Verify that the converter server and the running source machines have a network access to the source and destination esx hosts.

Source is 3.0.2, dest is Dell preinstall 6.5 7388607. (single host on each side)

Have tried both remote and local converter installs on virtual servers. Both fail with the same error. Tried host to host (no vCenter,) then installed a vCenter to try the thumbprint fix, no change. Installed an esx5 host (vm) running on the 6.5 box and it works fine. Tried to v2v using 5.5, 6, and 6.2, with and without ssl (worker and server), from 5 to 6.5 with the same error.

Attached are logs. I saw the reservation message but no reservations exist.

Hello,

I am testing the converter standalone with some VMs after some changes in my configuration.

I have a two hosts cluster with HA and DRS and some simple VMs inside (all Ubuntu, 20 to 40GB disks, 1 to 4 vcpus, 2 to 4GB RAM).

I power off one of them, put it through the converter to a Workstation directory on the PC where the converter is installed.

I now want to get it back, I use the converter from Workstation to VMware infrastructure virtual machine and I get the message : "a component of the virtual machine is not accessible on the host".

All the same with other VMs.

I don't understand what is happening. Some blogs write about a CD ROM still connected to an ISO but it is not the case here.

Another gave a possible tip towards the fact it is a cluster but VMware does not confirm it when I look for some KB or official explanation. The cluster and some pool resources are the only changes made since the last time I converted a VM in the same way.

Is someone able to explain it, please ?

Hi All,

i am in the midst of p-v and have some issue obtaining hw info. I belive its realted to converter version.

I am looking for version 5.1 everywhere and unable to get one.

If anyone have converter standalone 5.1 version , Kindly share. (maybe dropbox?)

Thanks.

regards,

Max

I have been working on this for a while trying to figure out why any Windows system would fail being converted to an ESXi server. I tried different PC's, different ESXi servers with different versions of ESXi and they all failed. The one thing I didn't change was using an older version of the converter. I was using version 6.1.1 on all of the different PC's.

Today I uninstalled version 6 and installed version 5.5.3 of the converter and it works.

Version 6 would convert a Linux server without an issue it was just any type of Windows system. The converter would get up to 98% and then the bar would go back to 3% to 6% and fail. The logs showed a network error which I know wasn't correct because I could convert a Linux server.

I am attaching the logs from the failed v6 and the working v6. Maybe someone can see something I am missing.

While converting a server 2012 to Esxi. I rcv this message at 96%. Error Reconfiguration failed. With a status of: FAILED: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible.

I am using Vmware vcenter Converter Standalone server 6.1

please find attached the Export Logs.

Can you please point me to the right direction?

The physical computer which I am trying to convert to a VM:

CentOS 6.6 running FreePBX 10.66-22

Destination ESXi host running: ESXi 5.5.0 6480324.

The middle man computer which running: VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.0.0

All of the 3 computers are on the same network without any firewall restriction.

From the vCenter server managing the ESXi host I can see the VM was created, powered on and booted to the VMware converter helper. However, it stuck at the screen. And it then fail!

From the middle man computer I see the error "A general system error occurred: Network error. Host 1x.2x.x.201 key can't be retrieved."

I already tried the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2.0. But it too ran into the same issue.

The below article advised to use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.0. However, this version is no longer available for download.

VMware Knowledge Base

The more interesting thing is just about 6-7 months ago I was able to convert the same machine onto the same server over the same network!

Could someone please help?

Hi!

SLES 11 on VMware Virtual Platform. Trying to convert it to ESX 5.1. First tried to use Converter 5.5, but … got error “FAILED: A general system error occurred: Network error.
Host ... key can't be retrieved. (return code 2)”. On SLES nothing added to hosts.allow nor hosts.deny. SSHD is running I’m able to use NX for remote connection to this server. Well, thought maybe something with RSA key and Converter 5.5 (find out via Google). Tried Converter 4.3, but … “unable to clone the volume mounted on ‘/boot’”. Here I am! Any ideas? Probably I’m doing something wrong.

More thanks, Alar.

Hi

Im trying to migrate a VM using Converter 5.1 but I get the "Permission to perform this operation was denied" error message when i select the source machine (which is powered off) or when i click on the "view source details..."

I see the following error in the Convertor Standalone client log file "[05496 error 'wizardController'] Must be administrator to access physical computer"

The domain account I am using is a member of the Local Users group on the Convertor server and has Converter permissions on the source vCenter where the VM is.

Any ideas as to why I get this error?

VM Hardware version 9

2013-10-30T12:40:53.106+01:00 [05496 verbose 'wizardController'] Trying connection to VC server 'vcserver.domain.local' with user 'domain\domadminac'

2013-10-30T12:40:53.106+01:00 [05496 verbose 'wizardController'] Getting VIM connection to vcserver.domain.local...

