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To clarify, the virtual environment is VmWare Vsphere 6.7?<br />
How was the physical OS imported, using vmware converter from vCenter?<br />
Were there errors after import process?
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To clarify, the virtual environment is VmWare Vsphere 6.7?
How was the physical OS imported, using vmware converter from vCenter?
Were there errors after import process?

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Hi All, thanks, I figured it out. &nbsp;65t, yes on 6.7, I used Andrew's technique of imaging it with the stand alone converter, but not finishing the job, or something like that. &nbsp;I kept dooing updates, but never &quot;finalized&quot; it. &nbsp;I didn't know I ever had to.<br />
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Andrew and 65t, I went back and &quot;finalized&quot; it that did it. &nbsp;Thanks all.
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Hi All, thanks, I figured it out.  65t, yes on 6.7, I used Andrew's technique of imaging it with the stand alone converter, but not finishing the job, or something like that.  I kept dooing updates, but never "finalized" it.  I didn't know I ever had to.

Andrew and 65t, I went back and "finalized" it that did it.  Thanks all.

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That's what Finalize is for, otherwise you've not got all the bits!
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That's what Finalize is for, otherwise you've not got all the bits!

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Hi, after converting a Windows Server 2008 to a VMWare server 6.7 I tried to boot, or turn on the server. &nbsp;I keep getting thousands of lines of....<br />
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Deleted invalid filename (5) in directory -588626008<br />
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It's in a dos window and never seems to get past that.<br />
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I did synchronize the job a few times.
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Hi, after converting a Windows Server 2008 to a VMWare server 6.7 I tried to boot, or turn on the server.  I keep getting thousands of lines of....

Deleted invalid filename (5) in directory -588626008

It's in a dos window and never seems to get past that.

I did synchronize the job a few times.

Trying to boot Virtual Machine getting &quot;Deleted invalid filename (5) in directory -588626008&quot;

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

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.

Trying to boot Virtual Machine getting &quot;Deleted invalid filename (5) in directory -588626008&quot;

Trying to boot Virtual Machine getting "Deleted invalid filename (5) in directory -588626008"