Hot-clone Hyper-V to vSphere (cloud migration tool)?
I am looking for a tool to allow me to hot-migrate internal Hyper-V and vSphere servers to cloud (external) vSphere hosts. Can StandaloneConverterconvert Hyper-V VMs to vSphere?Can I kick-off...
View ArticleConverter Hangs at 1%
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...
View Articleusing p2v to copy from one data center to another
I have been able to use p2v to copy from one instance of vsphere to another instance of vsphere within the same datacenter without any issues.Now i am trying to use p2v to copy from one datacenter to...
View ArticleError converting server Hyper-v 6.3.9600.16384
Good AfternoonWhen Iconvert myHyper-V serverfor my otherVmWareWorkstationbyVMwareConverterit generatesmethe errorthat the tooldoesnot supportthe version ofHyper-V (6.3.9600.16384), I wonder if there is...
View ArticleA General System Error Occur Invalid Fault for windows 2008 using VMware...
Hi Guys, I am trying to convert VMs from Hyper V to ESXI and i am running into this error "A General System Error Occur: Invalid Fault" I am running vmware esxi server 5.5.0 build 1623387 and vmware...
View ArticlePreferred P2V solution (vCenter Converter or VEEAM)
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...
View ArticleVMware 5.5: Error Unable to clone volume D
So i am trying to do a p2v of a server 2003r2x86 - it seems to have clone the c drive just fine, but the d drive fails, below are some screen shots and error logs - any insight would be greatly...
View ArticleVirtualization of a OEM Windows Server 2008 Standard
Hi everybody,I have a physical Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition OEM. The virtual key has been already used for another VM which is running with Virtual Box inside the S2008.I want to virtualise it...
View ArticleP2V RedHat Linux failed
Hello Folks, I recently installed VMWare Converter Standalone version 4. I've tried several times to convert RedHat Linux (version 4) physical box to VM but did not get any luck. The conversion...
View ArticleFails at 1% with error "FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
I'm trying to convert a physical Windows Server 2003 SP2 Web Edition with the converter (v 5.1) and every time it fails with the error " FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
View Article"Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine." Error ov...
Hello, I'm trying to convert s Windows 2008 32 bit VM from VServer to ESXi 5.1. It always errors with the above message. I have tried using VmWare Converter 5.1, 5.01 and 4.3. Using 4.3 I get a...
View ArticleAny reason for painfully slow transfer rates with VMWare Converter?
By now I have been through several P2V and one V2V conversion using the VMWare converter 5.0, 5.1 and now 5.5 and all have suffered from very slow transfer rates. On 5.0 and 5.1 I have disabled SSL...
View ArticleKeep P2V VM (periodically) synchronised
Hiya all, We need to create a backup VM from a physical server, and keep it as up-to-date/synchronised as possible, for use as a failover server.Using the latest versions of vSphere/vCenter/Converter,...
View ArticleEstimate completion time for P2V
Hi experts, I'll be doing P2V migrations using the VMware standalone converter 5.5 tool for a couple of physical servers. Plan to install the converter tool on the source machine itself and convert to...
View ArticleUnable to convert win2k server - fails with boot.ini error on version 3 and 4!
Hi there, I am trying to convert an old win 2000 server onto an esx server and i am having a bit of trouble. I am trying to run the converter and i have previously tried version 3 with no luck. On...
View ArticleConverting external usb hard drive into a virtual machine
Hello, I would like to know how can i convert external usb hard drive into a virtual machine using the converter. Thanks, Nir.
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P2V converter : There is no '/boot' directory mounted on the source machine
I get this error when i try to convert one of my machine. After a long while of debbuging my first issues, I am now stucked on this problem.I have seen online that it could be a RAID system but i have...
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A general system error occurred: platform-specific error 18. Converter...
Trying to P2V a Win 2008 R2 machine. Largest Physical disk is 2 TB. Yes dynamic disks. Not re-sizing, Failed at 96% after more than 2 days Here's what I found in the worker log (attached)...
View ArticleCannot create a virtual machine of local machine which is a windows-bootcamp
I have a macbook pro with bootcamp installed.I'm running mac os and windows 7.From that Windows 7 partition I want to make a virtual machine, in case the windows partition will be messed by an...
View ArticleWindows Activation still required even if restoring virtual server on same...
Hello hopefully somebody can answer this. Our virtual machine is running vmware server ESX 3i 3.5.0 It has 2 hard drives, datastore1 and datastore2. All our virtual servers are stored in datastore2....
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