Official document for validating the creation of account "VMware_Conv_SA" being created automatically when vCenter Converter Standalone is installed/used.
Please suggest.
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VMware Standalone converter
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Re: VMware Standalone converter
Don't understand what you're asking.
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Re: VMware Standalone converter
It is not in the guide or release notes because this is an internal implementation detail, i.e. not documented.
Otherwise - yes, Converter creates its own user account when installed. Its name is "___VMware_Conv_SA___", a little different from what you write.
I don't know from what point of view the question is. If it is from a technical, I am a Converter developer, so perhaps this is official enough; if it is from a legal PoV, then it is not official.
HTH,
Plamen
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P2V of a linux system is failed
Dear Team,
P2V of a linux (RHEL5.6) system is failed with following error.
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:
'/usr/lib/vmware-converter/copyFileSystem.sh did not finish producing output after 3600 seconds'
Please help us how to resolve this issue.
Regards,
Krishna Dev
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Re: P2V of a linux system is failed
Krishna Dev,
Have you tried looking at the converter log?
Did you try the troubleshooting steps outlines here:
If everything fails you could try converting the system using manual steps instead:
1. Download SystemRescueCD: http://sysresccd.org/
2. Create a new virtual machine with a disk of the same size as the physical source disk
3. Boot both the source system and the target virtual machine with the SystemRescueCD.
4. In the target virtual machine, run the command: nc -l -p 5000|lzop -d|dd of=/dev/sda
5. In the physical source system, run the command: dd if=/dev/sda|pv|lzop -1|nc 192.168.1.5 5000
6. You can see thestatus of the transfer in the source systems console.
7. If it's a linux guest and it doesn't boot properly after transferring, you might have to reinitialize grub: How to re-install GRUB bootloader on the Master Boot Record(MBR) in rescue mode - Red Hat Customer Portal or https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/legacy/Installing-GRUB-natively.html
Lars
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Re: P2V of a linux system is failed
Thank you Lars for your reply. I will try out the option mentioned here and update the status.
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Re: P2V of a linux system is failed
Hello,
Converter uses 'tar' to copy all files from the source machine. This error usually is 'tar' becoming unresponsive practically indefinitely. IIRC this has happened previously while cloning some /home volumes.
Get the conversion logs, have a look at the helper log (it is buried deep down inside several tarballs) and check which volume causes the problem. If this is neither the root nor the boot one, try to convert w/o it (uncheck it in the wizard) and then copy the files manually after the conversion.
HTH,
Plamen
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Re: Problems Migrating Windows 2012 from Xen Server to ESXi
Although a very old problem, it just happened to me. Did an export of a Windows 2016 VM from XenServer that couldn't boot in VMWare. Here it's how I fixed:
1) Boot in safe mode.
2) Enable msiserver in safe mode so you can uninstall XenTools - Type REG ADD “HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal\MSIServer” /VE /T REG_SZ /F /D “Service” and press enter.
3) Uninstall xentools
4) Search for all xen* files and delete all of them, including the folders in C:\Program Data ( If you try to delete before uninstalling, you're going to get an error.)
5) Delete Citrix folders in C:\Program Data
6) Since you started msiserver in step 2, you can start the installation of vmware tools - it's going to ask you for a reboot.
7) Finish vmware tools installation
It worked for me.
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Re: P2V of a linux system is failed
Hi palmen,
/boot , /tmp migrations are completed. It got stuck during / migration.
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Re: P2V of a linux system is failed
That's not good. Reconfiguration can not pass without the root volume.
You may eventually try manual conversion.
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Where is the linux version of vCenter Convert?
I'm on this link: VMware vCenter Converter: P2V Virtual Machine Converter
The claim is: "VMware vCenter Converter transforms your Windows- and Linux-based physical machines and third-party image formats to VMware virtual machines."
Great, I need to turn a linux (Ubuntu) instance into a VM.
Click on "Download Now" and it goes here: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/info?slug=infrastructure_operations_management/vmware_vcenter_converter_standalone/6_…
Click on "Go to Downloads" and we get something that's windows only. https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=CONV62&productId=701&rPId=20180
The other versions of this product are also windows only.
What am I missing? Do I need to run this on wine? Is this not actually working for Linux?
Thank you,
Dan Buss
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Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
Trying to convert a Windows 7 box to vm. Getting "Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible." error at 98%. I've tried booting to Windows recovery (windows 10. Does that matter?) startup repair + bootrec etc to no avail. Always ends with BSOD after windows splash screen. I believe its an issue with the small boot volume.
Can someone have a look at the log and point me in the right direction?
Thank you in advance.
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Re: Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
From your log
2019-01-15T13:16:16.762-05:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[06688] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ERROR 13 getting default from Vista BCD file
2019-01-15T13:16:16.762-05:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[06688] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ERROR opening boot.ini file boot.ini for reading
AFAIK Windows 7 doesn't have a boot.ini file. (nor Vista for that matter)
Try the steps in
"This issue occurs when converting a physical machine that uses Boot Configuration Data or BCD (Windows Vista, 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2). In this case, the physical machine may have some type of system, hidden, or recovery partition that results in inaccurate BCD configuration data after the conversion and causes the virtual machine reconfiguration process to fail. BCD issues can be addressed by rebuilding automatically using the bootrec command or by editing the BCD stores using the bcdeditcommand."
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Re: Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
Thanks for your reply. However, I get stock on both bootrec and / bcdedit (see below).
I tried the bootrec options which always failed /fixboot (access denied) and /scanos (no windows os found). bcdedit was not a recognized command.
Start up repair initially says changes made, but still doesn't boot. Then says unable to repair.
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Re: Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
Doesn't sound good.
Did you navigate to C:\windows\system32\ before running bcdedit.exe
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Re: Where is the linux version of vCenter Convert?
Hello,
It works for Linux but it doesn't work on Linux. You need to install Converter on a Windows machine and then you can convert a Linux one. There used to be a version running on Linux but it has been discontinued.
There is one more caveat though - converting a running Linux machine can be done only to vSphere (i.e. managed by vCenter Server or ESXi directly), but not to Workstation, Player or Fusion.
HTH,
Plamen
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Re: Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
Ah success! Thank you. The link was helpful. It took a few more tries and changing to d:\windows\system32 to run bcdedit was key. The 2nd part of the link (loading / editing the hive) was what finally got it booting again.
Thanks again!
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Re: Where is the linux version of vCenter Convert?
First of all thank you, that's the perfect answer and tells me what I need to know.
2nd, everything you said really should be in the description. For me it changes this from a perfect tool to a dry hole.
Thanks again,
Dan
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Re: Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
Hello.
I have the same problem with the reconfiguration not possible at 98%....can you please help with this issue?
I don't know what to do to fix it.
Thanks a lot for your time
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Re: Win 7 to vm Unable to find the system volume, reconfiguration is not possible at 98%
You skip your active (bootable) volume during conversion and reconfiguration is not possible.
HTH
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