Re: physical drive not listed in dropdown in Workstation 8
The USB, firewire, SD or MMC devices are skipped by design. There should be message in worker log.HTH
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Daniel thanks for the article link, and I believe I have done what is indicated there for a Win 7 host. Basically, I have removed the drive letters from the external drive in Windows diskmanagement,...
View ArticleRe: physical drive not listed in dropdown in Workstation 8
POCEH, thanks. I'm not sure what worker logs you mean, but I've searched through quite a few logs and haven't come away with any evidence about a problem detecting the device. But I certainly could...
View ArticleRe: physical drive not listed in dropdown in Workstation 8
From log bundle - look for, including in contained zip files too, vmware-converter-worker log. There should be an message similar to"[19072 warning 'Default'] Device is USB, firewire, SD, or MMC...
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POCEH, thank you again. I realize now that I've started this question in the Converter topic but should have probably posted under Workstation and I regret the confusion this may have caused. However,...
View ArticleP2V Converter for DC
Hi,I am planning to move our DC running on 2008R2 on Physical to Virtual. Gone through various articles and found out that it is not recommended.To test it in created a dummy setup and tried to do P2V...
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I see... there is tricky solution for you - create the wrapper VMDK file and transfer your problematic disk, follow the instruction here: http://sanbarrow.com/vmdk-basics.html#physicalHTH
View ArticleRe: P2V Converter for DC
Hi have a look at this KB: VMware KB: Virtualizing existing domain controllers in VMware vCenter Converter HTHPlamen
View ArticleConvert p2v domain controler
Hi all.We need to migrate the physical server- the domain controler in vmware. There are any recommendations? System windows 2003.
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Check this KB article: Virtualizing existing domain controllers in VMware vCenter Converter (1006996)
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Thanks, but I think this option not absolutely approaches.As on this controler of the domain to be also the center of certification and any manipulations with it are very critical.Can be to eat...
View ArticleRe: Linux/Oracle P2V "Error: Unable to clone the volume mounted on '/' from...
Hello, Yesterday we tried the P2V while the RHEL server was put on recovery mode, still failed but with a different error: FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion:...
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Hello, did you check these...
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Thank you again Plamen, All 4 servers say: tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1 3 out of the 4 have successfully converted from physical to virtual.
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Help me pls!!! I nee VMware vCenter Converter BootCD
View ArticleP2V Error Oracle Linux 6.5
I have a physical server with Oracle Linux 6.5 kernel 3.8.13 - 26.2.2.el6uek.x86_64 . Upon P2V error occurs below 98% . FAILED: An error occurred During the conversion : ' Failed to restore...
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Re: P2V Converter for DC
Yeap, sadly there are recommended "dont's" when using P2V Check this VMware doc about best practices/do's and dont's: HERE (its a pdf)Also, once you start to setup P2V1. Disable Firewall -Disable...
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Oh yeah, it's safe to upgrade the RAM/CPU though I recommend to follow what VMWare recommends on the max specs you can give your P2V VM
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Hi,The server only has the role of DC?If so, why not create a VM with 2008R2, you install the AD, synchronize, and then pass the roles removes the physical DC. P.D. The VSS error gives you because you...
View Articlevmlinuz-2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64.hmac: Cannot write: No space left on device
I am trying to P2V of Linux server with VMware-converter-all-5.0.1-875114.exe. But that P2V ended with 3% progress. I can not continue with the error attached. The error says "Cannot write: No space...
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