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Also, when going through the wizard, do not select any 'automatic' options (Power on VM or Auto install VMware Tools).<br />
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~coolsport00
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Also, when going through the wizard, do not select any 'automatic' options (Power on VM or Auto install VMware Tools).

~coolsport00

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I am trying to P2V a Windows 2003 server with Exchange 2003 on it. When I run the Standalone Converter 4.0.1 almost immediately it fails and give me the message &quot;Error: Unable to remove the target virtual machine 'Servername'.
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I am trying to P2V a Windows 2003 server with Exchange 2003 on it. When I run the Standalone Converter 4.0.1 almost immediately it fails and give me the message "Error: Unable to remove the target virtual machine 'Servername'.

Error: Unable to remove the target virtual machine

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