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Vmware converter Issues P2V

Hello all,

I am trying to P2V a server into my ESXi infrastructure. I am constantly getting an error message on 1% saying
FAILED: An error occured while opening a virtual disk. Verify that the Converter Server and the running source machines have a network access to the source and destination ESX hosts.

I have ping and what not back and forth.

Please help.

Thank youu

dmwynne

Are you running vmwareconverter on the physical machine? If not I would try installing that on the physical machine and trying the conversion that way.

Also what type of server is the physical server?

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Install VMware Converter on the computer to be converted, this is best practice, as recommended by VMware.

What is the OS, you are trying to convert?

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Jimbo0215

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Are you running vmwareconverter on the physical machine? If not I would try installing that on the physical machine and trying the conversion that way.

I tried both.

Also what type of server is the physical server?

Its a physical Dell 2950

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

what is the OS?

Jimbo0215

ASKER

Its a server 2008 Sp1

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

Dynamic Disks?

what version of converter?

please upload the logs, these may gives us an indication of the fault?

compdigit44

The following link brings up a good point. Try to create a converter boot cd with all of the Dell storage drivers on it...

https://communities.vmware.com/message/1611777

It look like the boot cd was removed from 5.5 but is still availble in 4.1
http://www.viktorious.nl/2012/04/13/converter-standardalone-5-versus-converter-boot-cd/

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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compdigit44

I miss the bootable cd feature in the old Vmware Converter 4.1 in came in handy in certains cercomstances. It really sounds like Converts is having a hard time communicating with the Dell storage driver...

Jimbo0215, what type of storage adapter do you have installed?