VMware vCenter Converter Error: unable to clone volume 'C:'
Another error I received while converting a physical machine onto my ESXi server.
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with source volume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolume
267'
There are three partitions on this server. SBS 2011 is the OS. I read where multiple partitions could cause this issues so I selected only C and got this error at 79%.
Currently I have 3 partitions as follows ::
System Reserved - 100MB NTFS System, Active, Primary Partition
C - 149.15GB NTFS Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition
D - 781.25GB NTFS Primary
The only thing I haven't tried is converting the image locally and migrating it into ESXi.
I attached the log file for the conversion.
vmware-converter-server-16.zip
FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'File-level volume clone error failed with source volume id \WindowsBitmapDriverVolume
267'
There are three partitions on this server. SBS 2011 is the OS. I read where multiple partitions could cause this issues so I selected only C and got this error at 79%.
Currently I have 3 partitions as follows ::
System Reserved - 100MB NTFS System, Active, Primary Partition
C - 149.15GB NTFS Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition
D - 781.25GB NTFS Primary
The only thing I haven't tried is converting the image locally and migrating it into ESXi.
I attached the log file for the conversion.
vmware-converter-server-16.zip
Try to convert the physical server but only convert one disk at a time...
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2018582
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2018582
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Try to convert the physical server but only convert one disk at a time...
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2018582
Did that, failed. I didn't select the System Reserved & C: separately from the D: drive.
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Thanks for sharing how you fixed your issue..
Good Tip
Good Tip
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Was unable to find answer from community. Found answer on own accord. Sharing with community.
1. Partition for errors
2. Check destination
3. Check network.
Does it always fail at 79%?
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