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What is the OS?<br />
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VSS maybe broken in the OS, and you may need to look at an alternative method of P2V.
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What is the OS?

VSS maybe broken in the OS, and you may need to look at an alternative method of P2V.

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Hi,<br />
<br />
Os is Server 2003 &nbsp;and I have checked the &nbsp;services its fine but still error <br />
what is the alternative method for p2V<br />
<br />
Thansk
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Hi,

Os is Server 2003  and I have checked the  services its fine but still error
what is the alternative method for p2V

Thansk

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You can use a method of cold cloning the server.<br />
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see here<br />
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<a href="https://ardamis.com/2009/04/25/cold-cloning-vmware-converter/" rel="ugc">https://ardamis.com/2009/04/25/cold-cloning-vmware-converter/</a>
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You can use a method of cold cloning the server.

see here

https://ardamis.com/2009/04/25/cold-cloning-vmware-converter/ [https://ardamis.com/2009/04/25/cold-cloning-vmware-converter/]

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Check the volumes you are trying to virtualize with CHKDSK x:/f where X: is a drive letter of the volume. <br />
After that retry it. VSS fails if the file system of the volume has errors.
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Check the volumes you are trying to virtualize with CHKDSK x:/f where X: is a drive letter of the volume.
After that retry it. VSS fails if the file system of the volume has errors.

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Hello Guys,<br />
<br />
Sorry no luck with all tips not &nbsp;sure, run the chkdsk on volume as well. &nbsp;but this server application are published on Citrix server which is running as well ( not sure this may cause the Problem) I tried to create P2V today and it come up with error. <br />
Connection fail : VSS snapshot error 21477549183.<br />
Please help
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Hello Guys,

Sorry no luck with all tips not  sure, run the chkdsk on volume as well.  but this server application are published on Citrix server which is running as well ( not sure this may cause the Problem) I tried to create P2V today and it come up with error.
Connection fail : VSS snapshot error 21477549183.
Please help

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Will try coldclone let see ?
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Hi,<br />
<br />
Thanks all o fyou. Busy in exchange migration project i will check this later and come to you in case of help.<br />
<br />
Regards
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Hi,

Thanks all o fyou. Busy in exchange migration project i will check this later and come to you in case of help.

Regards

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Hi Guys,<br />
<br />
I am in process to P2V for one of my server but I am getting following error I have tried work arounf to fix but no Luck.<br />
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Error Unable to Create VSS Snapshot &nbsp;of the source volume Error 2147549183 (0x8000FFFF)<br />
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Please advice
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Hi Guys,

I am in process to P2V for one of my server but I am getting following error I have tried work arounf to fix but no Luck.
 
Error Unable to Create VSS Snapshot  of the source volume Error 2147549183 (0x8000FFFF)

Please advice

VSS snapshot Error

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.

VMware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

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).