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• VMWare Converter cause the system to hang to cold start 96% and no converter available to the licensee of vSphere 4.1

  Hello

  I'm trying to convert a Windows 2008 Server; everything seems to go along very well until we reach 96% and then it causes either the server BSOD or just hang.  I have read and found mention of the cold start conversion which is apparently available to subscribers from business 3.x.

  Does anyone have a good suggestion as to what I might try next?

  I have attached the logs, but I don't know where to look (aside from the bottom of the last log).

  If you have a license for vCenter Server 4.1, you should be able to download the latest converter BootCD. You will find when you go to the vSphere download section and click on the 'View history' link for the vcenter Server. From there, select modules and VMware vCenter Server 4.0 Update 3

  André

• VMware Converter standalone OR... I'M CONFUSSED!  Help, please

  Hello

  I have the vmware converter plugin installed.  What is this for?  I can't find any documentation.  The only documentation I can find is for the stand-alone version.  Work together or what?  Then the documentation still says to install the converter on the source machine and I understand not what converter, they're talking about. I want to do a cold cloning on my SQL servers.  It's the standalone "VMware-converter - 4.0.1 - 161434.exe" and it's the VMware converter ' VMware - Converter.exe "I use the standalone version for a test of my Vista machine as a clone of good hot and has worked.  But I do not understand the cold cloning process.  Can someone point me to the documentation.

  My environment is PE2950, ESXi 4.0 embedded, vCenter Server vSphere 4.0.  I am cloning all standard W2K8 servers.  Some SQL, domain controllers and servers of rest files.  A Server Application.

  Help!

  Thank you

  GEOBrasil

  GEOBrasil,

  I understand the confusion around the different products of converter.  I hope that I can help you better understand which version is right for you.  The reason for the different versions is based on what type of conversion you want to do, which are based on physical operating systems (Source) and your virtual environment (Target) is going to be.

  Couple of warning or best practices:

  -VMware recommends NO conversion P2V from DC.  It is better to build NEW virtual machines for this.

  -Hang your applications (SQL, WEb, etc.) before making a hot-clone (plug-in or standalone Enterprise)

  First, for each platform VI3.x, VI4.x there are TWO business (plugin) version and a standalone version (Windows & Linux applications)

  -VMware comparison chart gives an overview of the differences (http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/get.html)

  Non-exhaustive summary below:

  Enterprise Edition:

  Pros: vCenter integration and automation, supports

  Cons: you have to pay for it (you already have it if not the factor in your assessment.  No 'multi-stage' conversion (i.e. 1 snapshot converter, deltas on a machine running are lost or migrated manually).  No Linux support. Can't stand VI as a platform to target.  Includes the CD "cold-clone".

  Stand-alone Edition:

  Benefits: support Linux.  Supports the VMware Desktop products (workstation, Fusion, etc.) as target platforms. "Several steps" cloning, intial snapshot conversion as deltas.  Source and target of service and the power of command for Windows.

  Cons: Billable per-incident support.  No automation, scheduling.

  Cold-conversion

  Benefits: no changes can occur on the source server.  preserves the logical partitions.  No service application comes into conflict with the local area.  No installation on the source area

  Disadvantages: Requires downtime for the source server.  Requires the driver support for all devices on a physical to be present in BootCD (WinPE) Server

  Hope this helps

• a file IO error occurred during access to vmware converter 6

  Hello

  I'm trying to convert a windows 2008 R2 on a virtual computer and using VMware converter v6 system. but the task does not reach 1% with an error a file IO error occurred during access ". 

  Please find the screenshot of the error and logs.

  Any ideas?

  
  

  
  

  Hello

  I solved the problem of the Harbour between the Source and ESXi host close after opening the work of process is Port 902

• Anyway to face disconnected VMWare Converter startup disk?

