Hi,
Kindly cross check wither below all points are covered
1) SSH is required to get connectivity so that data can be copied easily.
2) Ensure that you have this ports open in your environment as well as you have installed the converter agent in your physical machine?
Ports for Converting a powered on Linux operating system (P2V)
Source Destination TCP Ports Notes
Converter server --> Source computer --> 22 --> The Converter server must be able to establish an SSH connection with the source computer. Converter client --> Converter server --> 443 --> Only required if a custom installation was performed and the Converter server and client portions are on different computers. Converter server --> VirtualCenter --> 443 --> Only required if the conversion target is VirtualCenter. Converter server --> ESX --> 443, 902, 903 --> If the conversion target is VirtualCenter, only ports 902 and 903 are required. Converter server --> Helper virtual machine --> 443 Helper virtual machine --> Source computer --> 22 --> The helper virtual machine must be able to establish an SSH connection with the source computer. By default the helper virtual machine gets its IP address assigned by DHCP. If there is no DHCP server available on the network chosen for the target virtual machine you must manually assign it an IP address.
Using the Command-Line to Install VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Agent
1. Get the VMware-Converter-Agent.exe package by using one of the following:
o After installing Converter Standalone, go to
%ProgramFiles%\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone.
• From command line, without installing Converter Standalone, run the following command:
VMware-converter-4.0.0-xxxxxx.exe /a
2. To install Converter Standalone agent, run the following command
o For default port settings (port 9089) VMware
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For custom port settings (for example, port 8071)
VMware-Converter-Agent.exe /s /v"AGENT_PORT=8071 /l*v %TEMP%/vmconvagentmsi.log /qn"