Has anyone successfully converted a KVM VM to ESXi 5 using VMware Converter 5?
thanks
KVM Conversion?
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"The specified network name is no longer available." and "No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."
1st time and 1st error
Started 4/19/2013 6:01:18 PM
Failed 4/19/2013 8:18:51 PM
2nd time and 2nd error
Started 4/19/2013 9:55:55 PM
Failed 4/20/2013 2:34:18 AM
Details are its a Server Standard 2003 DC with all updates and running as a active DC. Tried doing a powered on conversion to a new ESXi install I just got running on Friday and the above failed twice 1st time at 49% 2nd time at 50%. The computer had a failed RAID Mirror which prompted this conversion to a more reliable RAID 6 setup running ESXi at a low usage time. The C drive is about 30 gigs of data and D is about 170 gigs of data. I was thinking of maybe moving the D drive data somewhere else and rerunning the process then moving it back, etc. but. Will that idea or a cold conversion be best in this case? Thanks for any help!
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Firewall issues with Converter
Anyone used Vmware Converter standalone 5 to move a powered-on VM to another ESX host, with a firewall in between? I'm having a hell of a time. I've opened ports as per kb articles, installed the converter agent manually on the source, but when the conversion runs it instantly fails with "a general system error occurred, unknown exception". Looking at the logs, it suggests SSL might be the problem. I've disabled SSL in the converter-worker.xml file but still no go.
I'm pulling my hair out now, nothing seems to work. Has anyone got any ideas?
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V2V from ESX 3.5 host to ESXi 5.1
I have a esx 3.5 host with a seperate datastore and I need to migrate the VM's to a new ESXi 5.1 host on it's own datastore, and i'm looking for some advice and how to's if it's even possible.
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RHEL 4 - P2V - Failed with errors.
Hi,
I'm trying to P2V a RHEL 4 server but I'm failing with the following error:
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'InitrdNativePatcher failed to generate initrd image: /usr/lib/vmware-converter/initrdGenRhel.sh failed with return code: 1, and message: * /mnt/p2v-src-root/dev has 2 files No module qla2xxx_conf found for kernel 2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.ELhugemem, aborting. ERROR:
failed running mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.ELhugemem.img 2.6.9-89.35.1.0.1.ELhugemem with chroot /mnt/p2v-src-root * unmounting /mnt/p2v-src-root/dev /mnt/p2v-src-root/proc and /mnt/p2v-src-root/sys '
The whole conversion looks like it nearly finishes but then fails with this errors.
The last few entries in the task list (highlights) is this:
- Error: Unable to reconfigure the destination virtual machine.
- Creating initial ramdisk (initrd).
- Patching the mount point entries in fstab.
- Installing the GRUB boot loader.
- Starting the reconfiguration of the destination virtual machine.
Has anyone here experienced a similar error previously or can point me in the right direction to try and get this resolved. I have a very long list of other RHEL 4 servers that will need to be P2V'd as well so I'd like to get this issue fixed quickly if I am going to have to deal with it everytime I try to P2V a Linux machine.
Thanks for the help!
Regards,
Hanré
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ubuntu p2v - converter fails generic error
Hello,
I'm new to vmware and I'm trying to teach myself. I have ubuntu 11.10 running on a spare laptop with linux converter server 4.0.1. I have the Converter Standalone Client 4.0.1 installed on a windows 7 machine. I have an ESXi server cluster running 4.1.0 that I'm a superadmin on. I'm trying to use the windows machine to convert the ubuntu machine from physical to virtual. I go the through the wizard and everything looks fine. I click start, it starts, and then stops and disconnects with a very generic error "Error: Unable to create the virtual machine 'ubuntu-test-machine'." no other reason given.
Can someone point me in the right direction? Either documentation is limited or my googling needs work because I'm having a hard time finding info on this. It's either outdated or a little to vague for a beginner. Point me in the right direction and I'm sure I can figure it out.
I appreciate any help. Screenshots attached.
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Converting a ridiculously large server
So here's the scenario: We have a VM sitting on an ESXi 4.1 farm that has 5 2TB RDMs attached. We are migrating off of our current SAN to a new EMC SAN. For the rest of our VMs we are doing vmotions and storage vmotions to move them to our 5.0 farm which is on our current SAN. That part is no problem. But what do we do for this one? We woud like to get rid of the RDMs and move to standard vmdk files for each drive.
My thoughts are to use converter to do a v2v migration. We did this a few months ago with some "large" VMs but the biggest one topped out at 2.5TB. I ran the hot sync which took 2 full days, and then the final conversion only took 90 minutes or so. So the plan would be for this 10TB monster to run the v2v hot, let it take a week? maybe more, then during a downtime window run the true-up final conversion. Only problem with this approach is that we have no clue how long it will actually take. There are millions of files on this VM, so trying to guesstimate a conversion time is going to be exactly that, at best.