2013-10-30T12:40:53.106+01:00 [05496 info 'wizardController'] Reusing existing VIM connection to vcserver.domain.local

2013-10-30T12:40:53.106+01:00 [05496 verbose 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] Getting VIM connection to vcserver.domain.local...

2013-10-30T12:40:53.106+01:00 [05496 info 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] Connecting to host vcserver.domain.local on port 443

2013-10-30T12:40:53.106+01:00 [05496 info 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] localVersion is: vim.version.version8

2013-10-30T12:40:53.107+01:00 [05496 info 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] Remote version is: vim.version.version8

2013-10-30T12:40:53.107+01:00 [05496 verbose 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] [VimApi] Local and Remote Version are the same. Talking with version vim.version.version8

2013-10-30T12:40:53.107+01:00 [05496 info 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] Authenticating user domain\domadminac

2013-10-30T12:40:53.107+01:00 [05496 verbose 'HttpConnectionPool-000006'] HttpConnectionPoolImpl created. maxPoolConnections = 1; idleTimeout = 900000000; maxOpenConnections = 1; maxConnectionAge = 0

2013-10-30T12:40:53.322+01:00 [05496 error 'wizardController'] Must be administrator to access physical computer

2013-10-30T12:41:29.461+01:00 [05496 verbose 'HttpConnectionPool-000005'] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x0555e980, h:-1, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '10.XXX.XXX.XXX:443'>>)>; pooled: 0

2013-10-30T12:41:29.461+01:00 [06592 verbose 'HttpConnectionPool-000003'] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x051c30c0, h:-1, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '10.XXX.XXX.XXX:443'>>)>; pooled: 0

2013-10-30T12:41:39.477+01:00 [04588 verbose 'HttpConnectionPool-000006'] [RemoveConnection] Connection removed; cnx: <SSL(<io_obj p:0x0555eba8, h:-1, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '10.XXX.XXX.XXX:443'>>)>; pooled: 0

Message was edited by: GuyTC changed "target vCenter" to read "source vCenter"

Message was edited by: GuyTC : corrected errors in original question. It turns out my domain account was NOT a member of the Local Administrators group on the Converter server. Adding my domain account to the Local Admins group on the Converter server fixed the error.

Hi,

I am receving 'kernel panic' message after converting a Debian machine to our virtual infrastructure.

I've followed the below post to troubleshoot the kernel panic issue for a Centos machine. But this did not work for Debian.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002402

Can someone please help me with this issue ?

Regards,

Nithin

My vCenter Standalone Converter 5.5 installation is corrupted on a Windows Server 2012 R2 server.  Using the typical uninstall procedure through the Control Panel results in a "Could not stop service" message.  This is the message I receive regardless of whether I try to uninstall, repair, or reinstall the application.  Can someone direct me to a list of the various files and registry entries that need to be deleted to effectively remove the application to the point where I can reinstall it again?  Thanks.

Hello together,

I try to convert a physical Maschine into a VM with VMware vCenrter Converter 6.22.

I have created a shared folder with full access for:

everybody

(actual user name)

___VMware_conf_sa___

administrators.

The conversion starts and I can see, that the converter creates a Folder, which contains:

- VDMK-File

- VMX-File

a Folder with the Ending: .vmdk.lck

In this folder 2 Files with the name Mxxxxx.lck (xxxxx = Numbers).

So it looks at the beginning OK. But after ~30 seconds (1%) I get the message "FAILED: Unable to obtain the lock on virtual disks.".

I have googled but I can't find a helpful thread! Can somebody support me please?

Greetings

Peter

I'm trying to convert a RHEL4 server and am getting 'Unable to query the live linux source machine' after I push Next on the credentials screen.

I can use putty from this server to logon as the root account.  Any Ideas ?

The following is in the log files:

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

Cached agent connection is for a different source, recreating connection

Creating SOAP stub adapter over pipe:
.\pipe\vmware-converter-agent-soap

Impersonating hitsar

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

Cached agent connection is for a different source, recreating connection

Creating SOAP stub adapter over pipe:
.\pipe\vmware-converter-agent-soap

Impersonating hitsar

Testing client connection to agent

Reusing existing agent connection

Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault

I am not sure this is the right forum for my question.

After converting (P2V) some Windows servers I see the VM work for a short time (hours).

With no apparent reason I lose the control of the mouse, and the pointer jumps to the upper left corner of the screen.

I can move it around the screen but when I click the mouse the pointer jumps again to the upper left corner.

I can perform limited actions only using the old keyboard based functions.

