Re: "Cannot start service" error when installing Standalone Converter
THIS WAS THE SOLUTION FOR ME!!!!!! THANKS FOR THE POST. Below are specific details if you need to create the ServicePipeTimeout which is what I had to do in my case. How to increase the...
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Re: How can I uninstall the vCenter Standalone Converter?
The first sc.exe command was exactly what I needed.
View ArticleRe: HyperV VM Conversion Issues
Hi thanks for the the reply.. As per that document I had already put in all the IP/Host-names into hosts file of the server running vCenter Converter.Also, I'm running the converter off a separate...
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Re: HyperV VM Conversion Issues
Hey QuazzieM, The last lines shows the next: --> The remote host certificate has these problems:--> --> * A certificate in the host's chain is based on an untrusted root.--> --> * self...
View ArticleRe: How can I uninstall the vCenter Standalone Converter?
Are you trying to uninstall converter with services stopped?
View ArticleRe: How can I uninstall the vCenter Standalone Converter?
The OP hasn't commented on the thread since 2013, a new comment from another user caused this thread to bubble up over the weekend.
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Re: How can I uninstall the vCenter Standalone Converter?
No need to apologise, I was just letting you know
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P2V Conversion Failed
The first time conversion was failed with \\.\vstor2-mntapi20-shared-4B1CBA2200001000000000001A000000\$Reconfig$", After that followed the below steps: -You should check source & destination...
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VMware vCenter Converter Standalone "the wizard was interrupted before VMware...
I have to save an existing Acer Notebook with a Windows XP to a virtual machine and I as trying to use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalonefor this purpose.I copied the installer to the Desktop...
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Sorce / target communication
Hi, I'm going to perform some migrations from a Hyper-V to an ESXi server. On both servers the production VM's are using 1 Gb NIC's as the switches in the environment doesn't have any 10 Gb port....
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Hello, hope you are doing fine.You can use vCenter converter for that migration Check this guide: A Guide to Converting Hyper-V VMs to VMware by NAKIVO
View ArticleStandalone Converter Stops at 91%
Trying to convert a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials over to a host running VMware ESXi 6.7.0 Update 3 with a free hypervisor license. VMware Converter Error Status: FAILED: A general system error...
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Hi, When you do conversions of powered off Hyper-V VMs, Converter Agent service runs directly on the hypervisor (as opposed to running in the source VM when converting powered on VMs).This implies that...
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What you can do in that case is trigger the Migration as if the server was a Physical server by installing vCenter converter on the virtual machine itselfAll done with vCenter converter standaloneand...
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Re: Sorce / target communication
Hmm, that's precisely what the OP should not do. The question mentions that the source VMs are on 1GB NICs and he wants to leverage the 10GB NICs available in the infrastructure. Treating them as...
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Re: Standalone Converter Stops at 91%
Hi there. Did you try again? Were you trying with the OS running? (if yes, try to do a cold convert)
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user ___VMware_Conv_SA___ in bios inknown password1
Hey there. After i've installed Vmware converter stanalone , in my laptop HP elitebook 2170p, it blocked my Bios because the vmware created user ___VMware_Conv_SA___ in bios and this user has admin...
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Re: Sorce / target communication
Thank you for all the answers and sorry for the late reply. If I am to do 10 Gb direct connection between the two servers I will not be able to use vCenter Converter as I see it as it needs to...
View ArticleRe: Win 7 conversion BSOD PFN_SHARE_COUNT
I know this is an old post but I can boot it fine in safe mode.
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Re: Win 7 conversion BSOD PFN_SHARE_COUNT
Hey, Try what it says in the next post: [SOLVED] BSOD on vm3dmp.sys after installing VMWare Tools 7 on Windows 7 The solution is in the first post and I think it could work because even that you did...
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Re: Conversion failed with error message "FAILED: The VSS snapshots cannot be...
HI, I had this problem with a Win7 x64 PC.The problem is the "System Reserved" partition (100MB): too small.I used free Minitool Partition Wizard to resize the System Reserved:1. Resize C: leaving 1Gb...
View ArticleRe: VCenter Converter 5.5.3
Have the same issue ..found this page in English and French:https://www.vmware.com/fr/support/support-resources/pubs/converter_pubs.htmlBut all download links are broken
View ArticleVMware Converter from exi5.5 to exi6.7 not running, could you support me the...
VMware Converter from exi5.5 to exi6.7 not running, could you support me the solution?
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Re: VMware Converter from exi5.5 to exi6.7 not running, could you support me...
