Yes for Windows - select as destination Workstation or Player machine, then run the VMs with Workstation or Player
For Linux there is no way to do. Get your free ESXi and use it.
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Re: vmware converter without infrastructure server?
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Re: vmware converter without infrastructure server?
No actually, not for Linux.
The workaround would be to convert manually or use another product.
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P2V vSphere 6 Linux Mandriva Kernel panic on boot
Hello,
I've converted with converter 6.0 one linux Mandriva 2008 server. Conversion process was successfull, but the vm doesn't boot (kernel panic) because cannot find /dev/sda1 device mounted on /.
My problem is that I cannot found anything about how to recreate bootloader on Mandriva. The instructions for ubuntu or other distributions doesn't works.
Booting with mandriva live cd I can see and use /dev/sda1 mounted on /mnt.
Rescue mode fails to recreate bootloader.
Anyone have had any experience with this linux distribution ?
Thanks in advance
Regards,
Davide
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Re: Converter Job failing trying to copy live system.
Finally got it so I can look at the helper log. Looks like it's timing out trying to create the large data disk. I don't see anything in the tool to allow me to change the time out settings to increase how long it will wait.
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Re: Converter Job failing trying to copy live system.
It seems you have correctly diagnosed the problem. But hey, 1h not enough for formatting, that's weird! How large is that volume?
The timeouts are hard coded unfortunately. A possible workaround would be, if the volume is relatively empty, to shrink it during conversion, and enlarge it after that using, e.g. resize2fs (I hope it is a logical volume).
I'll see what could be done to avoid such problems in the future.
Regards,
Plamen
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C onverter standalone can convert Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5 tib only ?
Hello, I downloaded latest v6 converter standalone, it can convert Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5 only.
The v9.5 is from year 2009, yes it is 6 years old.
Why is the converter standalone not updates to work with current acronis versions?
1. Is the converter standalone discontinued software?
2. Are current acronis true image versions crap?
3. So how then I'm suppose to virtualize my computer if the MB/CPU is dead and I have HDD with data on it? The only way I know is make image then use converter standalone to convert it to vmdk.
Thanks.
P.S. Who the heck was so smart to leave out vmware workstation v7 and v8 from converter standalone v6? I need to use v5.5 instead?
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Re: C onverter standalone can convert Acronis True Image Echo 9.1 and 9.5 tib only ?
Hello
1. Is the converter standalone discontinued software?
2. Are current acronis true image versions crap?
2.5: Support for Acronis (and other third party images) is deprecated in Converter and will be discontinued.
3. So how then I'm suppose to virtualize my computer if the MB/CPU is dead and I have HDD with data on it? The only way I know is make image then use converter standalone to convert it to vmdk.
Why not use the tools the image was created with in the first place?
P.S. Who the heck was so smart to leave out vmware workstation v7 and v8 from converter standalone v6? I need to use v5.5 instead?
Short answer: Yes
Need longer answer?: Who the heck is so smart to need the latest Converter when he doesn't need the latest Workstation?
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Need Education on VMWare Converter
Can someone point me to a reference that lists each of the major versions of the VMWare Converter that prepares standalone virtual machines for use in VMWare Workstation? I see now a product that is a "VCenter" converter, and I'm not clear on whether this is a name change, or if this is in fact a separate product.
Is there a reference that documents which versions of Windows each of the versions of VMWare Converter targets? When converting older Windows 2000 computers, we have been using 3.03, and our assumption was that newer releases might not support older versions of Windows OS.
Can someone point me to the download site for the various versions of VMWare Converter?
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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter
For supported guest OS for each version of converter you can check the release notes. Simple by searching for VMware converter 6.0 release notes should lead you to the link.
In the release notes you will have the section fit Guest OS that is supported in that specific converter.
Download link should be https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=converter
Suhas
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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter
You can find release notes for all versions (not 100% sure, but at least since 4.0) and look there for supported supported source/destination/OS versions; just google for them. BTW this is not the case for downloads - you can download 5.5 and 6.0 from the site.
About the confusion caused by 'vCenter' - there used to be a converter extension for vCenter Server which has been discontinued (last version 4.2) and which had no 'standalone' in its name. Now there is only the standalone version. The old standalone versions after 3 are: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.3, 5.0.1, and 5.1.2
HTH
Plamen
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Error virtualizing physical machine
Hi
I am trying to virtualize a physical machine which runs centos.
It gives me an error
"There is no '/boot' directory mounted on the source machine. It is required to create a bootable virtual machine"
When I checked I have my /boot mounted
/dev/md126 is mount to /boot...
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Re: Error virtualizing physical machine
Is that software RAID?
Unfortunately Converter does not support software RAID (actually /dev/md devices), it's in the release notes.
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Re: Error virtualizing physical machine
What else can be the solution.....
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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter
That link leads to documentation and download for 6.0. And it also gives binary download for 5.5.3. Where do I get documention and downloads for older versions?
Is there a commercial license required to use these?
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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter
I cannot find the download for 4.3, except for on third party sites. Is there no working link on the vmware web site?
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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter
VMware converter is a free product and there is no license is required.
Release notes for 4.3
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Release Notes
I found this by simply typing the same from Google.
I believe 4.3 is no longer available for download from VMware anymore.
Suhas
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Re: Error virtualizing physical machine
Hi raghaoty, yes there is a solution , one that is not simple ; I used it a few years ago :
The idea is to put and set a new non-RAID disk /dev/sda1 the boot from Linux CD, and make a hard copy of all the data " / " to /dev/md *, finally you have to change the partition table, the process is not simple and can cause system errors, you can also try a clean installation of OS to get the info since then RAID partitions.
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Re: Error virtualizing physical machine
I can suggest another idea, a little easier, but can you should still be careful.
Copy the content of the '/boot' volume somewhere else, unmount /boot, and copy the data to the directory. The catch is that the root volume must be a basic one or the boot loader must be GRUB2 (legacy GRUB can't boot from logical volumes). You can try to convert it and then get the source machine as it was. No guarantee though.
HTH
Plamen
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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter
That's correct, you can download from VMware site only the versions that are officially supported.
If you need an older unsupported version, I'd say - go ahead and download it from a third party site.
BTW the latest to support W2K is 4.0.1
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anyone else having issues downloading converter 5.5 or 6.0?
Tried two different users and two different browsers each.
No matter what, on the download page all I see is:
And they cannot be further expanded (and obviously show no links).
Any help appreciated!
thanks
ken
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