Convert Physical Machine to VM Image on USB drive
Hi guys and gals, We have a physical machine that runs some software the company needs 24/7 and we need to make a backup from. It is on dated hardware and if it ever dies we'll need the ability to run...
View ArticleNo Keyboard or Mouse after P2V
I used P2V to transfer a 2003 Windows server to a virtual machine. It works and will boot up but I can't interact with it at all. Sending a ctrl-alt-del from the VM menu does nothing. The mouse and...
View ArticleVMware-Converter-All-4.3.0-292238
Last night we rebuilt our lab environment and installed ESX 4.1. We also downloaded VMware-Converter-All-4.3.0. We built a couple of VM's and wanted to create some OVA files as backup. However, it...
View ArticleConverter fails with ./vmware-sysinfo-lin64: not found
OS:Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS \n \lVersion:Linux server.domain.com 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5xen #1 SMP Wed Jan 20 08:06:04 EST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux This is an old Xen 64-bit host. On advice on this forum I copied...
View ArticleVmware Convert can't connect to Linux Ubuntu host for P2V
Hi, I try to convert a Linux (Ubuntu 14.04) host to p2v but I have a little problem to make it work. Here the custom setting I made on the host:- Edit /etc/sudoers and add my user like this =>...
View Article"An error occurred during the conversion: 'Unknown exception'",
We're using Vcenter to P2V some of our servers. Most have worked, but the ones that fail, fail with a description that is not helpful at all.mostRecentError = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {-->...
View ArticlePage Fault in Non-Paged Area WIN32k.sys
I am trying to convert a Windows 2000 SP4 (SCSI attached 12GB c:\ drive, 1024MB memory) running on Microsoft Virtual Server over to VMware(Version 3.5.0 Build 123630) using VMware converter...
View ArticleA general system error occurred platform-specific error 38
Note: I've removed specific server names from the logs. I've been working on a P2V for a few days with zero success. The error I am getting is: A general system error occurred platform-specific error...
View Articleconvert a physical computer with SUSE 7 to vmware
Hello , Please wich tools could i use to convert my PC with OS SUSE 7 to vmware . Can i use vmware converter (i have version 3.0.2) ? i try it but i get the msg : the remote host is not...
View ArticleFailed p2v redhat with converter 4 Standalone.
Hello, I'm trying to p2v a redhat in a HP BL460c with the new converter 4 standalone. I give an error "Unable to connect to the Converter helper server on the target virtual machine". And the Status...
View ArticleFailed to clone the volume mounted on '/boot' from REDHAT Enterprise 5 machine
Hi, I've downloaded and Installed Voncerter Standalone Client 4.0.0 on a Windows 2003 Machine. I tried to convert a physical RedHat 5 Machine into an virtual Machine (esx Server 3.5). The following...
View ArticleHow to covert V to V
Hi All, I want to perform a virtual to virtual machine conversion task. I have a virtual machine which is up and running in one data center, i require the same virtual machine in the other data...
View ArticleCan converter standalone convert live physical FreeBSD to VM or does...
When I try to convert a physical system to virtual, using coverter standalone 4.0.0 build 146302, I received: "unable to query the live linux source machine". I have verified that the system had ssh...
View ArticleStandalone agent wont install insists previous installation
HI, I am trying P2V a windows 7 64 bit machine, I have cleaned everthing out of the registry and it still insists that I have a previous version and wont install the agent. I have a dual boot with...
View ArticleP2V Conversion for SUSE Linux fails - via vCenter
Dear All, I am looking for some information if there is any specific configuration needs to be done if I have to do P2V conversion via the vCenter ? We have been facing issues for SUSE Linux physical...
View ArticleUnable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine - Standalone...
vCenter: 5.1.0Standalone Converter: 5.1.0ESXi : 5.1 I am unable to complete any P2V conversions with vCenter Standalone Converter. I get the error message "Unable to obtain hardware information for the...
View ArticleP2V linux conversion fails with fault.ManagedDiskOpenFault.summary
Hi everybody, I am getting this really strange/rare error when trying to do a P2V converion. Both remote Linux Server as well as the local Win7 PC. from gui-log:2013-11-02T10:31:37.409+01:00 [12580...
View ArticleVMWare converter fails with Unable to update drive letters for the...
I have tried converting a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 32 bit from physical to virtuel with VMWare Converter 5.5.But every time it fail with "this Unable to update drive letters for the destination...
View Articlewindows 2003 p2v converter.fault.ManagedDiskOpenFault
2013-12-30T18:32:22.820+08:00 [03632 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.ManagedDiskOpenFault2013-12-30T18:32:22.820+08:00 [03632 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-5]...
View ArticleP2V a Windows 2000 (!) server
I need to P2V an old Windows 2000 server.What VMware converter version should I use?Is it advisable touse the latest version of VMware Converter and P2V the server starting from a Symantec backupor...
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