620 warning 'Default'] [,0] SSL_IsVerifyEnabled: failed to read registry value. Falling back to default behavior: verification on. LastError = 0

2014-08-07T09:35:13.947-07:00 [06620 warning 'Default'] [,0] SSL: Unknown SSL Error

2014-08-07T09:35:13.947-07:00 [06620 warning 'Default'] [,0] SSL: connect failed

2014-08-07T09:35:13.947-07:00 [06620 warning 'Default'] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx: Failed to connect to peer. Error: The remote host certificate has these problems:

-->

--> * The host certificate chain is incomplete.

-->

--> * unable to get local issuer certificate

2014-08-07T09:35:13.947-07:00 [06620 info 'Default'] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_OpenWithPassPhrase failed with 'NBD_ERR_NETWORK_CONNECT' (error code:2338)

• The target VM is deleted.

Is it possible to simply disable the certificate validation for this process?  From the log, it sounds like there's a registry key that would control it, but I haven't found any information on it (or guessed it correctly).  Or can I import that cert to the local Windows system running Converter to get around it (I haven't been successful with that approach yet either)

It's actually not clear to me which system is doing the validation.  While the worker log states it connecting to the vSphere host, there is no such line indicating it's connecting to the host where the target VM is located, and it looks like that's the host with the certificate that is deemed invalid.   Is the validation not happening on my local system that is running Converter? (the vCenter server settings shows that the "vCenter requires verified host SSL certificates" checkbox is unchecked already)

Thanks,

Scott

I attempted to convert a Windows Server 2003 server using the latest version of Conveter.

The conversion was successfull but toe converted VM goest in blu screen (BSOD).

Is it advisable to use an earlier version of VMware converter?

Which one? 4? 5?

Is it advisable to use any specific option?

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!

Hello friends, how are you?

I'm trying to convert a physical machine with Redhat 3 have the latest version of VMware vCenter Converter (5.5.3)

On the machine with Redhat I have the firewall disabled, the IP as the name resolves well and are within the same network as the host.

At one point, after partition and format the disk on the target server, I get the following error in the log:

FAILED: On a general system error occurred:

Network error. Host 192.168.0.142 key can not be retrieved. (return code 2)

Can someone help me?

Thanks a lot!

Got this error when try to convert physical machine to VM using standalone converter 5.5.3, anyone got an idea? Thanks.