Cannot convert physical machines to virtual

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• Cannot convert physical server Linux

  Hello

  I'm trying to convert a Machine physics Linux with vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5.3 but it always fails at the beginning (VmCreationFault.summary).

  Everything is ok with respect to communications between the physical machine and the converter, with regard to the vCenter.
  The newspaper of the workers, I get these questions:

  [error 09488 "Default"] VmTransformerImpl::SeparateBootDisk: Cannot find VirtualDisk for diskId = fake-disk-from-vg (vg0)

  [error 09488 "Default"] TargetVmManagerImpl::CreateVM: Failure creating the Vm with argument not valid error: VmTransformerImpl::SeparateBootDisk: could not find VirtualDisk for an active volume

  Here's what I get with the df command:

  / dev/map/VG0-root 1, 1 594 M 465 M 57% G.

  / dev/sda1 99M 57 M 37M 61% / Boot

  No 1, 5G 0 1, 5G 0% / dev/shm

  / dev/map/VG0-Home 3, 0 1 G, 2 G 1, 7 G 42% / Home

  / dev/map/VG0-logi 2, 0 G 36 M 1, 9 G 2% /logiciels

  / dev/map/VG0-opt 1008 M 587 M 371 M 62% / opt

  / dev/map/VG0-tmp 496 M 11 M 460 M 3% / tmp

  / dev/map/VG0-usr 4, 0 G 2, G M 9 863, 78% / usr

  / dev/map/VG0-var 992 M 511 M 431 M 55% / var

  / dev/map/VG0-extreme G 43, 1, 1 G 40 G 3% / usr/extraclients

  / dev/map/VG0-SFTP 93 M 9, 5 M 79 M 11% / usr/extraclients/sftp

  / dev/map/VG0-save 9, 9 G 90 M 9, 3 G 1% / home/d/saves

  And the fdisk-l

  / dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux

  / dev/sda2 14 8650 69376702 + 8th Linux LVM

  / dev/sda3 8651 8911 2096482 + 82 Linux swap

  
  

  Do you know what to do to get this conversion?
  

  
  

  HM, looking again at the partition incriminated, it's actually a swap partition. It should be pretty harmless to call disable, delete the partition, re-create it again with the right size and call swapon. However, although there is a change in the disk partition information, a backup is a good idea...

• FAILED: System error found during an operation - cannot convert the machine

  I was constantly make this mistake why trying to convert one of my virtual machines on ESXi on our ESX Server. Can someone please check the logs and tell me why this is happening?

  Thanks in advance.

  I found the newspapers of the agent from the below error:

  Cnx_Connect: Error Message: failed to find host server 1-vmsvr address: no host is unknown

  NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx: Could not connect pair. Error: Failed to find of host server 1-vmsvr address: no host is unknown

  NBD_ClientOpen: Unable to connect to vmsvr - 1:902 vmsvr-1 server host address search failed: no host is unknown

  DISKLIB-DSCPTR: "vpxa-nfc: / / [VMSTORE-2] hm-navigator01.» HiberniaAtlantic. / hm-navigator01. HiberniaAtlantic... VMDK@vmsvr-1:902': could not open as of the next business day.

  There is an article with recommendations to resolve this problem, which is accessible from the link http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006607

  I would like to know if it works! all the best

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• How to convert physical linux in virtual machine using converter standalone.

  Is there any document/video step by step to make the Linux P2V?

  Hello

  In addition, I would like to point to this link:

  http://conshell.NET/wiki/index.php/Linux_P2V

  http://boink.pbworks.com/LinuxP2V

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1002402

  It may be useful

  Best wishes / Saludos.
  Pablo

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  any respuesta correcta o util. ¡¡MUCHAS gracias!

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• Cannot convert the machine to Windows Server 2008

  I checked all these forums, but the solutions don't help me at this moment. I'm a bit new to Vmware, I can work around most standard tasks. I'm trying my first conversion of a physical to virtual machine. When I try to let the agent deploy it tells me that it is impossible to connect to the network "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\ADMIN$".

  I have enabled file sharing, I ran the net share and sharing is enabled. Is there something that I could be missing?

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you.

  Hello and welcome to the forum

  You need to connect to the source computer as administrator or turn off UAC. You must also configure or disable the firewall.

  You can also - install agent converter manually on the source.

  Kind regards

  Plamen

• convert physical RDM to virtual RDM

  is there any document to change physical RDM to RDM virtual to a virtual machine?

