Convert a physical server (w / HBA) virtual

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• Error VMware Converter in converting a physical server

  Hi support them.

  We Vsphere 5.5 and trying to convert a physical machine into a virtual machine with the help
  VMware Converter 5.5 standalone.

  source server is windows 2008 r2

  We receive the following error

  FAILED: An error occurred when opening a virtual disk. Check
  that the Converter server and machines running the source access access network
  to the ESX/ESXi hosts source and destination

  Please help me solve the same if it's not
  the appropriate forum to discuss this please guide transmit me on the right Forum

  You can also find the error logs

  Thank you

  Anoop

  The error is:

  2014 05-11 T 18: 17:05.288 + 04:00 [warning 03248 "Default"] [, 0] NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx [NFC ERROR]: unable to connect to peer. Error: Failed to search for host for server presxi13.in.nawras.com.om address: no host is unknown 2014-05-11 T 18: 17:05.288 + 04:00 [info 03248 "Default"] Sysimgbase_DiskLib_OpenWithPassPhrase failed with 'NBD_ERR_NETWORK_CONNECT' (error code: 2338)

  Your physical machine could not connect to the ESX Server, allow the COMPLETE domain name resolution in a physical machine. HTH

• Converting a physical server to a host

  I'm new to VMware and I'm unable to find the right strategy.

  I would like to convert a physical server to a computer computer ESXi host and migrate existing BONES from the server (Windows Server 2003 w/SQL Server 2005) to a virtual machine on the same machine. This host will be the first on my network. What I've read, it seems that the Converter requires a destination host must be specified during conversion. Because the machine will become the destination host, how should I do this?

  Is it possible for me to convert the existing operating system and store, install ESXi and then import the old OS as a virtual machine?

  Thanks in advance,

  Adam

  Hi Adam,.

  Welcome to the forums.

  You can virtualize your server as a workstation or VM Player that you will store on a PC (possibly use a disc of removable storage for conversion). Use Workstation or Player to start the virtual machine and verify that everything is OK. When you think that your application is running virtual, install ESXi on your physical server and a copy of the virtual machine, or make another conversion of PC to ESXi.

  Good luck.

  Concerning

  Franck

• Conversion of physical server into a virtual machine

  Hello

  I would like to take a physical server and convert it to a virtual machine on the same box.  I'm new to VMs, so please tell me if this is possible and if yes, what is the best way to do it. Right now, I think these are the basic steps:

  (1) take operating system image current (2003 Server STD) using Acronis.

  (2) wipe server and install ESXi 4.

  (3) use the free VMware Converter to convert the Acronis image to a guest VM on the ESXi host.

  Will this work? Am I missing something? The traps that I should look out for?

  A few questions more to go with this:

  -J' currently have an ESXi 3.5 on a desktop host. Wouldn't be better to convert this machine on the fly to a guest on this 3.5 host, then move the guest to the new 4.0 host once it is ready?

  -This server is now an application server and has a few databases, such as WSUS and Kaspersky Administration kit and maybe something else I can't think right now. Is that causing trouble with the DBs in the transition from the physical to the virtual?

  -The machine has also acts as a file server and is connected to our iSCSI SAN. Will be a problem or I would be able to remap the LUN to the virtual machine quite easily just like I did to the physical machine?

  Sorry for the long post. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

  As long as you can take decisions associated with the image with Acronis and then convert it to a virtual machine, I think this is a good approach.  You can convert the server in a virtual machine running on your ESXi 3.5 environment but I would not run a server database production on class workstation hardware.  The performance would be probably pretty bad if you had a large number of users hitting that database.  As for using Acronis I know that it is supported but in the past I have never tried to convert an Acronis image for a virtual computer by using converter.

  The databases themselves should not have any problem on a virtual machine.  SQL runs in a virtual machine and saw complex databases even accomplish a lot.

  Reconnect to your iSCSI SAN shouldn't be a problem either.  You must ensure that the networking on the newly built 4 ESX host is configured to allow you access to all the VLANS required (iSCSI VLANS, server VLAN, etc.).  It is an important step to ensure that you have right or you will not be able to reinstall your iSCSI LUNS, once the server is converted.  Once the networking is configured the process of reconnecting to the iSCSI LUN from inside your virtual machine is the same as if it was physical.

  Good luck!

• 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

• Problem of converting a physical server Ubuntu 14.04

  Hello. Everyone tried to convert a physical 14.04 Ubuntu installation? For me it is not check grub version it looks.

  I also tried on 12.04 and it works fine. The differense is:

  12.04:

  $ grub-install - v

  grub-install (GRUB) 1, 99 - 21ubuntu3.14

  14.04:

  $ grub-install - V

  grub-install (GRUB) 2.02 ~ beta2-9

  14.04, I use the capital V for version control. Is it possible to change this in the converter? I use version 5.5 of converter

  The result seems to be that the converter installs the wrong version of grub, or not at all.

