Hello,
the VMWare Converter isn't able to find the OS when trying to virtualize one of our Win2003 Server.
Here is a quote from the Logs:
\[#2] \[2006-12-18 12:17:07.573 'App' 264044 verbose] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,149] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{1}: SetState to error
\[#2] \[2006-12-18 12:17:07.620 'App' 264976 verbose] \[disposable,121] object explicitly disposed: VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{1}
\[#2] \[2006-12-18 12:17:07.620 'App' 264976 verbose] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,118] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{1} being destroyed
\[2006-12-18 12:18:14.008 'ThreadPool' 259984 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:18:14.008 'ThreadPool' 259984 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:18:14.008 'ThreadPool' 259984 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:18:14.008 'ThreadPool' 259984 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:18:14.008 'ThreadPool' 259984 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:18:14.008 'ThreadPool' 259984 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.039 'App' 264044 info] Impersonating user Administrator in session 4DD63ED8-2422-4531-8BC9-AC302B52290A
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.086 'App' 264424 info] \[vmImporter,139] Entering UFAD at QuerySourceInfo
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.086 'App' 264424 verbose] \[vmImporter,140] source:
\[#3] (sysimage.LiveSourceComputerSpec) {
\[#3] dynamicType = ,
\[#3] dynamicProperty = (vmodl.DynamicProperty) [],
\[#3] host = "",
\[#3] port = 0
\[#3] }
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.086 'App' 264424 verbose] \[ufaConnection,94] Creating local adapter...
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.086 'App' 264424 verbose] \[disposable,68] Registering disposable session object id=VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2}
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.086 'App' 264424 verbose] \[disposable,79] Associating disposable session object id=VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2} with session id=4DD63ED8-2422-4531-8BC9-AC302B52290A
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 264508 verbose] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,499] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2}: Starting execution of an image processing task
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 264508 verbose] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,149] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2}: SetState to running
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 264508 info] \[vmiQuerySourceInfoTask,76] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask initialized
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 264508 verbose] \[ufaConnection,94] Creating local adapter...
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 264508 warning] \[importSource,316] Unable to determine the guest OS from metadata: no metadata for sources of this type
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 264976 verbose] \[slaveConnection,189] Creating local connection to the co-located slave
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 255956 verbose] \[attachedDiskWin32,290] QueryDosDevice: ret=0 size=1024 err=122
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 255956 verbose] \[attachedDiskWin32,290] QueryDosDevice: ret=0 size=2048 err=122
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.117 'App' 255956 verbose] \[attachedDiskWin32,290] QueryDosDevice: ret=3708 size=4096 err=0
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.242 'App' 255956 error] \[attachedDiskWin32,156] error reading drive layout: Unzulässige Funktion (1)
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.242 'App' 264976 error] \[client,164] Rethrowing MethodFault sysimage.fault.PlatformError:
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.242 'App' 264508 error] \[importSource,347] Unable to read OS info from system disk: sysimage.fault.PlatformError
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.258 'App' 264508 error] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,547] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2}: Image processing task has failed with MethodFault::Exception: sysimage.fault.UnableToDetermineGuestOs
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.258 'App' 264508 verbose] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,149] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2}: SetState to error
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.289 'App' 264508 verbose] \[disposable,121] object explicitly disposed: VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2}
\[#3] \[2006-12-18 12:18:14.289 'App' 264508 verbose] \[imageProcessingTaskImpl,118] VmiQuerySourceInfoTask::task\{2} being destroyed
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.445 'VmdbSvc' 264044 verbose] IVmdbPipe2Impl operation completed with error: Die Pipe wurde beendet.
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.445 'VmdbSvc' 264976 verbose] IVmdbPipe2Impl operation completed with error: Die Pipe wurde beendet.
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.445 'VmdbSvc' 259984 verbose] IVmdbPipe2Impl operation completed with error: Die Pipe wurde beendet.
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.461 'App' 264424 verbose] CloseSession called for session id=88B38E6D-FF6B-4193-9546-19509E9CC9EA
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.461 'VmdbAdapter' 264424 verbose] Removed vmdb connection /db/connection/#1/
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.461 'App' 264424 verbose] CloseSession called for session id=4E34A308-D0B8-46A3-A91F-8E194BE0940B
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.461 'VmdbAdapter' 264424 verbose] Removed vmdb connection /db/connection/#2/
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.461 'App' 264424 verbose] CloseSession called for session id=4DD63ED8-2422-4531-8BC9-AC302B52290A
\[2006-12-18 12:26:29.461 'VmdbAdapter' 264424 verbose] Removed vmdb connection /db/connection/#3/
\[2006-12-18 12:55:00.516 'ThreadPool' 264508 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:55:00.531 'ThreadPool' 264508 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:55:00.531 'ThreadPool' 264508 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:55:00.531 'ThreadPool' 264508 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:55:00.547 'ThreadPool' 264508 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[2006-12-18 12:55:00.547 'ThreadPool' 264508 verbose] ERROR_MORE_DATA received
\[#4] \[2006-12-18 12:55:00.578 'App' 264044 info] Impersonating user Administrator in session 2DA74573-50F5-4758-A287-3547B2681EF5
And url=http://www.sven-kessler.net/Bilder/storage.jpghere[/url] is a screenshot from our storage management on the Windows 2003 Server.
As you can see there is a mirroring.
I've tried the VMWare Converter local and over the network with the same error.
Sven