  I think http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006599 is what you are looking for.

  André

• Cannot convert a machine XP using Standalone 4.0.1

  OK, I have been through several discussions on this matter... some hit near what I have and others don't.

  I'm trying to P2V a Windows XP SP3 workstation. I initially tried to do with VMWare Workstation 6, but kept getting an unknown error.

  I am now using the VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone 4.0.1 version.

  Whenever I try to start a conversion... it works for about 30 seconds then I get "Failed: failed to create a snapshot of the source volumes VSS." Error 2147754767 (0x8004230F)"" "" "

  VSS is enabled and running in services. Different authors VSSAdmin list VSSAdmin List Writers list three shadows returns ' error: 0x8000ffff "I looked at MS KB940184 as suggested by many sites, but that's for when the writers of the list does appear... what mine is.

  Anyone have any ideas? I'm at my wits end. Laughing out loud. I can not normally understand such things with this info is on the net but I had no luck so far.

  I'll try to take a different approach on this one.

  Converter is based on MS VSS Services (and the default MS VSS Writer) to work on a Windows XP computer to virtualize with success there.

  The error codes that you get can be cross referenced in the application logs in the event viewer.  The app will simply be listed as vs.

  There are a number of small objects, that we must ensure, and some of them seem to have been touched on:

  1. in Services.MSC, make sure that the Volume Shadow Copy service is enabled (auto/manual), and that provide the MS Software Shadow Copy is enabled (manual/automatic)

  2 turn off if enabled Simple file sharing

  3. check if you have other backup solutions installed

  4. There may be other errors this converter is meet is likely to VSS fails.

  >http://kb.backupassist.com/articles.php?aid=2971

  5. you may need to attempt to repair the VSS manually:

  > Troubleshooting damaged operating system components that cause the conversion to fail

  >http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006489/

  The short and sweet of it, is that it of 99% by Windows error and not a mistake of VMware.  Converter directly reports an error from a component of Windows.

  With respect to the collection of newspapers, it is best to click with the right button on the task that failed in the converter and select export logs.  This should put together a package of specific newspapers work.  Most of the GUI logs contain no actual error States we can diagnose of.

  The best newspaper to solve problems of will be vmware-converter-agent logs.  It's in the papers - data converter - vmware - app - the profile of the user all the.  In the case of an error in snapshot, it will contain the same information as the GUI converter.

  Kind regards

  EvilOne

  VMware vExpert 2009

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• Cannot start the physical machine converted to a virtual machine under ESXi 4.0

  Hi all

  I have 2 has with the material below

  Dell optiplex 755 2.4 Qcore 4 GB of RAM and 160 GB of HARD drive

  A performer with ESXi 4.0 other runs with Windows 2003.

  I tried to convert physical machine with "Vmware Vcenter converter Stand alone" 4.0.1 build 161434

  I used the tool on the source machine and by another machine on the network.

  The two process converts the physical machine to a virtual machine successfully without any errors.

  After conversion, the virtual machine cannot start, and shows only a small slider that is not flashing too.

  

  The physical machine have a single partition of 160 GB

  The space currently used on the physical machine is 26 GB.

  I reduced the size of the HARD drive to virtual computer with fix / light available in 40 GB.

  point to make here is that the ESX have only 160 GB HDD, so he will not be able to copy all 160 GB because of which I am reducing the 40 GB HARD drive

  I converted a few other physical machines with 40 GB HARD drive and they work well after the conversion.

  Any sugessions would be greatly appreciated.

  Thanks in advance

  Hi Sunil,

  Let me know the drive selected in the custom option controller.

  Thank you

  Krishna

• Blue screen after converting physical to vm.

  Hello

  I use vmware converter and convert the physical server, a VMware server 2.

  This server is a single PC with a SATA drive.

  32-bit ST as OS W2K3.

  After the conversion has been done, I tried to start the machine (a virtual nine) but I get a blue screen and restart recursive.

  somrthing I can do?

  Thank you.

  This means that your system cannot boot from the drive, because it's not having the right set of disk drivers. Your virtual machine's configuration with a SCSI card virtual windows XP isn't the drivers for. The solution is either switch over IDE (not recommended for performance reasons) or to add the drivers yourself.