I suspect the problem is related to VMware Tools, but reinstalling them does not solve the problem.
Have anybody faced similar problems?

Is there any document about thist strange behavior?

Regards

marius

I am trying to convert a Windows 7 machine with 4GB into a VM using VMware vCenter Converter standalone.

I keep on getting following internal error:

Error vmware-converter-worker[05796] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService]
Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x01446f2c, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>,
<pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>>,
error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

I have tried to disable UAC and Turn of firewall and antivirus. I am lost here. Any hints on how to fix this?

I found some info linking this to an issue regarding systems that have the /3GB switch added in the boot.ini file located on the boot drive - but I have no boot.ini on the computer.

TIA, Kind regards S. Dalby

I can't believe there is any kind of network issue because all of my VM's are working and on the network.

I am running version 6.1.1 and have tried three different ESXi servers. Two are 5.5 and one is 6.0 servers and they all fail. I have also tried this on another PC that fails.

I have also tried different VM's to import. I took one of the VM's and converted it on my PC from one drive to another drive and that works telling me the VM isn't the issue.

I found one article on the web from VMware Converter: "The operation experienced a network error" - discussing the network error issue but said it was something else that he got around.

The other strange thing it does, the progress bar gets to 50% and then speeds up to 98% and then goes back to 6% where it fails.

I have attached the log files from one of the tests.

Thanks

I've got a machine that I've been tasked to virtualize, but I never get any farther than 1%, which is wierd because a collegue of mine P2Ved this server a couple months ago and it went through. (we had to delete that VM because it wasn't brought online in time.)

The conversion doesn't fail, it just stays at 1%.

Server is a Windows Server 2003 R2 box and it's main role is Raisers Edge. I turned off all the SQL services per another post. I'm not quite sure what else to include, other than the logs.

Thanks.

Message was edited by: Awanogardn Scrubbed the logs.

Hi

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

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

Thanks.

Hi,

Trying to install 'vCenter Converter', the installer fails with this error:

    - Error ->        "Error 29142: Could not start service Vstor2 MntApi 2.0 Driver (shared)"

    - Event Viewer ->     "The Vstor2 MntApi 2.0 Driver (shared) service failed to start due to the following error: A device attached to the system is not functioning"

Environment is:

    - Physical Machine: HP Compaq nw8440 ( laptop )

    - Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP3

    - Run 'vCenter Converter' installer using 'Administrator' account

There is nothing attached to the laptop when I try to install 'vCenter Converter'

I tried:

    - Several versions of 'vCenter Converter' from 4.3.0 to 5.5.3 ( all of them supporting installation in Windows XP ) -> Same error

    - Uninstall / Reinstall USB ports ( USB Root Hub ) in the Physical Machine -> Same error

    - Restart several times the Physical Machine -> Same error

Attached is the log file the installer generated ( invoking the installer: VMware-converter-all-5.5.0-292238.exe /v"/l*v VMwareInstall.log" ) -> Search for: '29142'

Any idea?

Thanks

I see this issue going on for years, and for me it is still relevant for me using versions 6.1.1 and 6.2.

I want to convert a pair of Windows 2012 R2 servers to get a test environment in Workstation.

There are one domain controller and one member server.

I can't P2V any of them. All attempts has resulted in Error code: 2147754758 (0x80042306) within 2 minutes.

I only want to convert the system drives, and they has this layout:

Grey: 300 MB

Red:   99 MB

Yellow: 185 GB 50% free NTFS

(In version 6.2 there is an additional partition at 127 MB showing a question mark icon)

There are data drives attached to the servers as well, but I do not want to virtualize those.

In the settings before hitting the Finish button I changed as follows, to adapt to the hardware running VMware Workstation:

RAM 512 GB -> 8 GB

CPU 2x10 cores +HT -> 1x2 cores

After each converting attempt, the VSS service stops, as do the Microsoft Software Shadow Service Provider service.

In the converter logs I can't find much useful - perhaps I need guidance in what to look for besides the word "Error".

In the Windows System Event Log, I found this of interest, but I do not know how to proceed from here.

Any help and suggestions will be appreciated.

Windows Event Log

------------

Information:

- Provider

   [ Name]  VSS

  - EventID 8224

The VSS service is shutting down due to idle timeout.

   ----

Error:

- Provider

   [ Name]  VSS

  - EventID 12289

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{78721650-e8f1-462c-93fd-72366f100c69} - 00000000000001A0,0x0053c008,0000001F3ECAA7E0,0,0000001F3ECAB7F0,4096,[0]).  hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.

.

