VMware Converter 3 has never worked once
I'm really starting to go crazy here. I have not been able to successfully pull even one image from a physical machine. I've tried building an image from WinNT4,Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and...
View ArticleIE7 crash after P2V migration
We migrated a 2003 server with IE7 installed, and IE now crashes upon starting it in the VM. IE7 works perfectly on the physical box. When you open IE, you see a command window for <1 sec and then...
View ArticleFailing on Step 3 ( W2K )
I have a feeling this is the error associated with resizing the disks but here's the 2nd half of my log file in case that's not actually the problem \[#2] \[2007-01-20 06:27:34.242 'App' 716 verbose]...
View ArticleOne more try......Failing on Step 3 ( W2K )
Sorry, it seems my other 2 posts didn't work so well for some reason. We're having an issue trying to migrate this server. It seems that it may be due to the issue of resizing the drives but I...
View ArticleRemote hot clone goes slowly, then fails at 67%
Hi - I'm trying to hot clone a physical WinXP SP2 machine over the network. I'm running the converter on a different (physical) WinXP SP2 computer. I'm resizing the only logical volume from a total...
View ArticleConversion Time
Hi I'm trying to convert a Windows 2k3 Server with the lastest service pack to VM using convertor and its been running for about an hour and the progress is only 5% and its been like that for about 40...
View ArticleProblems cloning to NAS share
Hi, I am trying to clone a server and have it save the image to a share on a NAS device. It fails at step2 saying import failed. I can run the same image successfully to a share on another server....
View ArticlePlatformError fault: 112
I can not clone the data partition on a HP ML350 G2. The server has 2 logical partitions; C:\ = Windows SBS 2003 OS & D:\ = Data (files, msde db's, & exchange 2003). If I try to clone both...
View ArticlePlatformError fault: 112
I can not clone the data partition on a HP ML350 G2. The server has 2 logical partitions; C:\ = Windows SBS 2003 OS & D:\ = Data (files, msde db's, & exchange 2003). If I try to clone both...
View ArticleError importing a standalone VM into ESX.
Hi, I've followed suggestions and used VM Converter to import a physical machine to a standalone VM, this seems to of worked nicely. Now im trying to import the standalone VM into ESX. It doesnt...
View ArticleVMWare Converter failure for NT 4.0
Background: \* One volume with two drives (C & D)\* C drive doesnt have much space (500mg HDD but able to clear 100mbs off of it and the VMWare Converter is installed on the D Drive)*96 MB RAM The...
View ArticleProblem Installing Vmware Converter
Hello when I try to install Vmware COnverter 3.0 at the very beginning process when windows installer is launching it shows a windows that says : Windows ® Installer. V 3.01.4000.1823 msiexec /Option...
View ArticleHelp with win2k import - stuck on 5%
Logs are as follows... [2007-01-25 13:28:51.559 '\[jobManager,179] Raising event 4 for job 1[2007-01-25 13:28:51.609 '\[imageProcessingTaskWrapper,107] Successfully connected to...
View ArticleUsing Converter beta 3 No Logical Disks were detected error
When trying to convert several NT 4.0 servers using Vmware Converter 3.0, I get an error message stating Unable to determine Operating System. When reviewing the ufad log I am seeing an error stating...
View ArticleEnterprise ISO file.
I nave a little problem, the hard drive that held my copy of the Enterprise Coldboot went down this past week and we had a Virtualization scheduled for Saturday. I went to the original link provided to...
View Articlexp issues
Using the Beta 3 converter I am trying to import an xp session. This session works in ESX 2.5.2, GSX and server. However, when I try to convert this image to a 3.0.1 ESX session, I get such hardware...
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Always get P2VError UNKNOWN_METHOD_FAULT(sysimage.fault.CloneFault)
Kia Ora. My task seems simple enough.. Nice easy WinXP workstation. ESX 3.x VI2.x infrastructure, no network connectivity issues. Want to P2V as a VMware Workstation 5.x Guest, although going...
View ArticleVixMntapi_Init returned error code 6
I am using the latest VDDK ver 5.0 on windows 7 64-bit against ESXi host.Prior to this call, I called the VixDiskLib_Init which returned successfully. Here is the code snippet:...
View ArticleQuestions about quiesce flag during snapshot creation when guest OS is Linux
Hi Guys, I got a little confused about quiesce flag during snapshot creation when guest OS is Linux, as I read the VDDK documents. Per "Driver Type and Quiescing Mechanisms Used According to Guest...
View ArticleChange Transport mode from NBDSSL to NBD VDDK 1.2.1
Hi All, I'm in real need of help! Going back a month our VM backups were completing in quite good time. We wanted to test adding the SAN to the backup proxy that is using CA ARCserver r15 SP1 and VDDK...
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