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SSL Exception when Converter tries to connect to vCenter
Hi,I want to migrate VMs from vCenter 5.5.0 U1b to vCenter 6.5 U1b using Converter Standalone 6.2. When Converter tries to connect the source vCenter (5.5) I receive this error:"A general system error...
View ArticleVCenter Converter 5.5.3
I need to download vCenter 5.5.3. VMWare download center forces me to download version 6.2. Any help is appreciated.
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"Cannot start service" error when installing Standalone Converter
[Note: I discovered question is probably more appropriate to Home> VMTN> VMware vCenter™> Converter Standalone. forum, but unable to figure out to move it so created a duplicate post in that...
View Article'vCenter Converter' fails to install with 'Error 29142: Could not start...
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 ->...
View ArticleMigrate Citrix Xen VM to Vmware VM
Hi All, Happy New year! We are planning to migrate all the due to license issues(we are not planning to buy Xenserver License).what are the steps need to be followed? so far i have understood as...
View ArticleFailed at 98% : Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not...
Greetings! Issue:The conversion stops at 98% showing the message in the title. There is no boot.ini file on the boot drive and trying to reconfigure the VM didn't solve the problem as well.I tried...
View ArticleWindows could not start the VMWare vCenter Converter
I'm using vCenter Converter standalone on a Windows 2008 server SP2. In windows services panel, I found all the services of vCenter converter (Agent, Server and Worker) are not started.When I was...
View ArticleFail to convert P2V at 3% with error. Host key can't be retrieved
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...
View Article"Error: Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the destination...
The remote machine is red hat 6.9 machine.It is on the same network as the vcenter.The process just gets stuck on 1%. converter is the latest 6.2 Build
View Articlep2v, redhat error can't find command ':'
Hello,I'm trying to do a p2v with vmconverter 6.2.0 from a Redhat 7.4 server. All goes well but at startup between the bios and grud I have the message:error: can't find command ':'I press the spacebar...
View ArticleHow to P2V multiple 2003 Servers to 6.5
We have a Client with 10+ 2003 physical Servers that we need to convert to VMs in ESXi 6.5. I've done some searching, and found that Server 2003 is no longer supported, and that Converter 6.0 was the...
View ArticlevCenter converter standalone error when selecting a hyper-v vm, Permission to...
Help with vCenter converter standaloneWe just stood up our VxRails with a vSphere environment and now we are attempting to convert our existing Hyper-V virtual machines running on a failover cluster on...
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Convert Parallels to VMWare Workstation VM
I found this article that explains how to convert Parallels Desktop virtual machine to VMware WorkstationConvert Parallels Desktop virtual machine to Vmware Workstation When I downloaded VM vCenter...
View ArticleFAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'GrubInstaller::InstallGrub:...
Here is the setup ... I have an Ubuntu VM's (Ubuntu 18.04 ) on a host called QNAS, that claims to be a VMDK format , we are trying to get our box off this host onto our new vSphere 6.5...
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Vsphere Converter error
Hi, I'm getting the following error when trying to do a p2v conversion. Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you! FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'GrubInstaller::InstallGrub:...
View ArticleInsufficient permissions to access the source
I've used the current version of standalone converter several times and had no problems at all. Now I want to convert a Windows-10 PC (retail key activated build 1903) to a Workstation VM, before I...
View ArticleUnable to query the live source machine - from debian wheezy
Hello, For beginning, I'm sorry for my poor english. I need to convert a physical server to a virtual machine. But I can't because I have always this error : 'Unable to query the live source machine."I...
View ArticleUnable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code: 259...
Hi, We are virtualising a Win 2011 SP1 server using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone - running locally on the server.We encounter @ 3% complete.The error code is FAILED: Unable to create a VSS...
View ArticleHow do I download VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2.0.1
It tells me "Your profile is incomplete. We need more information from you before you can download. Update your profile and try again." What specific information do I need to put in the profile?
View ArticleVirtualizing an XP Machine
Good afternoon everyone, i am trying to virtualize an old xp machine OS: Windows XP ProfessionalVersion: 2002 Service Pack 3 Could anyone be so kind and tell me which version of the VmWare Converter is...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Converter Standalone "the wizard was interrupted before VMware...
I have to save an existing Acer Notebook with a Windows XP to a virtual machine and I as trying to use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalonefor this purpose.I copied the installer to the Desktop...
View ArticleDetected a write error during the cloning of volume (type: 1, code: 25)
I am in the process of trying to convert a machine to a VM using vCenter Converter and cannot get the conversion to work. It always fails at 1% or 2% with the error in the title of this post. The full...
View ArticleVstor2 - A General system error occured: Missing Vstor2 driver or not...
Well i'm converting a 2012 server on to esxi, but as i start the conversion i get the error from the Topic. My pc is on win10. agent is well installed on the server, i've did other servers in the past....
View ArticleVMware Converter Standalone drops /usr/bin/ping SELinux capabilities
Hi, It seems that the converter drops proper SELinux-capabilities from /usr/bin/ping during conversion. Because of this, normal user's will not anymore have rights to use ping since it opens a RAW...
View ArticleConverter issues with ESXi 6.5 - exporting fails, converter fails
Community, be greeted. A short backstory. I recently converter 120+ VM's from ESXi 4.1 (running clustered with vCenter) to ESXi 6.5 standalone host (standard license). These conversions were made with...