Operation:

   Processing EndPrepareSnapshots

Context:

   Execution Context: System Provider  

   ----

Error:

- Provider

   [ Name]  VSS

  - EventID 12289

Volume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error DeviceIoControl(\\?\Volume{78721650-e8f1-462c-93fd-72366f100c69} - 00000000000001A0,0x0053c008,0000001F3ECAA7E0,0,0000001F3ECAB7F0,4096,[0]).  hr = 0x80070057, The parameter is incorrect.

.

Operation:

   Processing EndPrepareSnapshots

Context:

   Execution Context: System Provider

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

converter-gui.log

-----------------

  Line 594: -->          displayName = "Windows Error Reporting Service",

  Line 595: -->          description = "Allows errors to be reported when programs stop working or responding and allows existing solutions to be delivered. Also allows logs to be generated for diagnostic and repair services. If this service is stopped, error reporting might not work correctly and results of diagnostic services and repairs might not be displayed.",

  Line 595: -->          description = "Allows errors to be reported when programs stop working or responding and allows existing solutions to be delivered. Also allows logs to be generated for diagnostic and repair services. If this service is stopped, error reporting might not work correctly and results of diagnostic services and repairs might not be displayed.",

  Line 969: -->                               error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

  Line 1004: -->                         error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

  Line 1041: -->    error = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

  Line 1102: -->                         mostRecentError = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

  Line 1103: -->                         numConsecutiveErrors = 0,

  Line 1138: -->    mostRecentError = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

  Line 1139: -->    numConsecutiveErrors = 0,

  Line 1302: -->                      name = "info.error",

  Line 1307: -->                         msg = "Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754758 (0x80042306)."

  Line 1313: -->                      val = "error"

  Line 1348: -->                      name = "latestPage["job-9"].mostRecentError",

  Line 1353: -->                         msg = "Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 2147754758 (0x80042306)."

  Line 1357: -->                      name = "latestPage["job-9"].numConsecutiveErrors",

  Line 1374: 2018-03-31T19:30:51.233+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: NetworkNameMap

  Line 1375: 2018-03-31T19:30:51.233+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: TimeZoneList

  Line 1377: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.960+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: NetworkNameMap

  Line 1378: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.960+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: TimeZoneList

  Line 1380: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.991+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: NetworkNameMap

  Line 1381: 2018-03-31T19:30:55.991+02:00 error converter-gui[05188] [Originator@6876 sub=ExtraInfoReader] Key was not found: TimeZoneList

vmware-converter-server.log

---------------------------

  Line 1249: 2018-03-31T19:15:46.405+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[05376] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault

  Line 1250: 2018-03-31T19:15:46.405+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05376] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-8] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault

  Line 1260: 2018-03-31T19:15:46.405+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05672] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Run 0 of job "job-8" finished with an error. -- struct Converter::Server::Job::JobExecutor::SchedulerUpdateSpec __thiscall Converter::Server::Conversion::ConversionJobExecutorImpl::UpdateJob(class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,bool,const class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemStatistics &,const class Converter::Task::TaskInfo &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/conversion/conversionJobExecutorImpl.cpp:405")

  Line 1265: 2018-03-31T19:27:10.896+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[07100] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x0456a054, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

  Line 1265: 2018-03-31T19:27:10.896+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[07100] [Originator@6876 sub=Ufa.HTTPService] Failed to read request; stream: <io_obj p:0x0456a054, h:-1, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-server-soap'>>, error: class Vmacore::TimeoutException(Operation timed out)

  Line 1394: 2018-03-31T19:30:06.762+02:00 error vmware-converter-server[05904] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault

  Line 1395: 2018-03-31T19:30:06.778+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05904] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [task,379] [task-9] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.VSSSnapshotFault

  Line 1405: 2018-03-31T19:30:06.778+02:00 info vmware-converter-server[05672] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Run 0 of job "job-9" finished with an error. -- struct Converter::Server::Job::JobExecutor::SchedulerUpdateSpec __thiscall Converter::Server::Conversion::ConversionJobExecutorImpl::UpdateJob(class Converter::Server::Job::InternalJob &,bool,const class Converter::Server::Scheduler::SchedulerItemStatistics &,const class Converter::Task::TaskInfo &) ("d:/build/ob/bora-3533064/bora/sysimage/lib/converter/server/conversion/conversionJobExecutorImpl.cpp:405")

Dear everyone

     my physical computer is install windows server 20003 sp2 standard edition,now i want to conver it to VM on vmware vsphere .when started conver ,it has a issue below

my vcenter converter standalone version is 6.1.1

physical computer's agent is manual installed (can not push install from vcenter converter standalone server)

i also restart the source computer after install agent

now i have no ideal for this issue

so can anyone help me to resolve this issue,?thanks a lot.