I have just installed Converter 5.0 client/server on both a Win2008R2 server and a Win6x64 laptop, both are part of a local domain.  I am trying to do a p2v of the server and save it as a vmplayer 4 file to an external hd.  I have run the wizzard multiple times, both from the server and remotely on the laptop.  Each time I get through configuring the wizzard without incident but when I click on finish I get an error, A file I/O error occurred while accessing '\\Server\H\Server.domain.com\server.domain.com.vmdk', path obviously changes depending on where I am saving it to but the rest of the error is the same.  I have tried using different external hd's on both the server and the laptop, saving to the server's internal hd and saving to another file server on the network.  Regardless of where I save the file to I get the exact same error.  I have the log file if that would help.

Hi,

I have worked out that this must be possible because of the inclusion of converter-cli.exe with Converter 5.0.1 Build 875114, plus I've got very close but not quite close enough!  I have vCenter 5.0 and ESXi 5.0.0 hosts.

I am using the following XML and it's submitting the job to Converter with what looks like to be the correct details but fails straight away with the error:

FAILED: The source configuration file is invalid, corrupted or not recognized.

I've checked logs in the following locations but nothing gives me any clues as to what isn't quite right:

C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\logs

C:\Users\All Users\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\logs

C:\Users\XXAdmin\AppData\Local\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client\Logs

Anywhere else I can look?

My XML file (p2v.xml):

<p2v version="2.2" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/v2/sysimage/p2v p2vJob.xsd" xsi:type="P2VJob">
  <source>
    <hostedSpec networkPassword="domainpassword" networkUsername="domain\username" path="PHYSICALSERVER"/>
  </source>
  <dest>
    <managedSpec datastore="Datastore XXXX" folder="Temp" host="HOST1" resourcePool="" vmName="NEWVM">
      <creds host="VCENTER" port="0" type="sessionId" username="domain\username" password="domainpassword" />
    </managedSpec>
  </dest>
  <importParams diskType="VMFS" preserveHWInfo="true" removeSystemRestore="false" targetProductVersion="PRODUCT_MANAGED">
    <nicMappings/>
    <diskLocations/>
  </importParams>
  <postProcessingParams/>
</p2v>

I'm running the command: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone>converter-cli -s C:\Temp\p2v.xml

I feel sure that this is just a minor issue with the xml input configuration file and if I knew the correct syntax or had an example file I could get it working. I can't find one anywhere. Should the datastore be the name vSphere/ESXi knows it as rather than the name I see in the vSphere Client?

Please help!

Thanks

hello everyone,

I'm trying to convert a physical Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) to virtual, using Vmware vCenter Converter Standalone version 5.5 build 1362012, it fails at 1% (after around 40mins) with the following message

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

2147754758 (0x80042306).

The windows systems has some LUNS (4 x various GB size each) from the SAN, being GUID Partition Table (GPT).  I went through the wizard typically, selecting  "powered on machine", destination "vmware workstation or other vmware virtual machine" selected vmware player 6.0.x and the target location being a LUN with 500GB space.

Now for data to copy I selected 3 of the LUNS (on which some database is residing) and put "Min size" option (but I have tried maintaining the size for different runs) to save on space.

Looking through the logs, i see the following errors

vmware-converted-server-1.log

2014-01-16T19:42:37.371-07:00 [08696 info 'Default'] [serviceWin32,416] vmware-converter-server service started

2014-01-16T19:42:51.006-07:00 [08696 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Get user name failed: 1332

2014-01-16T19:42:51.006-07:00 [08696 info 'Libs'] [ADS] GetTokenInformation failed: 1312

2014-01-16T19:42:51.115-07:00 [08696 info 'Default'] [user,874] Successfully authenticated user Administrator from this local machine (using pipe)

2014-01-16T19:43:38.898-07:00 [10116 info 'Libs'] [ADS] Get user name failed: 1332

2014-01-16T19:43:38.898-07:00 [10116 info 'Libs'] [ADS] GetTokenInformation failed: 1312

2014-01-16T19:43:39.023-07:00 [10116 info 'Default'] [user,874] Successfully authenticated user Administrator from this local machine (using pipe)

2014-01-16T19:43:39.647-07:00 [07628 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2014-01-16T19:44:26.152-07:00 [08696 error 'Ufa.HTTPService'] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x0141b84c, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

2014-01-16T19:47:32.

vmware-converte-worker-1.log

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading partition table

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] Disk number 1 has been skipped because of errors while reading dynamic disks header or LDM database is corrupted

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] [MoveActiveDiskIfNeeded] GetFirstBootDisk failed, mntapi error: 176

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] Partition:Invalid sector magic number.

