Re: Can't convert Server 2008 R2 Machine getting error: The VSS snapshots...
Got it figured out. My Appassure snapshots were also failing with a similar error so this is what I did to resolve it. My servers now converted with no issues. Open Disk Manager.Look at the SRP...
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once check your physical and virtual hard ware configuration
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The trick is to only transfer one drive at a time. This means that if the source has a C and a D drive you'll be P2V'ing this machine twice creating to seperate VMs - one only containing the C drive...
View ArticleUanble to connect other converter server (failed to connect to vmware...
Dear team, Installed VMware-converter-all-5.0.1-875114 on one server , but when i try to connect another converter server from this server i m getting attached error, hence ndeed your asisstance to...
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YES U R CORRECT, THE VERSION I M TRYING TO CONNECT IS A DIFFERENT VERSION i.e. SOURCE VERSION: 5.0.1 875114dESTINATION VERSION 4.0.1 161434 i m able to connect with same version of vmware converter...
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Re: Conversion failure at 99% for Redhat
Hi araostore During cloning of powered-on Linux machines, Converter Standalone 4.0.1 preserves the following source file systems on the target: ext2, ext3, reiserfs, and vfat. All other source file...
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Suggestions for running VMware Converter over the internet
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a bit of advice Currently using VMware Workstation 9 and things are going great, I've P2V'd a couple of local machines on the network using the VMware vCenter Converter...
View Articlecan not download vm machine from datastore
Hello,I downloaded vm from local data storage, but always get the error:Expected put message. Got: ERROR I have a local data store o esx server (i have a esxi 5.2 + essential kit). No shares, no other...
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You don't need the Converter in order to download the VM's files, just SCP/SSH/etc.For any other other reasons you can convert the VM to Workstation format.HTH
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for running VMware Converter over the internet
If I recall properly the limititation is < 200ms response time... And of cource VPN is preffered solution. HTH
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Re: P2V failed after 98% when converting physical RHEL 6.2 system
Hello Plamen, Though we have converted the system successfully, We are not able to boot the system and we are getting the following error: "Waiting for required block device discover.."Waiting for two...
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for running VMware Converter over the internet
Hi there, thanks for the reply. I can get a VPN set up I guess, will need to install RRAS etc on the host but that shouldn't be too much of an issue. Average ping is around 50ms so that might not be an...
View ArticleRe: P2V failed after 98% when converting physical RHEL 6.2 system
What you have done has been successful.The good news is the conversion has succeeded. the bad news is that you have hit a different issue. Unfortunately I don't know what is wring this time.The loading...
View ArticleRe: P2V failed after 98% when converting physical RHEL 6.2 system
Hello , If we don't consider the LVMs, the converter converted P2V successfully. Though it is completed successfully but it is giving problem while booting the system which is mentioned above. But if...
View ArticleRe: Suggestions for running VMware Converter over the internet
Unfortunatly the Converter is very sensitive to network drops and there is no way to recover from failed conversion.If it applicable it's better to transfer the machine in WS format (USB stick or...
View ArticleRe: can not download vm machine from datastore
make sure that SSH is configured on your host and use something like WinSCP to down load the file.
View ArticleRe: P2V failed after 98% when converting physical RHEL 6.2 system
I don't understand. What do you mean by "if we don't consider the LVMs"? Does it mean you have set the volumes to basic before conversion? If yes, does it also mean that if you don't set them to basic...
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Re: Suggestions for running VMware Converter over the internet
Just a quick update. Yesterday I installed RRAS on the server I wished to P2V, then using a local Win7 client machine I connected via VPN to the server (ironically, the Win7 client was a VM itself )....
View Article98% FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine. Win srvr 2003
We are trying to convert a Windows Server 2003 x64 SP2 machine and get this error at 98 percent,"FAILED: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine." The only reference I see in the log...
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can you goto the concerned destination on the datastore and check if the vm directory is present. If yes,Try creating a new VM and point it to the vmdk file.
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