How to prevent WIndows Activation when restoring ovf in same hardware
Just want to know, on a Vmware ESX 3i 3.5.0, on a hard disk crash scenario, when only the hard disk has been replaced. How do yo do a ovf import (backup) that will not require windows activation.
View ArticleTrying to convert Ghost images to VM
Hi, I am looking to convert Norton Ghost images to VM images. As I understand it, I need to use the VMware Converter for Server instead of the Standalone Converter. To this end, I have installed the...
View ArticleHot Clone Linux P2V Error
Hello, I'm trying to hot clone P2V a Linux server and on the very last step when I click "finish" I'm getting an error: Unable to create virtual machine 'myVM' Also the logs have these errors:...
View ArticleLooking for advice on P2V conversion of SBS 2011 Std, Exchange 2010,...
Greetings, I am somewhat of a VMware novice, but currently have two (soon to be three) ESXi hosts under my belt. They are all at separate locations. I was not involved in the existing server in any...
View ArticleError: event.ReconfigurationFailedEvent.summary Windows Server 2003
Hello everyone, My customer have a Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition who failed at P2V conversion around 97-98%.The error on GUI is : Error: event.ReconfigurationFailedEvent.summary So, I found a...
View ArticleError: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine.
Buenos dias, estoy intentando virtualizar un Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 con un converter 5.5.1 y me da el siguiente error al 97% FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
View Articlevmware converter:unable obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Hello Experts! scenarioi have convert a physical machine to local d drive. robo copied to another migration server, while trying to import using vmware converter had this errorUnable to obtain hardware...
View Articlecan not download vm machine from datastore
Hello,I downloaded vm from local data storage, but always get the error:Expected put message. Got: ERROR I have a local data store o esx server (i have a esxi 5.2 + essential kit). No shares, no other...
View ArticleError: A general system error occurred: Platform-specific error 1
I use vCenter 5.5 and ESXi 5.5.In the process of converting Windows 2008 R2 server an error «A general system error occurred: Platform-specific error 1». I would be grateful for information about this...
View ArticleConversion fails due to SSL certificate issues - can I work around this?
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,...
View ArticlevmWare converter 5.5.3 or 5.1 Acronis Server 10 tib. Small tib file no...
Is there a file size limit to the converter? It seems 1 or 2 gig files have no issue, but 50 gig and up causes The source parameters are invalid. I just tested with a 22 gig tib file and it worked fine.
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 ArticleConverting Server With Two Disks
Hi, I am wanting to convert a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to a VM. The machine has two disk drives one being the C drive and other being the D drive. Will VMware converter virtualise both disks at...
View ArticleP2V Conversion from Acronis True Image Home v.10.0 to Workstation 8.0
I am trying to use VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone v.5.0.0 build 470252 to convert an Acronis True Image Home v.10.0 (build 4,871) *.tib image file to VMWare Workstation 8.0 format. On the "Source...
View ArticleThe source parameters are invalid for sv2i file
I'm new to vmware and converter and the community.Hpe someone can help.I tried converting an "sv2i" file created by BESR.Once I browse to the Virtual Machine file, I get the following error"The source...
View Article"Error: Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the destination...
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...
View Articleunknown internal error - when finishing wizard
I have no idea where have I write my previous post, so I'm creating one more. I have unknown internal error during conversion - when it tries to start.Windows 2003 SBS x32 conversion to vCenter Server...
View ArticleProblem with Converter Standalone Client 5
Now I install Converter Standalone Client 5 on windows 7 Sp1 64bit But when opening see message :config file error: not well-formed (invalid token) (Line 4)and this a log event for error:Faulting...
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 ArticleConvert *.tib to ESXi
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)...
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