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] Partition:Invalid sector magic number.

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] [PopulateCapabilities] Volume-based cloning was disabled due to: <no volumes are recognized>

..

2014-01-16T19:47:34.323-07:00 [07248 warning 'Default'] Partition:ERROR: MBR sector must be present and valid to initialize GPT disk.

2014-01-16T19:47:34.354-07:00 [07248 info 'Default'] Disk signature found 80a2884a-05e9-4c1b-81-3d-35-1b-a3-6c-4b-bc, disk size in sectors 225981112, sector size 512

2014-01-16T19:47:34.354-07:00 [07248 info 'Default'] Partition found type Efi System / unique 4078aaff-430e-4825-bf-07-67-c6-ab-a1-87-3f

...

2014-01-16T19:47:37.365-07:00 [07596 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread delisted

2014-01-16T19:47:37.412-07:00 [10164 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

2014-01-16T19:47:37.459-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] MNTAPI: Mounted volume \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:37.584-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:37.677-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:37.755-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:37.849-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:37.942-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:38.052-07:00 [07696 info 'Default'] Error 0 while call GetVolumeInformation for \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-444D494F3A49443AFFAA78400E432548BF0767C6ABA1873F03000000\ FS:<>

2014-01-16T19:47:38.098-07:00 [10164 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread delisted

2014-01-16T19:47:38.098-07:00 [03736 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted

I wonder if the converter is not able to work on GPT partitions ?  (i think I've seen some community threads about this problem using v.5.1, but using 5.5 should be solved ?)

Any help is appreciated. Thanks

I'm trying to convert an acronis tru image backup of a windows 2003 server to a VM on an esxi server, a system I'd converted previously on converter 4.x and exsi 5.1 and using the same image and same PC to convert it, but now It is failing at 59% with the status:

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'A file error was encountered' and error: Error: Unable to clone disk C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-temp\vmware-me\nvdsxwvgwgxyklny\disk-1.vmdk on the virtual machine 'server'.

Not sure where to go with this.

Anybody got any ideas???

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!

Using vConverter 4.3 unable to complete a P2V conversion, the following message appears: "Error: Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the destination virtual machine." I set up an ip address manually to the Helper Server, but we did not succeed.

I really hope someone is able to help. I'll try to be as thorough as possible in my explanation.

Here is the scenario. I have a Dell laptop with an OEM version of XP. I want to turn this into a Virtual Machine, then install Windows 7 on the laptop, then run the VM from within 7. However, I do not want the configuration of XP to change (the machine name and domain).

First I did the conversion (which took an act of Congress to complete succesfully). Then I needed to install the AHCI drivers. So I used my OEM disk and a floppy with the driver I needed and did a repair installation. And never during the repair installation did I get prompted for a product key.

Then I move my VM to a seperate machine (a Dell server). Windows boots up. I type in my password to login and it prompts me with You must activate this copy of Windows. Do you want to do it now? If I say No it logs me out. If I say Yes, the popup box goes away and I am left staring at my wallpaper. I've let it sit like that over night and nothing ever appears to happen.

The reason I moved the VM to the server is to avoid having duplicate names on the network. I have also checked the network connectivity of the server and it is fine. The VM shows that the virtual NIC is bridged but I don't really have a way to verify connectivity.

I know the OEM product key is a violation, but I plan on changing to a volume license as soon as I get the chance. I've tried using the SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE" to see if that would let me login but it still prompts for activation (I expected that since it's on the server and not the laptop).

