P2V a Windows 98 box
I need to convert an old Windows 98 box to a VM.Can anybody please suggest the best solution?Can I use VMware Converter 5.5 or should I use an older version?If so, where can I locate VMware Converter...
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Hm, I am not aware of any Converter that would support Windows 98. AFAIK Converters work on a NT-based systems, which 98 is not.For the second part, if you get a VM - it depends on its format, whether...
View ArticleSame old message but I am still cannot find out why: 'wizardController']...
Hello all, I am trying to convert a Linux RHEL4 physical server directly to a ESXi 5.5 server using the VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone Client 5.5.2 build-1890136. Log is showing the error message...
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Please, upload the worker log located at %ALLUSERPROFILE%\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\logs.
View ArticleRe: Same old message but I am still cannot find out why: 'wizardController']...
Please check whether the Linux source machine is able to resolve the ESXi host's host name. If the ESXi host is not resolvable through DNS, you may alternatively add a line to the Linux system's...
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are you making reference to this one?C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client\Logs
View ArticleRe: Same old message but I am still cannot find out why: 'wizardController']...
The ESXi hostname is not configured in the hosts neither the DNS is resolving it. Now should it even if in the gui I am adding the IP address?
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Well, I had such an issue with a conversion a few weeks ago, and the solution was to make the source machine able to resolve the ESXi host's name.It's only a single line, so that's at least worth a...
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Re: Kernel Panic error after converting a debian machine using VMWare...
The issue is resolved. The steps are described in the below link. VMware P2V Conversion of Debian Squeeze | System Admin Guide Thanks all for the support
View ArticleRe: Slow VM activity after Centos5 P2V
Sorry for the late reply. The vmtools installation didn't resolve my issue.
View ArticleRe: VSS Error when converting: Unable to create VSS Snapshot 2147754758...
Update:I've converted the D drive (not system) to NTFS, and the converter ran for longer than before. It failed after 3hrs with the following error:Failed: An error occurred during the conversion:...
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Please provide worker logs. They should be located under All Users data (the correct link is %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\logs - you can paste this in the "Run" box...
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The problem is at2014-07-23T16:25:10.843-04:00 [02584 warning 'Default'] [,0] [NFC ERROR] NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx: Failed to connect to peer. Error: Failed to connect to server 9.17.181.91:902You need...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Converter Standalone Server Windows Service Fails to Start in...
VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Server version 5.5.2 build-1890136 running under Windows 7 Pro x64. Service fails to start in a timely fashion. Log Name: SystemSource: Service Control...
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Can you post the server log located at C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\logs.
View ArticleRe: Offline/Cold P2V?
Customer feels the cold clone is limit data loss. I'm unable to do a sync, because they are requiring me to shrink the disk size, so I have to do file level mmigrations
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Re: P2V sync after post conversion cleanup
Hi, Thank you for the detailed response, and this is exactly what I figured would happen. Pretty interesting though, any time I do a P2V, the IP address is never set after conversion. I use a script to...
View ArticleRe: VMWare Standalone Converter 5.5 hangs at 1% (1 hour, 3 minutes remaining)
The source virtual machine can resolve the name of the target ESXi host ? If not, you can add a entry on hosts file of virtual machine and try again.
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