Re: Unable to Obtain Hardware Information For The Selected Machine
If I understand correctly you use double boot - one ESX server and other Windows where the VMs are places...?If this is correct how you expect ESX hypervisor to see other disk's content or vice-verse...
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Okay, so I went and uninstalled 5.0.1 and reinstalled the latest version (Server/Client).Keep in mind that I am running the Converter tool on a desktop that is NOT part of the VMware ESXi network.I...
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For now, I want the ability to boot into either Windows Server 2008 R2, or into ESXi.That is how I am starting out, until I get everything converted over to ESXi, after which time I will default to...
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There is no problem to run Converter outside or inside ESX (as part of VM) the only one condition for the Converter is to has access to ESX server. Of course if you point ESX server it must be running,...
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Thanks Weinstein5, I couldnt use that method as the disk wasnt dynamic, but it lead me in the right direction. I was able to download diskpart from microsoft, this allowed me to expand the vm without...
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Re: Unable to Obtain Hardware Information For The Selected Machine
I booted from ESXi.I started VMware vSphere Client on a Windows 7 PC that has access to the ESXi server IP address.I started the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone application on the Windows 7 PC.I...
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Look at converter-worker.log to check the problem or upload log bundle.As general start Converter UI 'as administrator' to avoid problem with permissions...HTH
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Can you try to switch Converter Worker service logging to 'verbose' (instructions how to do it can be found at VMware KB: Increasing the logging levels to verbose for vCenter Converter application...
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Re: Converter stops at 1% with Platform-specific error 2338
Thanks for your answer DRS is enabled on the cluster, and that is the reason why it randomly select an host!?So if I want to just open port 902 to one ESXi host, I need to set DRS to manual or disable...
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Re: Unable to Obtain Hardware Information For The Selected Machine
Here are the log files that get produced.What a mess. It looks like I have to download 7-Zip in order to unpack the gz files.Why does VMware make this so complicated ?Here is the list of log files that...
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Inside worker-source-diagnostics file look at latest converter-worker.logHTH
View ArticleRe: Unable to Obtain Hardware Information For The Selected Machine
There should be a plain text vmware-converter-worker-#.log file (# is for a number), which is not included in an archive. This should be the latest (active) worker log file. I cannot see such file in...
View ArticleP2V SLES9 source disk missing
I'm trying to convert SLES 9 to virtual machine but vCenter Converter shows only /boot and swap partitions. What to do?
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Welcome to the Community - I have moved your questions to a more appropriate forum -
View ArticleRe: Converter stops at 1% with Platform-specific error 2338
Well, it's not exactly random :-) DRS has some algorithm to choose a host where to provision a new VM. In some environments this choice may look predictable, in others it may look random (I don't know...
View ArticleRe: P2V SLES9 source disk missing
Could you please give more info about the source machine - what kind of disks/partitions are there, are they RAID, LVM, etc.. Pasting /etc/fstab is a good idea.Note also some Converter limitations in...
View Article"FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:...
hello everyone,I'm trying to convert a physical Windows 2008 R2 (SP1) to virtual, using Vmware vCenter Converter Standalone version 5.5 build 1362012, it fails at 1% (after around 40mins) with the...
View ArticleLocal System Converter - "Unable to obtain hardware information for the...
New to the product. VMWare novice. I have a Win7 64 system that I'd like to convert to VM. Running Converter on the local machine and choosing 'This Local Machine'. No AV installed and Windows...
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Your problem is with VSS, probably it is lack of space, check for similar problems and solutions.The errors you see are expected, we need a full log bundle for investigation, and don't warry about GPT...
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The most importand log converter-worker.log is missing but try to run Converter UI "as administrator". HTH
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