So my question is, what is causing XP to hang? From what I've read I think the Product Activation window is supposed to come up to either let me activate online or tell me to call, but I never get it.

Is there any solution other than changing the product key of the laptop to a volume license and then converting?

Thanks in advance!

Hello,

I wish to convert a remote CentOS Linux physical machine to a Virtual Machine that I will store locally on my Windows PC. In the near future I would like to upload this VM to Amazon Web Services to use as a development environment.

I installed the VMware Converter Standalone (5.5.2) using the Local Installation option.

I chose the Convert Machine option and started using the wizard.

For the Source System step,  under "Select source type" I chose Powered-on machine. Under "Specify the powered-on machine" I chose A remote machine and entered the correct IP and Port, user name, password, and OS Family (linux).

This is where I got stuck: under the Destination System step, I cannot choose a Destination type, so I am forced to provide VMware Infrastructure server details, but I don't know what this is referring to. It is asking for Server, User name, and Password. I don't wish to create a virtual machine on a different server, I would like to create the VM on my local hard drive. In documentation I saw online, there should be a Browse button so I can select where I want to create this VM.

I would appreciate help on this issue, and perhaps an explanation as to what is a VMware infrastructure virtual machine and how that may differ from what I want.

Attached is a screenshot of the step I am stuck on.

Thanks in advance!

I'm trying to copy a live Centos 5 system to a new ESX environment in order to upgrade it. I'm using ESXi 6.0.0 and the standalone converter 6.0.0 build=2716716. I create the job to copy the system, and it runs a while and then fails with the message A General System error occurred: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Why would the machine the tool creates refuse the connection to transfer data. I've done some google searches on this and most everything I've found points to a network misconfiguration. I've manually set the ip address of the ESXi system and the new system, so I'm not using DHCP to get addresses.

Hi All,

I am trying to run the latest version of vcenter converter (4.0.0 , Build 146302) to convert a physical win 2000 machine.

Step 1 where I specify the source works fine. I can view details and can press next.

Step2 I specify the destination VMWare Infrastructure (ESX Server, 3.0.0 27701 ).

When I press next I get this message:

"A general system error occurred: Incomplete header received" and I cannot proceed.

I tried running the converter from various machines but I always get the same message.

I searched for the error and could not find anyhing. Any sugestions?

Thanks,

Antonio

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?

I am trying to P2V a Windows 2003 server and it gets to 95% and failed stating that the task fails.  I have been P2V'ing servers for 2 weeks and this one is the only one I am having issue's with.

The following is the excerpt from the logs where it states the error:

Updating task: (converter.task.TaskInfo) {

   dynamicType = <unset>,

   key = "task-2",

   task = 'converter.task.Task:task-2',

   name = "Convert",

   descriptionId = "Convert.P2V",

   userName = "server.admin",

   source = <unset>,

   target = "cir-vm06.us.cambridge/EXCHANGE",

   state = "error",

   cancelled = false,

   cancelable = true,

   data = <unset>,

   error = (converter.fault.FileCreationFault) {

      dynamicType = <unset>,

      faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

      file = "
.\vstor2-mntapi10-shared-D5DD69870010EC03000000000A000000\$Reconfig$",

      msg = "Unable to create '
.\vstor2-mntapi10-shared-D5DD69870010EC03000000000A000000\$Reconfig$'.",

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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.

I am trying to convert a windows home server version 1 to use after migrating to windows server 2011.

I initially succeeded creating a VM, but I created it for Workstation 8x instead of Server2.

On my next 3 attempts each time the conversion fails at 95 or 97% with the error:

FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with sourcevolume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolumieId=[DC-7xxxx] and target volume id <-07?).  Error code: 112'

Pardon my ignorance, but what information will help troubleshoot this error from the logs.  I exported a log but it produces a bunch of converter-gui-#.log.gz and vmware-converter-server-#.log.gz files.

thanks for the help.

Hi All,

I have a Laptop with

     6 GB RAM,

     300 GB HDD, 

     2 CPU (1 socket and 2 cores)

     Windows 7 64 bit OS.

I am having external HDD (2TB capacity with 460 GB free space) which will have the destination folder for the VM.

