P2V a Windows 98 box
I need to virtualize a very old box still running Windows 98.I presume that using VMware Converter for such old OS is not supported.However, can anybody suggest any possible strategy, including using...
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Hello Marius. You must use ghost or Acronis and restore the image to a newly created VMsame procedure you would use to clone disks in a real metal scneariocreate the new VM with IDE disks - boot it...
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I hope this link will help you out in some manner. http://vmetc.com/2009/08/18/how-to-add-sysprep-to-vmware-vcenter-for-vm-customizations-vmware-converter-also/ Thanks.
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P2V converter : There is no '/boot' directory mounted on the source machine
I get this error when i try to convert one of my machine. After a long while of debbuging my first issues, I am now stucked on this problem.I have seen online that it could be a RAID system but i have...
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Based on image, seems like you're are using mdadm software RAID and there is know issue on VMware vCenter Converter that don't recognize source volumes that are part of a Software RAID configuration.
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Thanks for the specification. I was not the original creator of this infrastructure.Is there any possibilities at this point to virtualize this machine somehow ? It does only report that there is no...
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I never did this type of conversion, but found some blog post showing some solutions: http://www.hrbac.cz/2011/09/how-to-remove-sw-raid-for-vmware-converter-to-work/How to remove Linux software RAID1...
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Thank you for your message and hints.Should I use any specific version of either ghost or Acronis?Regardsmarius
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You can use both ghost or acronis. but i believe Acronis is much better and easy to use.
View ArticleV2V MSCS CLUSTER ISSUE
Hi All,Our target is to clone the Production environment in order to perform VMware SRM tests. The production env consists of Clustered VMs with SAP application on top.We have tried to below approach...
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Hi Guys... Im having this problem also. It is a new setup of esxi 5.5 with 5 luns / 1 datastore per lun & vice versa. Using vSphere Client 5.5 and vCenter Standalone COnverter 5.5.2 Build 1890136....
View ArticleP2V a Windows 2000 (!) server
I need to P2V an old Windows 2000 server.What VMware converter version should I use?Is it advisable touse the latest version of VMware Converter and P2V the server starting from a Symantec backupor...
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Hi Welcome to communities.First you need to check compatibility , If latest P2V conversion support windows 2000 then definitely you can do that..
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This is a generic message which is displayed in most cases when there are source problems. Can you turn worker service logging to 'verbose' (instructions how to do it are available at VMware KB:...
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Hi, use VMware Standalone Converter version 4.0.1 (4.3 and later doesn't support Windows 2000)Download it here: VMware vCenter Converter StandaloneGuide:...
View ArticleMigrate off other product to VMWare. p2v Linux and Windows (solaris x86) fails
I'm an individual user running Parallels VM hypervisor on Windows and Linux hosts. I have an educational development system built on these VMs. git, svn, rtc, jenkins,... I need to port the VMs to...
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Hello and thank you. Here you go... logs as requested. I have tried to log in as both the root admin and a local admin with full rights when connecting to server from Converter standalone.. to attempt...
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Ok, update. I repaired my local installation of Converter standalone. Then enabled verbose logging again.I also removed my local windows 7 from my domain (I read somewhere else on the forum that this...
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About Windows convertions: if the 3rd party format is unsupported then try to convert machines as powered on (like physical ones), also ensure there is no firewall activated and UAC is off for Vista+...
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As I see you try to migrate Linux disks with Windows environment - this is not possible, at least the Windows do not understand and respectively can't mount Linux file-systems!Conversion of Linux goes...
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