Any other suggestions on the best way to approach this? We don't have any SAN replication tools available, so we can't just replicate, switch the LUNs over and keep them as RDMs. We figure since we have to migrate this data we want to get rid of the RDMs as well. Has anyone done a conversion of this size before? Any other ideas?
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P2V Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
Hi All!
I am (for the first time) trying to do a P2V conversion.
Target machine is a remotely located SBS2008.
I have installed the vCenter Converter Client 5.1 on my local laptop
I installed the agent (found in the installation directory on my laptop) on the remote server.
I opened the ports that i found on the vmware site in the remote sites firewall (8089, 139, 445, 9090, 137 and 138)
When i enter the connection details in the convertor i do receive the SSL Cert popup (so there is a connection established), but when i click "ignore" he just presents me: "Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine"
I have been looking around for some howto's or additional info but had a hard time finding it ;-)
Thanks a lot for the feedback!
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Error for a server virtualization RedHat Linux 8.0 Server K2.4.18-14
Dear,
Need to make virtualization a RedHat Linux 8.0 Server (Kernel 2.4.18-14 - physical HP DL 380), but I am having problems using the VMWARE Converter 5.1 is displayed when trying to virtualize the errors below.
I also tried to make virtualization CD Converter but without success, is reporting a to determine the guest.
The only way to do virtualization was with 3X conterver however the server does not start with disk errors.
I appreciate everyone's help.
Already performed the following procedures
http://communities.vmware.com/message/2139188
http://communities.vmware.com/message/2011081
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=51306
VMWARE CONVERTER ERROR
Unable to detect disks or volumes on the source machine. Make sure that the source is a supported Linux distribution.
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LOG - vmware-converter-worker-1
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,761 INFO storage ]: Parted returned device with path: /dev/cciss/c0d0, type: 4
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,808 ERROR storage ]: Parted failed to probe device with path: /dev/cciss/c0d0, type: 4
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,808 ERROR storage ]: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,808 ERROR storage ]: !!! Could not recognize any disks !!!
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,808 ERROR storage ]: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,808 INFO storage ]: LVM1 executables found
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 ERROR storage.lvm ]: Command '/sbin/vgdisplay -c 2>/dev/null' failed with exit code 1280
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p5, dir: /, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 5
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: none, dir: /proc, type: proc
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: usbdevfs, dir: /proc/bus/usb, type: usbdevfs
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p1, dir: /boot, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 1
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: none, dir: /dev/pts, type: devpts
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p7, dir: /home, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 7
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p6, dir: /opt, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 6
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: none, dir: /dev/shm, type: tmpfs
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p8, dir: /tmp, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 8
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,811 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p2, dir: /usr/local, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,812 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 2
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,812 INFO storage ]: Got mount table entry: fsname: /dev/cciss/c0d0p3, dir: /var, type: ext3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,812 INFO storage ]: Looking for device with major 104 and minor 3
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,813 INFO storage ]: Getting stats for swap device /dev/cciss/c0d0p9
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,813 INFO storage ]: Swap device /dev/cciss/c0d0p9 has block device number (major,minor): (104,9)
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,815 ERROR storage ]: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,815 ERROR storage ]: !!! Could not recognize any volumes !!!
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,815 ERROR storage ]: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:58:45,815 ERROR storage ]: Cannot find a boot directory (searched for '/boot'); the final system may not be bootable
[#11]
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:39:06.838 11216 error 'App'] Sysinfo Query failed with error [Converter Agent SysinfoQuery] the query could not detect proper storage on the source
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:39:06.838 11216 info 'App'] Scheduled timer canceled, StopKeepAlive succeeds
[#11] [2013-04-29 12:39:15.129 11188 info 'App'] [Converter.Worker.DiagnosticManagerImpl] Generating LogBundle.
Error after virtualization VMWARE CONVERTER 3X
TKS
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vmware converter 3.0.3
Hi Guys
First off
Happy new year to you all.
Wondering if anyone has an idea of where I can download VMware converter 3.0.3?
I am trying to convert a physical server running windows 2000 to a virtual server and getting an error message
"Unable to complete vCenter agent installation on %server%. Error code 1,603"
After looking around the Internet and the community I have seen people mention that I need to use 3.0.3. The issue is though I cant find it to download. I have went to VMware site but they only seem to go back as far as 4.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as always
Austin.
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vCenter converter for windows 2000
I have an old windows 2000 workstation that has important data on it. The database cannot be migrated to anything newer, so i must preserver the data for historical purposes. I tried converter standalone, but it tells me it will not run on windows 2000. How can i physical to virtual this thing? Any help will be much appreciated.
