Network Adapter Type P2V
Does ConverterCloningParams have an option for setting the network adapter type? E1000, VirtualVmxnet3, etc... While I'm asking, are there options for configuring additional VirtualHardware items...
View ArticleConversion/Migration from esxi 5.1 to esxi 5.0
I've been through the documentation for the VMware Converter, and it seems to be able to do what I want it to do but thought to ask in here if:a) Anyone has actually done this successfully,b) anything...
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VMware Converter will be able to do this for you - I have also moved this to a more appropriate forum
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Hi, a) Anyone has actually done this successfully,A : Yes : I have done it and it does work, you should be able to achieve all the following you have mentioned. b) anything I'm overlooking as I will...
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Thanks, I think I found it in the 5.5 API reference. Looks like it's a new property called 'nicControllerType' for the 'ConverterNetworkParamsManagedNicParams' data object type. Will give it a run.
View ArticleIssue with converting Ubuntu 12.4 Physical machine to ESX 4.0
Hi All, Am converting Ubuntu 12.4 Physical machine to ESX 4.0 Virutal machine through converter_standalone_4.3. But, am getting error in 99% with below error. Status: FAILED: An error occued during the...
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Property vim.UserSession,ipAddress not found
Hi all, first post on this forum, I usually always manage to find the answer I need here and never had a need to post till now... Trying to migrate a Windows 2008 R2 Ent SP1 server from A-B. I always...
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Its probably a DNS issue , the machine you are trying to convert got its own DNS and DC server ? check that and once the connection is back i think everything will be ok , check the Workers log Best...
View ArticleRe: Issue with converting Ubuntu 12.4 Physical machine to ESX 4.0
To resolve this issue:Run this command to determine the default kernel version:uname -aRun this command to find the kernel version installed:rpm -qa | grep -i kernelIf the installed kernel version is...
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Its on a diffent domain yes. But I have addressed that by adding all of the esxi hosts to the local hosts file. Name resolution is working fine. I had a similar issue on a 2003 server, and dropping the...
View ArticleP2V with stand alone vConverter
Can I do P2V with stand alone vConverter wiht servers powered on? I usually do cold P2V. Does it matter to do P2V if the vcenter is vcenter virtual appliance and not Windows vCenter?
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Yes you can perform live P2Vs with Standalone COnverter - check out section 5 of http://www.vmware.com/pdf/convsa_55_guide.pdf
View ArticleRe: Property vim.UserSession,ipAddress not found
Try to convert with latest Converter 5.5 and then upload log bundle in case of failure.
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Re: P2V with stand alone vConverter
Hi Welcome to the communities.Agree with weinstein5 , so nothing more to add except one thin you have both option cold and hot migration . Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
View ArticleRe: Conversion/Migration from esxi 5.1 to esxi 5.0
Confirming the 'yes'. There's one thing you should be aware of - ESX 5.0 does not support hardware version 9. Though there is generally no problems downgrading the hardware version of a VM, there might...
View ArticleRe: Issue with converting Ubuntu 12.4 Physical machine to ESX 4.0
Just use a newer converter. 5.5 supports ESX 4.0 as destination. Regards,Plamen
View ArticleRe: Property vim.UserSession,ipAddress not found
Hi, yes tried 5.1 and 5.5 and got the same errors as above. I have ripped the latest entries from the log bundle worker/agent above. Thanks.
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Seems your destination datastore contain '@' sign in its name, rename to '_' and try again. HTH
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Re: Property vim.UserSession,ipAddress not found
I think that is a formatting issue... I have masked out the actual server name due to paranoia... Error 2338 opening disk vpxa-nfcssl://[Shared#GBxxxxxxx] server/server.vmdk@domain.com:902!52 a6 32 ed...
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