Re: Converter 5.0 RHEL5 P2V Issue
Helper VM does not ask for login to complete. The ability to log in the helper is for troubleshooting purposes and is not used for normal conversions. If you have an error of the kind "The destination...
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Roger that. Thank you kindly. It turned out that I did not chose the appropriate VLAN.
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Hi I just change from name to IP of the source machine in convertion wizard and it goes ok . Ashraf
View ArticleRe: converter error "Host key can't be retrieved.
Another possible reason for this error is to have the SSH server on the source configured with a DSA key, however Converter currently supports only RSA keys. If there is only DSA key on the source SSH...
View ArticleRe: Can't transfer UUID.BIOS from source to destination Guest with SOAP SDK...
After testing, still not worked so used the vSphere API to read then write the UUID in instead: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><soap:Envelope...
View ArticleKeep P2V VM (periodically) synchronised
Hiya all, We need to create a backup VM from a physical server, and keep it as up-to-date/synchronised as possible, for use as a failover server.Using the latest versions of vSphere/vCenter/Converter,...
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Hello If your physical machine is running Windowss, you may start a synchronizable conversion and leave it not finalized. Use Converter SDK to periodically start incremental updates.You can start and...
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Hi, The source is a physical Windows 2008R2 machine. What happens if the source gets disconnected/crashes while the P2V copy is not finalized?Will the Vm still be useable? Thanks!Kris
View ArticleVMware Converter Enterprise - Is this still available?
Hi, I have done about 50 conversions with VMware Converter Standalone which have gone reasonably well. I am now looking to speed up the conversion process so we can do more servers in a weekend....
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After each synchronization the destination VM is left in a bootable state. It will be reverted to the most recent bootable state if the synchronization fails.
View ArticleRe: VMware Converter Enterprise - Is this still available?
As I recall that product no longer exists as VMware went to providing converter as a free product - you can always stand up more converter servers -
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Re: Keep P2V VM (periodically) synchronised
Awesome. Just what I was looking for. Thanks for your help!
View ArticleRe: VMware Converter Enterprise - Is this still available?
Thanks - More converters is what I have used so far. I built 5 servers to use for conversion. I was just looking for products with more features such as scheduling and maybe replication tools. Will
View ArticleRe: VMware Converter Enterprise - Is this still available?
WIll_BROWN123 wrote: Thanks - More converters is what I have used so far. I built 5 servers to use for conversion.Just keep in mind that the ESX server itself is a bottleneck for conversions as well....
View ArticleConverting a File Server to shrink disk size - things to consider?
Hi all, This weekend I plan to do a v2v conversion of our File Server to shrink one of the drives from 600GB to 250GB and also change the disk type from Thick to Thin. I am expecting this to take...
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Hello If you really do a v2v conversion, you should stop the machine before the conversion. Thus no one will be able to connect (obviously). You seem to plan for a p2v (converter treats powered on VMs...
View ArticleP2V conversion failure
Hello I am running VMconverter 5.5, I am trying to convert Windows server 2K3 server R2 Enterprise and I received a failure at 96% (So close!) . The failure I received was FAILED: An error occurred...
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Thanks for the reply, there is no reason I cannot power off the machine whilst this is happening. To be honest, this crossed my mind when I first started reading up about the procedure but every guide...
View ArticleRe: P2V conversion failure
Your error is:2014-03-16T12:14:40.330-04:00 [03164 info 'task-2'] CloneTask updates, state: 1, percentage: 97, xfer rate (Bps): 88727572014-03-16T12:15:25.862-04:00 [03164 error 'task-2']...
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