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Problem with re-size the volume
I tried to create VM using Vcenter Convert 5.1 from a physical windows swerver 2008R2. I tried to re-size the volumes that is iSCSI from the SAN. I tried to make it smaller because it is huge, cannot upload to Amazon (Amazon do not allow to upload the volume more than 1T) I cannot make it always complant about file level. I tried to change the options in Type/Cluster size but still error. Ayn suggection or recommend?
Please help.
Tphan
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Is there a way to achieve conversion from Workstation to ESXi in bulk?
Hi Guys,
Now i have a problem with how to achieve conversion from VMware Workstation to ESXi in bulk with automation?
I want to write a Python script to get it, but i can't find a method in command lines. I have found that "vcb2p2vXml.exe" and "converter-cli.exe", those files can achieve my goal? And the vcb2p2vXml.exe will use the tool named "VMware Consolidated Backup", but i don't have it, also cannot download it from website.
Can anybody slove my problem? Thanks!
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Unable to migrate VM from ESXi 4.1 cluster???
Afternoon all,
I'm trying to migrate some VM's from an existing ESXi 4.1 cluster to a new ESXi 5.1 cluster.
I've installed VMWare Converter 5.1 on the management server at the destination end, and have allowed the relevant firewall ports between the 2 VC servers, as defined in: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010056
I can load up the Cluster inventory successfully in VMWare Converter, however whenever I select a host, I get:
'Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine.'
Source vm is a Centos 4/5 OS type, with a Centos 5 OS installation. VMWware tools is installed, and I powered the VM down to attempt the migration.
VMWare converter diagnostic logs look like:
2013-05-03T11:38:29.333+01:00 [05116 verbose 'wizardController'] Trying connection to VC server '192.168.150.21' with user 'gavinw'
2013-05-03T11:38:29.333+01:00 [05116 verbose 'wizardController'] Getting VIM connection to 192.168.150.21...
2013-05-03T11:38:29.333+01:00 [05116 info 'wizardController'] Reusing existing VIM connection to 192.168.150.21
2013-05-03T11:38:29.370+01:00 [05116 verbose 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] Getting VIM connection to 192.168.150.21...
2013-05-03T11:38:29.370+01:00 [05116 info 'ManagedMachineDataConnectionLogger'] Reusing existing VIM connection to 192.168.150.21
2013-05-03T11:38:29.940+01:00 [05116 error 'wizardController'] Cannot query source HW info: vmodl.fault.SystemError
Any ideas???
Cheers
Gavin
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Converter unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume Error code 2147754776 (0x80042318)
During conversion P2V after 42 minutes 95% the conversion failed as shown in the subject? I tried twice and I obtained the same information at the same time and at the same %
Someone know why it is impossible to create a VSS snapshot at what means the error 2147754776
I attached the log too
Thanks for the help
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Conversion fails with kernel error.
Hello,
In trying to do a P2V conversion I am getting a very weird kernel error. I am using the 5.1 standalone converter. The error is:
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: ' * got kernel major revision as ERROR:
kernel version has to be in format 2.6.*, version 2.6.32-358.6.1.el6.x86_64 is not supported (return code 1)'
I have searched and found no information on this error. I have added a screenshot, any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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P2V result
Hello,
I would like to make one of our third party system which is on our physical server to a Virtual machine. The problem is that the third party support says that the license is assigned to the computer hardware so that software can't be copied onto another server. They want to charge us for a re-license if we P2V. So what I want to know is how deep does the P2V go in transferring over the original machine specs.
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Deduped Data Not Copied!
Hi - I converted a file server this weekend, which I thought went pretty smoothly. It running Server 2012, and has a C: MBR volume and a D: GPT volume. Windows 2012 dedupe is running on the D: volume.
The D drive was created too large, so using converter I selected it to be 70GB on the destination, down from 200GB. Once the conversion finished no errors were reported by the destination guest, or Converter.
When I look at the files on the destination all the files are the correct size. BUT there is only 8GB of disk space in use on the destination, but there is 33GB of space used on the source. The source reports that there is a 25GB deduplication savings. So it looks like VSS, or converter only copied unique file data, not deduped data during the file level conversion.
Has anyone seen this before, or is this documented anywhere?
Thanks,
FWSITUser
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Converting a Linux machine failed!
Hey everyone!
The last days i converted successfully several linux virtualbox machines over network from powered up state to our new esxi!
Except for one machine everything is working fine!
I try to read trough the logs but i am not exactly sure whats the problem with this one....maybe someone of you can help me to find the problem with this one or maybee there is another method to convert this machine?
thank you for your time with this one 
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Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Using converter standalone 5.1 converting RHEL 5 to use with VMware workstation. I get the below error.
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