  Solved the problem by following this work around:

  VMware P2V conversion: GrubInstaller error during the Conversion of the host Linux Debian | Mantraaz

  I guess that's the only solution because you cannot change anything in the converter.

• On which physical server is configured virtual IP address

  DB version: 11.2
  Operating system: AIX/Solaris
  
  
  When a problem occurs with a DB of RAC, the end user needs to provide us with the details of the DB connection. That is to say the host name or IP address of physical server (public IP), so that we could connect and start fixing the problem.
  
  But the end user looks at the tnsnames.ora file and gives us the VIP address found in the tnsnames file. Can't blame them
  
  I can't find the physical address of the VIP server. I need to know which physical server VIP is configured.

  ping, nslookup, host

  command displays only the IP address of the name of VIP.
  
  When you have a name of VIP, is anyway that I could determine which server (public IP) that VIP is configured?

  Hi Billy,
  I think that the OP does not know which physical server is the RAC cluster. He does not know the host name or IP address of node1 or Node2. There only the two nodes VIP, which was provided by the end-user (Prod support guy or developer)

  John,
  You should be able to ssh to the vip host name. Tectia using, I just do a SSH using VIP name and I managed to connect to its respective node

• Help converting a physical server 'live' in a virtual machine VMware VirtualCenter Consolidation 2.5.0

  Hello, I read the manuals and understand the process as much as I have not actually started the consolidation. I have a Compaq ML350 server which has a default of fan cooling and want to make a virtual machine as a starting point. It will be important for the virtual machine to have the same computer name and be a member of our domain. The only question which does not seem to be addressed has to do with the old server. I need to have the available printserver. I know that you cannot have two SID, names of computers or IP addresses on a network domain at the same time. There is an option to change the name of the virtual machine before you start building. It would be wise to use a temporary computer name while doing my first consolidiation/conversion. Once completed, I could stop the printserver, remove the domain, start the virtual machine, rename it, join it to the domain, and then set the IP address to match my old material printserver. I guess correctly? I can't wait to leave the company without a printserver for more than a little bit. I guess additional servers, I wanted to convert should be treated in the same way? If I posted in the wrong place, please accept my apologies. If there is other material that I may have missed that might also be useful, but I have about 4 different PDF so far. Thank you. brand

  I forgot an important step - sorry, you must add the converter

  plugin - in the menu there is a plugins to manage - it's here where you

  can add the client plugin

  Once you do this, you should get this option

  January 28, 2009 at 15:08, 'rsxsr' [email protected]

• VMware Converter error conversion physical server running CentOS 4.7

  I'm trying to convert a physical server running CentOS 4.7 to a virtual machine (on an ESX 3.5 server) using VMware converter - 4.0.0 - 146302.  The server is powered and I start the converter customer and go through all the steps to convert the server.  The process starts and hangs at 1 percent.

  I have exported and reviewed the logs and see what follows in the agent log:

  GetEvent (taskID = task-3) task converter

  impossible to detect the State of comments like 'running', will try again 1199 times...

  could not get the print server digital certificate. Retries 284 times...

  obtained the help server footprint: 1 has: F9: DA: D5:BC:E5:8 C: FD:22:CC:7E:6F:11:5F:3 A: FC:DB:4 B: 42:0 C

  Connection to VIM to 10.9.10.246...

  Reuse the existing connection of VIM to 10.9.10.246

  Unable to obtain the IP address of GuestInfo, will try again 299 times...

  In addition, the newspapers show gui Converter:

  UpdateTask

  {(converter.task.TaskInfo)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  key = "task-3."

  task = ' converter.task.Task:task - 3'.

  name = "convert."

  descriptionId = "Convert.P2V."

  userName = "root."

  source = "10.9.10.201"

  target = "10.9.10.246/brsauth.bigrocksports.com"

  State = "error"

  canceled = false,

  cancelable = true,

  data = & lt; unset & gt;

  error = {(converter.fault.HelperVmFailedToObtainIpFault)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  MSG = "Cannot get the IP address of the virtual machine to help."

  },

  result = & lt; unset & gt;

  progress = 1,

  estimatedTimeRemaining = & lt; unset & gt;

  transferRate = & lt; unset & gt;

  queueTime = ' 2009-02 - 26 T 14: 37:11.293159Z.

  startTime = "2009-02 - 26 T 14: 37:11.553563Z.

  completeTime = ' 2009-02 - 26 T 14: 43:34.277239Z.

  eventChainId = 29,

  vcTask = & lt; unset & gt;

  logBundleInfo = (converter. DiagnosticManager.TaskLogBundleInfo) {}

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  key = "task-3-diag-20090226144333 - MQFAUK.zip."

  timeCreated = "2009-02 - 26 T 14: 43:33.438212Z.

  format = "zip."

  content = (converter. [DiagnosticManager.BundleContent)

  "agentLogs."