  I have a computer that is dead, and I want to virtualize the computer.   Is it possible to use any version of VMWare Converter steering on a boot device that belongs to a different computer than the one currently loaded?    The boot device in this case was SATA, and we would just climb as boot device as a disc of data on another computer.

  It seems that VMWare Converter has a coded hypothesis hard it can work as an administrator in the OS environment started it virtualizes, but I hope that there is another way to execute to achieve desired virtualization.

  The following procedure will not work if the startup disk has a Windows operating system.

  1 lauch Workstation right-click of the icon and use "run as Administrator".

  2. create the new virtual machine
  3 assign the physical disk instead of the one given by the wizard.
  4. do not start the virtual machine
  5 lauch converter via "run as Administrator"
  6. Select the option "set up the machine" and select the vmx file - you just created with workstation.

  If you do not want to run the virtual machine from the external drive use vmware-vdiskmanager and convert the vmdk you created in step 3 in a normal vmdk.

• VMware Converter 4.0 and 5.0 downloads

  I believe that in order to download the 5.5.3 or 6.0 VMware Converter. I have a 2003 SP1 server to convert, and if I read correctly the documentation, to support the most recent version is 4.0.

  I could install 2003 SP2, which means I could use Converter 5.0, but I'm not either of these versions of converter for download. They were abducted by VMware? If so, suggestions on how to proceed would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  To be a little more specific - SP1 is not officially supported, but the code that performs the conversion is the same regardless of the level of MS.

• Disco of VmWare Converter problema su spazio - ERROR: failed to create a snapshot of a volume of the source. Possible causes include not seen all NTFS volumes on Windows XP or Windows 2003 source systems with no is not enough free space on the disk.

  Buongiorno,

  Devo connvertire con vmware converter one Nt Server con AC 450MO di spazio libero su disco C: ntfs file system e

  Ricevo this error:

  ERROR: Impossible to take snapshots of a volume of the source. Possible causes include not seen all NTFS volumes on Windows XP or Windows 2003 source systems with no is not enough free space on the disk.

  He problema e che no ho the possibility di līberō altro spazio.

  Some suggestions?

  Grazie in pre-empted.

  Anni fa it era questa versione di VMware Converter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2197180/coldclone.3.03.iso che permetteva the clonazione a freddo. :-)

• VMware Converter refused while trying to convert the Linux server

  Hey all, I'm trying to convert a Server CentOS 6.6 Nagios in a virtual machine on a cluster of ESXi 5.5.0 and not having a chance. When I try to start the conversion I get following error message:

  [Code] Permission to perform this operation was denied [/ code]

  I use VMware vCenter Converter Standalone server Version 5.5.3 Build-2183569 and I am doing the server Linux my VMware vCenter Server, Version 5.5.0 Build 2001466. I thought I could use the wrong password but I can't able to root very well on the Linux server. Iptables is off and Selinux is disabled. I played with the free version of ESXi and now I'm under more Essentials. I Googled it and found a lot of answers, but none of them fit my situation. Here, any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Joe B

  If you run the client VMware Converter from a Windows OS, try running with the help of the high privilege (Run As Administrator): http://www.jonathanmedd.net/2013/12/vmware-converter-permission-to-perform-this-operation-was-denied.html

• VMware converter 5.5 Update 1 and target host is 5.0.0 - is a known problem observed during execution of this?

  I intend to use vmware converter 5.5 update 1 and target host is 5.0.0.

  someone can confirm if there is any known problem observed during execution, it is?

  Welcome to the community,

  According to the Matrices of the interoperability of products VMware Converter 5.5 supports ESXi 4.0 and versions later, you shouldn't have issues related to the ESXi version you are using.

  André

• Question about VMware Converter traffic

  Hi all

  Hoping someone can shed some light on this. I do a P2V on a physical server in site A and destination ESXi host is also at the site. However, the field 'destination' in the VMware converter must be the vCenter server which is on the Site B (via a 6 MB WAN connection) as the destination host is managed by a vCenter server. My question is if I use the server vCenter (located on a WAN connection) as a destination and then choose the host located on the local site in the converter, converter traffic flow over the WAN? Or is it just flow locally from the Source to the Destination and just use the vCenter server as a server of type "authentication" for the initial Setup?

