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Have a look at these troubleshooting tips<br />
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For the conversion steps, read fellow Expert Bestway's article.<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_3639-VMware-vConverter-P2V-for-Windows-Servers.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_3639-VMware-vConverter-P2V-for-Windows-Servers.html</a><br />
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Best Practice Video Guide here<br />
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<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004588" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004588</a>
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Have a look at these troubleshooting tips

For the conversion steps, read fellow Expert Bestway's article.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_3639-VMware-vConverter-P2V-for-Windows-Servers.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_3639-VMware-vConverter-P2V-for-Windows-Servers.html]

Best Practice Video Guide here

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004588 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004588]

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This is the solution i finally had for my problem.
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This is the solution i finally had for my problem.

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So i am trying to convert a 2003 server with vmware converter.<br />
When i run it i get &quot;FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:<br />
2147754776&quot;<br />
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I have done a bit of looking around and have tried running the command &quot;vssadmin list writers&quot; When i run this is comes up blank? &nbsp;<br />
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I haev tried re-registering all the DLLs and i have seen a lot of people talking about that and had no luck. &nbsp;<br />
Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?
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So i am trying to convert a 2003 server with vmware converter.
When i run it i get "FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:
2147754776"

I have done a bit of looking around and have tried running the command "vssadmin list writers" When i run this is comes up blank?  

I haev tried re-registering all the DLLs and i have seen a lot of people talking about that and had no luck.  
Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this?

Server 2003 vssadmin list writers is blank

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.