View ArticleHow Do I Install VMware-Converter in Ubuntu 18.04-LTS
Hello. I am trying to install VMware Converter in Ubuntu 18.04-LTS. I have no idea how to do this. Install documentation for the operating system or just linux in general is virtually non-existent....
View ArticleVMWare vCenter converter Standalone 6.2.0 installation error in windows 7...
During installation of VMWare vCenter converter Standalone 6.2.0 in Windows 7 ultimate OS, attached errors are observed and software is not installed successfully.Tried repair and reinstall but still...
View ArticleCan't download VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2
Can't download VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2. Error message : We cannot complete your request at this time. We are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
View ArticleVMware vCenter Converter Standalone installation Error 1935
I've been trying to install VMware Converter on Windows Server 2008 R2 64Bit OS. I keep getting the following error during installation. "Error 1935: An error occurred during the installation of...
View ArticleStandalone Converter 6.2.0.1 failed to install agent on 2012r2 error 1603...
Failed to install converter agent on windows 2012r2, error 1603. If try to run:VMware-converter-a.exe <ip addr> <ip addr>from the command line on this 2012r2 server get this...
View Articlecant convert to smb share
hi, I installed VMware vcenter converter 6.2.0 build 8466193 (latest one) which has in log history fix for smb share I had. Conversion of a powered on Windows machine to an SMB share fails with the...
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vcenter convertor agent - wont start, error 1053
hi all, so im in the process of migrating my vms of xen to vcenter and so far so good on the linux machines, but windows im getting stuck i have installed the vcenter convertor agent on the local...
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failed to impersonate the current user to the vmware vcenter converter...
when I finished installing the VMware converter, I want to run it appearing the error.
View ArticleUnable to query the live source machine
Hello, I want to convert the dedicated server to VPS on VMWARE but I have the error message: "Unable to query live source machine" Please guide me how to resovle it, thanks a lot This is my log:...
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The problem of converting a physical machine to a virtual machine
After I run VMware Converter, I am ready to convert the local physical machine.I mapped a remote Windows share folder to Z: disk, and then converted the destination file to Z: diskError after task...
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FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:...
Hi All, I got error when trying converting physical server to VM. Here is the summary of my site: Physical server OS : Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1vCenter converter version : 6.2.0...
View ArticleVMWare VCenter Converter Standalone "insufficient permissions to connect to...
Hi, Trying to convert a physical machine running Win 10 Enterprise 2015.Getting message mentioned in the title when trying to install the standalone agent on the source machine. Any idea on how to...
View ArticleRedhat Conversion NIGHTMARE
Hi; I am a Redhat newbie by ANY stretch of the imagination and I was given and accepted the challenge of virtualizing our existing RedHat installation (ver. 5.11)...YES I know it is super old...but the...
View Articlevmware vcenter converter standalone client
Hi, I am trying to P2V a standalone ucs redhat server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.9 (Santiago). A df -h shows the amount of space available, but I get the error::FAILED: An error...
View ArticleBest way to shrink a VMDK file (D Drive) of a VM ?
Hi,We are running ESXi 6 Update 3. There is a VM running Windows 2012R2 that consists of 2 HDD (2 Separate VMDK files). We would like to shrink the D Drive (i.e. The second VMDK file) from 500GB to...
View ArticleP2V stock at 1% - cannot connect to helper
Hello,I'm trying to convert physical machine (Linux) to my VMWare.The converter vm is created, powered on and remain in the login prompt.The problem is that the process does not continue. It just stock...
View ArticleDoes VMWare converter support Windows Server 2019 as source officially?
I have a Windows server 2019 machine on Hyper-V, and try to convert it to vCenter (or EXSi host)VMWare Converter always reports an error: Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not...
View ArticleFAILED: A general system error occurred: Server closed connection after 0...
FAILED: A general system error occurred: Server closed connection after 0 response bytes read; <io_obj p:0x04022c34, h:1228, <pipe '\\.\pipe\vmware-converter-worker-soap'>, <pipe...
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Converted Centos VM error
Hi, I have used the standalone conversion tool on Windows to move a Centos 7 VM from one ESXi 6.5 host to a new 6.7 host. I used linux host to new VM so that I could shrink the hard drive from a 1Tb...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 P2V failed at 99%
Hi All, I try to convert my windows server to ESXi but fail at 99%. What information i need to provide to solve my problem? The status at conversion statusFAILED: An error occurred during the...
View ArticleSlow Transfer Rate VMware Converter P2V
I am converting a physical Windows 2012 R2 server to a VM, but the transfer rate is abnormally slow, sub 50KB. The conversion is only converting 2 drives, the boot volume (~300MB) and the C partition...
View Articleconverter 3.03 download
Can someone provide a download to converter 3.03 please? I need to convert a XP machine to VM and VMWare's site only has version 6 available to download and it doesn't support XP. I am unable to...
View Article98%FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine. Win7x64
This topic has been written by automatic translation.Please forgive me bad English. I tried to convert the local machine of Windows 7 64 Bit.However, the conversion does not complete with an error at...
View ArticleFailure Error Code 112
Hello! I am attempting to use vmware converter, but am receive the below error after it gets to around 75%. I've tried deselecting the 2nd Partition, but that didn't work. Let me know if there is more...
View ArticleFAILED: Unable to obtain the lock on virtual disks
Hello, Several years back I successfully converted a physical machine to a virtual with VMware's converter standalone tool. That was several versions back obviously. Now, I am trying to do the same...
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