When I try to convert this using  VMware converter standalone I am getting this following error.

"FAILED: The VSS snapshots cannot be stored because there is not enough space on the source volumes or because the source machine does not have any NTFS volumes. Error code: 2147754783 (0x8004231F)."

I have attached the error log for your reference.

Thanks in advance to all for helping to overcome this issue.

Cheers

Kumar RAMASAMY

Hello everyone,

I am trying to hot-P2V a Win8 64bit OS which came pre-installed on my new notebook (it's an OEM license so I don't have the OS installation discs and thus cannot create a VM from scratch).

Unfortunately, like many people before me, I experienced this error while reconfiguring the newly-created virtual hard disk.

I read that the cause of this problem is an inaccurate BCD configuration: VMware KB: P2V conversion using VMware Converter fails with the error: Unable to find the system volume, reconfigura…

This post states that I'm supposed to import the virtual machine to vCenter Server and repair the VM's BCD from there.

Unfortunately I do not own this software and tried to import the VM in VMware Converter and run "Configure Machine" to fix the BCD data but no, I get the same error.

I should also mention that I did NOT install VMware Tools on this VM.

I spent some time reading articles about what BCD actually is and I more or less understood WHAT to do but still need a hand on HOW to do it.

Comparing my BCD with my Control Panel --> Disk Management it looks like the partitions are laid out correctly:

the first is a Win rec. partition (400Mb), then you have the boot partition (260Mb) and then the OS partition (drive C:).

The Z: volume is merely a data partition where I put music and movies and was not included in the VM.

Finally, the D: volume is a Hewlett Packard rec. partition. - this was not included in the VM either.

The BCD says the {bootmgr} is '\Device\HarddiskVolume2', so it seems to mirror the Disk Management structure.

But I'm no expert at all so here I am, asking for help.

I am attaching VMware Converter's logs and screenshots of my Win8 BCD and Disk Management.

Apart from solving my issue I'm especially interested in understanding WHY this problem occurs so I can learn and be better prepared for the next time.

Thanks a lot for your help,

Regards.

Stef

Hi - when using VMware Converter what is the reason for creating 1 vmdk file when doing a P2V of a server that has 2 disks? Why doesn't it create two vmdk files?

Do most people just run the converter several times selecting 1 disk at a time??

When I select the C: and D: volumes of the server and resize them - instead of creating 2x15GB vmdk's it creates a 30GB vmdk.

What's best??

I am attempted to convert a Win2k3 physical server to virtual ( ESX 4.1 ).  When I attempt the connection to the Win2k3 box, Converter errors out:

general system error occurred ssl exception unexpected eof

I looked through the logs and found this:

Host certificate is not complete.

I have searched through the KB articles and Googled and can't seem to find a resolution.  I have tried connecting directly to IP, FQDN and disabling SSL checks in advanced settings - still go no...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Bill

Alright I've seen several posts but none seem to quite fit my problem and since I've know had converter fail on the 2nd machine I've tried to virtualize I'm punting and asking the question.

Each time I've tried the conversion of two different machine (one Linux CentOS 5, the other Window 2008) the conversion process runs to the 1% (maybe 2 %) and fails with a "a general system error occurred: Unknown exception" error.

The source software firewall has been turned off on each host and I'm running vConverter on  a Win7 64-bit machine and the destination for the virtualized machine is a ESX 4.1 host and I've tried direct both vCenter and direct host authentication and different hosts to no avail.

I've attached my log files from the most recent conversion attempt. The error shows as:

Any clues on what I might be doing wrong would be extremely helfpul.

Thanks,

Tim Munn

Hi Guys,

I am testing out converting some of our Xen linux guests through to VMWare. The process actually worked yesterday multiple times - there is some manual stuff I have to do once it's been converted but the actual conversion works flawlessly.

Now however, whenever I try and convert the machine from Xen to VMWare I am getting a "Unable to create Virtual Machine" error. Logs show:

I have literally no idea why it is failing when it worked so well a couple of hours ago. Can anyone shed any light on the situation for me?

Many Thanks

Tim