  And as a side note, if I set the destination host ESXi as a destination in the converter instead of the vCenter server, I get the error indicated in this KB. http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 2012310

  With the help of converter 5.5.1

  Thanks for your help!

  Hello

  Traffic passes from the source computer to the destination ESX. You will have a small slowdown in the wizard before you start converting mainly to get the VC inventory. See the graphics in the user pp. 11-13 guide

  Concerning

  P.S. If you want to V2V, keep the server converter on site A, too as in this case, that the data passes through it.

• 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

• VMWare converter - Windows NT

  Hello

  Not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I need to create an image of VM to a Windows NT computer.  I was hoping to use the Converter Standalone package, until I realized that it was not compatible with NT.  Then I read that an older version (3.0.2) of the converter work with NT, but was crushed to learn that he was no longer available for download.  Can anyone offer any suggestions?

  Thank you

  Glen

  glenikins wrote: I checked this and v4.0.1 does support Windows NT (SP6) but only for a machine virtual source, not to a conversion powered physical machine.  It's a physical Windows NT machine that I need to convert it to a virtual machine.  Do I have any options for this?

  Yes, there are always options.  The manifest is for VMware converter - 3.0.3 - 89816.exe is no longer available for download on VMware, however, it can be downloaded from elsewhere.  Don't say that I recommend that, however, it is an option and if you choose that route then ensure that the SHA1 checksum: 29ed0cc664df0a7caba542ad1d3e18eb3aed4e96

  Another option might be to use imaging software to create an image of the pHDD to a vHDD in a virtual machine and then see if the converter can handle the VM image to start correctly and install VMware Tools.

  Then the other option is similar to the second option that after imaging P2V start the virtual machine with the appropriate ISO Image and manually inject the necessary Mass Storage Controller and keyboard driver and settings in the Windows registry to enable the virtual machine to start and then install VMware Tools.

• Unable to get hardware information for the selected with vmware converter 5.5 computer (could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening peripheral drive: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32))

  Hello

  I'm doing a P2V with vmware converter standalone 5.5

  The source is the same machine that hosts the vmware converter 5.5

  The operating system is W2003 which acts as a domain controller

  VMware converter is launched by the administrator account.

  The error that I see on the balls of vmware - converter.worker is:

  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [04344 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [warning 04344 "Default"] jump drive hard "\\.\PhysicalDrive0."
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [04344 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive1: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [warning 04344 "Default"] jump drive hard "\\.\PhysicalDrive1."
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{0395a0a1-8c42-11da-a7d7-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{18297536-8c0b-11da-8528-0014852d7e43}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{caf5e9f8-4e6c-11dd-b440-0014852d7e43}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{2958b89a-b562-11dc-a508-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{0395a09f-8c42-11da-a7d7-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{0395a09e-8c42-11da-a7d7-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [04344 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [warning 04344 "Default"] jump drive hard "\\.\PhysicalDrive0."
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [04344 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [warning 04344 "Default"] jump drive hard "\\.\PhysicalDrive0."
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [04344 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive1: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:35.592 + 01:00 [warning 04344 "Default"] jump drive hard "\\.\PhysicalDrive1."
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:41.155 + 01:00 [warning 04344 'Default'] attention: no attached disks have been detected.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:41.155 + 01:00 [04344 error 'Default'] [LiveWindowsComputer] could not find disks connected to the computer.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:41.170 + 01:00 [info 04344 "Default"] scheduled timer cancelled, succeeds StopKeepAlive
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:41.170 + 01:00 [04344 error "Default"] unknown exception when calling VMOMI method queryComputerInfo
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.358 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.358 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] Skip hard drive "\\.\PhysicalDrive0".
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.358 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive1: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.358 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] Skip hard drive "\\.\PhysicalDrive1".
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.389 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{0395a0a1-8c42-11da-a7d7-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.389 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{18297536-8c0b-11da-8528-0014852d7e43}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.389 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{caf5e9f8-4e6c-11dd-b440-0014852d7e43}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.389 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{2958b89a-b562-11dc-a508-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.389 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{0395a09f-8c42-11da-a7d7-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.389 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] Found volume with name '\\?\Volume{0395a09e-8c42-11da-a7d7-806e6f6e6963}\ '.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.421 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.421 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] Skip hard drive "\\.\PhysicalDrive0".
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.452 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive0: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.452 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] Skip hard drive "\\.\PhysicalDrive0".
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.499 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] could not get the ability to \\.\PhysicalDrive1: error opening disc device: 32 an unknown error (0 x 20) (32)
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:50.499 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING "Default"] Skip hard drive "\\.\PhysicalDrive1".
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:56.155 + 01:00 [05648 WARNING 'Default'] attention: no attached disks have been detected.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:56.155 + 01:00 [05648 error 'Default'] [LiveWindowsComputer] could not find disks connected to the computer.
  2014 02-13 T 17: 36:56.155 + 01:00 [info 05648 "Default"] scheduled timer cancelled, succeeds StopKeepAlive

