Slipstream drivers into Coldclone
I'm trying to slipstream some drivers into a coldclone cd ISO. However the iso does not have the petool.exe in it so I can't slipstream the drivers. Can anyone maybe post the petool.exe for me or point...
View ArticleRe: Any reason for painfully slow transfer rates with VMWare Converter?
Had similar problems on my travels too, did you check the resources / processes running on the machine when converting? Is it maxing out or not doing much? Are you standalone or Server/Client? Have you...
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Re: Any reason for painfully slow transfer rates with VMWare Converter?
If you sure that your thin disk will not grow dramatically you can leave it with original size 1TB+ and don't worry because disk will use current size of 500GB..If you want to fix disk's size you...
View ArticleRe: Ubuntu P2V won't boot (ureadahead main process terminated with status 5)
Hi,I've got the same issue here. Anyone having a solution ?
View ArticleUnable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine
I have checked all of these forums, yet the solutions are not helping me in this instant. I am somewhat new to Vmware, I can get around to perform most standard tasks. I am attempting my first...
View ArticleRe: Unable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine
Hello and welcome to the forum You need to connect to the source machine as administrator or disable UAC. Also you need to configure or disable the firewall.Alternatively - you can install converter...
View ArticleRe: Unable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine
I had all the options u also mentioned turned off or disabled. I instead installed the agent locally and ran it, the conversion is working now. I have another server to convert later this week, I'll...
View ArticleRe: Unable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine
Welcome to the Community - You will need to restore the administrative shares - this link will help http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318755
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Upload a backup remove the original virtual machin
Hello, A few days ago, I tried to use an initial backup of an existent virtual machine to create a new one (as it was a template) using vmware converter standalone 5.0 into my ESX 3.5 server. I use a...
View ArticleRe: Upload a backup remove the original virtual machin
Hello, I attach you the log of the converter. I can't attach the log files of the ESX because I am doing a copy of the physical disk (to try to recover the removed files) Regards,
View ArticleRe: Upload a backup remove the original virtual machin
This is not the log bundle but GUI logs which are not useful, need to attach converter-worker.log
View ArticleRe: Converting existing esxi 5.1 vm with iscsi guest connections
To answer your questions Plamen Let me try to reexplain what i'm trying to accomplish. I am implementing a new SAN and need to consolidate my vmdks and other storage I have an exchange server that is...
View ArticleRe: Upload a backup remove the original virtual machin
Hello Plamen, The convert process asks for a name for the new virtual machine (is not possible to use the same name of an existing VM into the VC), but it's possible that the VM had some manual...
View ArticleV2V Data Flow Question
Source is a VM on ESXi 5.0 managed by a vCenter instance in datacenter A. VM is powered off since it is a V2V. Destination is ESXi 5.1 managed by a vCenter instance in datacenter B. Converter 5.1...
View ArticleConvert a physical disk - Not a live OS
Hey All, I've been looking around for a solution to this, but am having a lot of issues. I have a hard drive out of another computer that I'd like to convert to a VM. I've tried disk2vhd without much...
View ArticleRe: Convert a physical disk - Not a live OS
Attach the physical hard disk to some other machine and then convert it, the Converter needs an OS to transfer the disk content.
View ArticleRe: Convert a physical disk - Not a live OS
Hey, thanks for the reply. I have the drive connected to the machine I'm on now, it just isn't the booted OS. Am I missing an option within vCentre Converter that allows me to convert a disk that isn't...
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Re: Convert a physical disk - Not a live OS
This is very tricky conversion create a VM with this disk only, then try to configure new VM... hope you succeed Forgot to say: do not reconfigure target VM, if there are differences between your...
View ArticleRe: Convert a physical disk - Not a live OS
Well, I made it a bit further, and was able to convert the disk, but encountered a new issue. The disk consist of two partitions, the boot info and the data info. I select both and it creates TWO vmdk...
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