Re: Is it possible to clone to thin disks?
I guess my question more clearly stated is why am I getting full size vmdk files if I'm selecting to convert a running machine to a workstation VM and have selected the not preallocated option?
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Where you're checking the virtual disk size ? On virtual machine settings or on destination folder ?
View ArticleRe: Estimate completion time for P2V
Thank you champs! Im aware of the other factors, just wanted to be clear about the disk cloning part which is one of the main factors impacting P2V completion time.
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On destination folder. I am converting to workstation VMs then transferring via FTP to another location, if I could get thin vmdks it would save a considerable amount of time spent transferring the...
View ArticleRe: converting remote centos linux physical machine to virtual machine on...
Hi, VMware converter is used to convert a Physical machine to virtual hosted on Vmware virtual infrastructure. Which means, the destination should be ESXi host or vCenter server. Using VMware...
View ArticleRe: Error: Unable to clone volume C:
Chkdks without flags checks only FS metadata, the /B re-evaluates bad clustes on volume, which is necessary in your case. Reboot is required because the volume is in use and can not be checked...HTH
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However there is possibility to convert your live Linux to one of supported 3rd party format, check Users's Manual, and then convert to Workstation one.HTH
View ArticleRe: P2v of Certificate Server
Did you ever do the p2v of your cert server? I have the same scenario. Thx
View ArticleInstallation and Use of Converter Standalone 5.5
vSphere 5.1, VMware 5.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 64 bit VM's I am new to VM's and VMware. I did not know until today that if you allocate a certain amount of Disk Space to a VM and later decide to...
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I ran chkdsk /b and rebooted the machine, I am still getting the same error but as I retry the job the failure occurs at different points for example, sometimes at 25% sometimes at 11%, sometimes at...
View ArticleRe: Error: Unable to clone volume C:
I'll say that disk is going to die... (could you verify the similar error as before in the logs?).The other possibility is to use some other supported 3rd party to produce image and then convert it to...
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It's actually given the error on different volumes as I retry the job and all the volumes are on different disks (SAN), seems unlikely that all three of the disks are suspect. I've had a lot of...
View ArticleWindows XP from physical to virtual, disk controller changes
Hi, I am new to VMware products and to migrating OS from physical machine to virtual one which is the next job now here.Means a Windows XP SP3 which currently runs on real PC is going to run as virtual...
View ArticleRe: Windows XP from physical to virtual, disk controller changes
Yes, that's correct. The Converter will inject the required drivers and settings after migrating the data. André
View ArticleRed Hat Enterprise 5.5 von Hyper-V auf VMware konvertieren
Hallo zusammen, ich möchte einen Red Hat Enterprise 5.5 Server von Hyper-V auf VMware konvertieren. Allerdings bekomme ich immer eine Fehlermeldung ausgespuckt:...
View ArticleAn error occurred while opening a virtual disk. Verify that the converter...
Hello, I am trying to P2V server and get this error.Converting from physical host to vcenter.I see it successfully creates snapshot and fails right after it. Thank you in advance.
View ArticleRe: An error occurred while opening a virtual disk. Verify that the converter...
From the source physical machine try telnet esxi-hostname 902.
View ArticleRe: An error occurred while opening a virtual disk. Verify that the converter...
What is the standalone converter version that you are using ? Try not to convert multiple VM's to same ESXi host at a time. If you are using Standalone converter 5.x, you should probably select the...
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Telnet works fine, port is open.
View ArticleRe: An error occurred while opening a virtual disk. Verify that the converter...
Ok, if possible, attach the diagnostic logs.
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