  "serverLogs.

  ],

  size = 706251,

  CRC =-1155030952,

  },

  }

  I can convert Windows servers on the ESX Server without any problems. Can someone translate this myself and I would like to know how to work around errors?

  Thank you

  Shannon

  On the Linux server you are converting.  When the converter reaches step 3 Options display/change the last option is called Helper VM Network.  You can change this option and add an ip address.  The ip address must be on the same network to your default gateway on your Linux server.

• V.11 ColdFusion Standard can be installed and executed on a Windows virtual server, or must it be installed on a physical server?

  V.11 ColdFusion Standard can be installed and executed on a Windows virtual server, or must it be installed on a physical server?

  It can be installed on physical servers and virtual machines. He political license would be different for the physical server and a virtual machine.

• Convert a physical machine with attached LUN

  Hi all

  Need to convert a physical server (windows 2003) that has 2 LUNS attached but I'm not shure about the correct procedure to do this.

  I think that the two options I have are:

  1 stop of the database on the phsysical Server service.

  Clon hot server

  Map the phsysical (database) LUNS on my esx servers

  Add LUNS to the server virtualized with RDM

  cold 2 clone the server whose only the operating system disk

  Map the phsysical (database) LUNS on my esx servers

  Add LUNS to the server virtualized with RDM

  This procedure are not? You have no experience on something like that?

  Thanks in advance

  Saludos/looks

  Nicolas Solop

  Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  So it seems that my procedures are 'almost' correct, right?.

  Yes

  Your suggestion on the subject of convert SAN disk was my first choice, but do not have enough storage available to it virtualizes.

  Right, this could be a reason.

  Another reason could be the time required for the entire conversion.

  André

• Convert the physical Linux machine with VMware Converter Standalone 4.0.1 on VMware Workstation

  Hello

  I work in a virtualization project, now I test and I want to test the new version of the converter, because I need to convert some Linux machines and I know that with this version is not difficult.

  I do not have the ready virtual infrastructure so I test on a workstation environment. I would like to know if someone has converted a physical Linux machine to virtual and if the destination has VMware workstation 6.5. I know that this is not supported, but this does not mean that you couldn't do.

  When I have to specify the type of destination, I got the error that you could see on the photo.

  Please let me know if you have tested this before and you know how to solve this problem.

  Thanks in advance!

  See you soon

  Malulas,

  Welcome to the Community Forums.

  To do a physical to virtual conversion, you MUST GO to ESX.  It is a requirement under the guidance of the user manual.

  If the virtual machine was already in ESX, you might be able to export to a workstation image while the ESX VM is powered off.

  Sorry for the bad news.

  Kind regards

  EvilOne

  VMware vExpert 2009

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• Convert a physical Wins Server in a virtual machine for redundancy

  Hello world

  Thanks in advance for your help.

  We have just set up an emergency operations center and run thrus by an optical fiber (so, technically, it's the same network but with some redundant internet). And we would like to set up the servers to replicate all the production servers (wins, sql, apps... etc) at end of failover/redundancy. The best is to reproduce in live all the time... but less than a number of days can be very well. If something happens, systems can be "reactive" or better proactively kicks in.

  Running on SAN cluster could be a solution... but we cannot have enough $ to build a San now.

  I would like to ask if VMWare provide all product that can take a snapshot or perform replication from all Wins servers to a virtual machine by a calendar environment. I think that virtual machine, because we don't have to buy new hardware while double set.

  Vcenter is for this?

  Any suggestion would be great.

  Thank you very much.

  Takami Chiro

  Software double-take doues not need to be run on a cluster - it can be physical or virtual, and yes it can replicate a server on a virtual machine - vmware converter will allow you to P2v physical machine, but it will be a manual process.

• Clone a physical server with converter

  When the cloning of a physical server with converter and selecting Configure the VM when completed does change on the physical server?

  My original physical server becomes inoperative?  I would rename the virtual server and give it a new IP address, but also want to continue to use the original physical server.

  Welcome to the community - but be aware that if you do not want to run two machines on the same network, your willingness to care about the host name and IP address to avoid confllicts.

• What is a physical server to virtual best practices?

  I have a physical server with an attached drive HP 6400 Bay.

  We want to convert it to a virtual machine.

  What is advised to do?

  Hello

  For me personally I'd go with rehabilitate VM manually and then import / migration of data from P2V (using VMware converter) is generally not the sweet/good approach.

  in regards to the San, you can deploy the virtual machine as RDM virtual mode as a pure big VMDK (2 TB - 512 bytes).