  If you migrate a physical machine to virtual and still have the original machine / machine around you can try to inject drivers before taking the clone. VMware converter normally changes your virtual disk in a free scsi drive (you can check that in the vmx file is generated, it is a text file with the virtual hardware configuration) you can also select use a buslogic scsi adapter.

  There is a virtual disk with the required driver for BUSlogic available here: http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmscsi-1.2.0.4.flp

  If you can start in safe mode, and then press F6 during the boot and load the driver OR boot from a recovery disk and install the driver then. While you're there, uninstall all old hardware management software because it does not in any case when virtual and can cause all sorts of strange side effects.

  Advanced troubleshooting of errors "Stop 0x0000007B" in Windows XP

  Recovery Console

  A good explanation step by step on how to solve the problem. http://virtrix.blogspot.com/2007/09/VMware-installing-Windows-XP-on-ESX.html

  and here is the link for a driver for LSI: LSI 20320 - r driver

  --

  Wil

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  Edit: it's too bad you can't see the thread here while meeting. My answer was for XP so that your guest OS seems to be Windows 2003. Windows 2003 should have drivers for LSI already on the operating system drive. Check which virtual SCSI adapter you are using, if it is not clear, please attach the vmware.log of your virtual machine file to this topic.

• Convert a physical machine into a virtual machine

  Dear expert;

  Please help me solve the error appear when Convert machine physical-to-virtual machine "WARNING: cannot read the block at offset '293,563,158,528' volume 'C:'.»

  the operating system of the Source is Windows 2008 R2 stander and the version of the converter is "5.5.3" build-2183569.

  How can solve this problem and make convert successfully.

  Thank you

  Dear all;

  I found the solution retractable C to C and D drive, then convert the machine.

  Thank you

• Convert True64 Unix physical machine into a Virtual Machine

  Hi all

  I wonder if I can convert the physical machine with True64 Unix virtual machine or not.

  Server version: AlphaServer 4000/5/300 - Tru64 Unix 4.0 D / TruCluster Ver 5.1

  Can anyone suggest me?

  Thanks in advance!

  Hello

  Welcome to the VMware communities forum.

  Don't you can't virtualize the machine to the VMware platform.

  The reason is that the server uses the alpha microprocessor and not a standard intel x 86/intel x 64 compatible.

  You will need to migrate to new hardware or reinstall the server from scratch on a different linux/unix as a platform.

  You may be able to migrate the data. It's usually pretty easy on unix-like platforms, but you'd have to testrun this part of course.

  Hope this helps,

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• Cannot convert a virtual machine while it is powere on or suspended. Shut down and power off the virtual machine before the conversion.

  Hi all

  I am currently using preinstalled VMware 7.1 and I try to import a virtual machine, I used to work on my windows XP. Recently, I am using windows VISTA and I am trying to import my VM (.vmx) and I get this error "cannot convert a virtual machine, although it is powere on or suspended. "Shut down and power off the virtual machine before the conversion.

  This virtual machine worked very well under windows XP and VMware 6.5, but now I am not able to import it. Please suggest how I can make this virtual machine running in my VISTA and vmware 7.1.

  I am also attaching the converter file logs and .vmx vmware.

  Thank you...

  Is there a problem with this backup?

  It is possible. How big is she?

  Right-click on the vmdk file in Solution Explorer, then select «Map virtual disk...» "Does it work?

  André

• Convert a machine physics linux virtual

  Hello, how can I convert a physical machine to a virtual Linux?

  What steps should be followed?

  VMware ESX Server 3.5 update2

  Thank you

  Marcos da Rosa

  Use it and point the virtual image to convert on your host

  http://www.VMware.com/products/converter/

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• convert a physical machine under linux in virtual

  I need to convert a physical machine running Fedora core 5 in virtual machine. Is there any tool of vm to do?

  Someone already do? I do not use a GUI.

  Thank you for your help

  You can find platforms supported in the release notes

  http://www.VMware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv40.html#platf

  Good luck!

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• Converter running in a virtual machine

  Anyboidy use VMware Converter install on a virtual machine?

  Is there a reason to discourage the installation of VMware Converter in a VM (obviously, to convert other virtual machines hosted by the same infeastructure of vSphere)?

  What is the best operating system for a virtual computer to use to run VMware Converter?

  Concerning

  Marius

  I used it in a virtual machine and it works fine, as long as there is no special bottlenecks in your virtual machines on the physical environment. I don't think that there is a preferred operating system as long as it is under the supported list.