What do you mean by “not running”?Where do you have Converter installed relative to the ESXi hosts?What were you attempting to do? (Be specific)What errors do you see? (Screenshots help)
View ArticleV2V conversion from KVM to ESXi
Hello Team,Is it possible to do V2V conversion from vms present on centos based KVM to ESXi hypervisor using vcenter converter tool?Please provide possible ways also?
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Re: V2V conversion from KVM to ESXi
Treat the source VM as if it were a physical system, follow the instructions specific to whatever OS type it is using: About VMware vCenter Converter Standalone User Guide Refer to this thread also: VM...
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V2V conversion from KVM to ESXi regarding this thread,I checked vCenter converter documentation , i havent found centos based kvm vms under supported power on type for source. document only showing...
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Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware
Hi, I have a Zimbra mail server on a Physical machine, Now I want to migrate it to the VMware environment. Please suggest what way is best to migrate Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware.
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Re: Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware
It would depend mostly on the host OS for the application, not the application itself. This is the tool which VMware provide to help convert physical systems to a VM: vCenter Converter: P2V Virtual...
View ArticlevCenter Converter Standalone issue
Hi I'm trying to run vCenter Converter Standalone to convert some linux servers to VMs. I tried with various configurations (Windows 7, Windows 10), running it as admin or normal user BUT i allways get...
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Moderator: Thread moved to the Converter Standalone area.
View ArticleRe: vCenter Converter Standalone issue
Welcome to the Community, some more details may be helpful.Converter version/buildESXi (or vCenter Server) host version/build (on which you want to create the VM)does the account that you use have...
View ArticleRe: Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware
Hi scott28tt Zimbra mail server have around 8 TB of user mailbox data. So i) can I migrate it using P2V converter?ii) is it need any downtime needed for the server?iii) is there any service up...
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Re: Zimbra Mail Server migrate Physical to VMware
Depends on the underlying OS as I mentioned. There will be some sort of switchover which will require downtime if you did a P2V, it would usually be recommended to stop application services for the...
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Re: vCenter Converter Standalone issue
Hi The permissions mentioned in the error message pertain to the vSphere account used to create the destination VM, not to the account used at the machine where Converter is installed.The third point...
View Articlegetting started
I am a complete newbe to this stuff. I would rate myself somewhat literate in technical stuff.This is what I want to do.I have a legacy computer. The hardware is dieing. It will run for a while and...
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Re: getting started
You could use VMware Workstation to convert your physical computer to a virtual computer. But why use Windows 7 as the host OS? Support for Windows 7 has already ended! I would use Windows 10. The...
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Hi You could also install Converter inside the Vista machine and convert to a network share. Cross fingers it doesn't hang all the times during conversion.If some app is tied to this particular...
View ArticleVM-Ware Workstation 16 VMware vCenter® Converter™ Standalone
Dear Forum users, I have VM-ware Workstation 16 and I am trying to virtualize remote Linux physical computer with VMware vCenter® Converter™ Standalone, but I have no option to select the destination...
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Moderator: Thread moved to the Converter Standalone area.
View ArticleRe: getting started
Thanks,But given the average time between failures I have experienced, seems unlikely that I could get it done.I'll give it a couple of tries, but I'm skeptical. Thanks again Hank
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Re: getting started
Thanks for the reply.The reason I would use 7 is that that is what the machine runs at this time.I see no compelling reason to go to 10 and all the headaches changing OSs would entail,Thank you for the...
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Re: vCenter Converter Standalone issue
Yes it was a permission issue Thx Then I had a licence issue... It's a pity the good error message is not displayed by vCenter...
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Redhat Conversion NIGHTMARE
Hi; I am a Redhat newbie by ANY stretch of the imagination and I was given and accepted the challenge of virtualizing our existing RedHat installation (ver. 5.11)...YES I know it is super old...but the...
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This might be useful: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/67504 For what it seems RedHat 5.1 is not supported with converter you can downgrade some binaries before launching the conversionBefore the...
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Re: Redhat Conversion NIGHTMARE
Hey tellis1969, Do not underestimate yourself like that, haha is okay not to know something and it will happen in our job a lot. Please follow the next procedure to enable the root password as the same...
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Re: Redhat Conversion NIGHTMARE
Hi Let me start by mentioning that the suggestions in nachogonzalez' answer are misleasding (sorry). Converter 6.2 works with RHEL 5.1 (VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2.0.1 Release Notes). It is...
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