  This had already happened with another server (also W2003 DC), but the hardware was completely different; Unfortunately, I wasn't able to solve this year here.

  Any help or advice would be appreciated, thanks in advance

  Thank you for all your help

  I finally found the guilty service.

  It was pcmonitor monitor/remote control software. Once I stopped it is service vmware converter could get the capacity of the physical drives.

  It is rather curious because I made several servers P2V conversions using this software (so far the last one two weeks ago - the difference between that server and this one was that the first was not a domain controller).

  Hopefully this thread will help others in the future.

• VMware Converter Standalone 5.5 does not display a Drop Down Menu for the Type of Destination

  Hi people,

  I try to use VMware Converter Standalone 5.5 for use with VMware Player and am not able to select the Type of Destination of my choice (I like to choose "VMware workstation" or another VMware virtual machine in the drop-down menu "Select the destination type").  Please see the image below where the combo box is not there at all.  Thanks for your help.  Hai

  

  This isn't a bug, it is a limitation of the converter. It is stated in the documentation. Converter considers that any machine under tension like physics. It cannot convert powered on Linux machines to hosted (i.e. Workstation/Fusion) destinations.

  A solution would be to convert it to ESX and then convert the (from) power off the VM power to the workstation.

  HTH

  Plamen

• Can not power on VM after restore acronis backup using VMWare Converter

  I've restored a VM for VSPhere 5.1 using acronis backup VMWare Converter. The conversion completed successfully, but the virtual machine does not start and I get the following error message. Any guidance is appreciated

  An error was received from the ESX host turning on VM Testdns.

  Unable to start the virtual machine.

  Power DevicePowerOn module has failed.

  Unable to create the virtual SCSI device for scsi0:0, ' / vmfs/volumes/deb7682b-d932a578/DNS Test/Testdns/Testdns.vmdk'

  Could not open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  Indeed IT loks like a problem with the used file format (twoGbMaxExtentSparse) hard which is no more supported with ESXi. Your options are either convert virtual disks using the command-line vmkfstools on the ESXi host (in this case, you must load the VMkernel multiextent module) or by downloading the hard files and convert them using vmware-vdiskmanager command-line utility. Another option is to download the virtual machine on a local system, and then use VMware Converter to convert to the ESXi host.

  Useful URLS:

  virtuallyGhetto: 2gbsparse Disk Format No Longer Working on ESXi 5.1

  VMware KB: Cloning and virtual machines with vmkfstools disks conversion

  VMware KB: Repair of a virtual disk Workstation 7.1 and Fusion 3.1

  André