However, I don't have experience with converting failure because of vNIC, because finally, you may need to remove the old hidden vNIC and add another one. But if you check this procedure's related logs for more details, maybe we can help you better. I removed the vNIC, but it still has the issue. I read somewhere that it may be a hardware incompatibility.
The VM was made with workstation Pro I couldn't find any official compatibility link, however you can try this operation with an earlier version like VMware Workstation I'm sure it's compatible with ESXi 6.
I cloned the VM and using the hardware compability option. I did not get the same error. Invalid configuration for device line I have discovered VCenter stand alone Converter will not convert it. There is a hashing issue. Turn on suggestions. Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type.
Virtual machines created from Acronis images that have dynamic volumes do not start up after the conversion Some Acronis True Image images of Windows Vista, Windows Server , or Windows 7 are not correctly configured and do not start up after the conversion. The problem occurs when the system or the active disk is located on a dynamic volume in the source.
Limitations when converting third-party images You can use Converter Standalone to convert third-party virtual machines, system images, and backup images with the following limitations:. Separate backup images should be stored in separate folders Storing more than one third-party backup in a single folder results in a failed migration. Workaround: Place each backup in its own folder before using Converter Standalone to convert an image.
Converting Windows Server images with more than one disk results in all disks being offline except the disk on which the operating system exists If you are converting a Windows Server Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition virtual machine with multiple disks, some of the disks might remain offline.
This is because Windows Server has a new SAN policy that determines whether a newly discovered disk is brought online or remains offline. You cannot perform a P2V conversion without having administrative privileges If you start the Converter Standalone client under the context of a non-administrative user, you will not able to perform a remote physical to virtual migration.
Conversion fails if the datastore name contains the symbol If the datastore name of the managed source or destination contains ' ', the conversion fails. Task progress is not shown when converting a virtual machine that is larger than 1TB Converter Standalone does not display the progress of conversion tasks if the source virtual machine is larger than 1TB.
Conversion tasks are completed successfully, but the user cannot monitor their progress. The Converter Standalone 5. See Platforms. Quickly convert physical machines to virtual machines with VMware free P2V converter. Simultaneous conversions for large environments. Improve performance, reliability, interoperability, and centralize management.
Unable to configure Virtual Machine. Ask Question Asked 6 years, 7 months ago. Generate only. VMware delivers virtualization benefits via virtual machine, virtual server, and virtual pc solutions. VCenter Server 6. Earlier Releases of vCenter Server 6.
Features and known issues of vCenter Server are described in the release notes for each release. Release notes for earlier releases of vCenter Server 6. With VMware vCenter Converter, you can automate the process of creating VMware virtual machines from physical machines running Windows or Linux, virtual machine formats that are not specific to VMware, other third-party image formats, and VMware virtual machines.
Through an intuitive wizard-driven interface, vCenter Converter can convert multiple local and remote physical machines with minimum disruptions and downtime. VMware vCenter Converter 4. No new features are introduced in this release. Users with limited rights cannot install vCenter Converter 4. You need to log in as an administrator to install vCenter Converter. Earlier releases of vCenter Converter versions 3.
Features from prior releases of vCenter Converter are described in the release notes for each release. To view release notes for prior releases of vCenter Converter, click one of the following links:. A volume-based conversion task stops responding if the source machine runs Windows and the cluster size for at least one of the source volumes is larger than 4KB If you submit a conversion task for volume-based cloning of a source machine that runs Windows, and at least one of the source volumes has cluster size larger than 4KB, the conversion task stops responding.
The task appears as running in the tasks list and you cannot cancel that task. This might prevent other conversion tasks from running if the number of maximum concurrent tasks is exceeded. Workaround: Cancel the non-responding task and reduce the volume size of all source volumes that have cluster size larger than 4KB. The procedure on uninstalling vCenter Converter components is presented on page 33, topic Uninstall vCenter Converter Components. Please ignore the procedure on page Limitation on source disk size missing from the vCenter Converter Installation and Administration Guide vCenter Converter cannot detect any source volumes or file systems that are located on a physical disk that is larger than 2TB in size.
This limitation is not explicitly stated in the documentation. Incomplete information on thin provisioning in the vCenter Converter Installation and Administration Guide Thin provisioning for managed destinations is supported only when the destination is ESX 4.
The documentation does not specify the exact product versions. This option is supported only for Microsoft Windows Server You must restart machines that run bit Windows Vista or later before re-installing vCenter Converter 4.
If you choose to leave the remote agent on that source and then install vCenter Converter 4. The following error appears in the log file: vm. Workaround: Remove the Converter 3. To remove VMware Converter 3. Subsequent P2V conversions of remote source machines that run bit Windows Vista or later might fail after a successful conversion If you convert successfully a remote source machine that runs bit Windows Vista, Windows Server , or Windows 7 operating system and then try converting it again, the conversion fails with the error message vCenter Converter Agent installation failed on x.
This error message might occur if automatic uninstall of remote vCenter Converter agent has been enabled during the first successful conversion. You cannot convert source virtual machines that run on non-English Hyper-V servers If the operating system of a Hyper-V server runs in a language other than English, vCenter Converter cannot display the inventory of that Hyper-V server.
Therefore, you cannot select a virtual machine source to convert. Workaround: Change the language of the operating system on the Hyper-V Server before you start the Conversion wizard. You cannot submit a conversion task if you change the destination type without applying changes to the networks settings In a vCenter Converter wizard, when you select a destination first, then go to the Options page and don't apply any changes to the networks settings, if you go back in the wizard and change the destination type, vCenter Converter does not allow you to submit your conversion task.
This error message appears when you click Finish on the Ready to complete page: Unable to create virtual machine. The issue is observed because the default networks settings are not refreshed when you change the destination type. Workaround: Apply any change to the Networks pane before you go back to change the destination type.
Scheduled conversion tasks fail with error The object or item referred to could not be found If you install a vCenter Converter Server and connect it to a vCenter Server that already has a vCenter Converter Server connected to it, scheduled conversion tasks appear to fail. The following error message appears in the Status column of the Recent Tasks list in the vSphere Client: The object or item referred to could not be found.
Wrong error message displayed when trying to enter a non-ASCII name for the destination virtual machine When you create an import or export task in the vCenter Converter wizard and type a name for the destination virtual machine that consists of non-ASCII characters, the following error message might appear: The destination virtual machine name must be shorter that 80 characters.
This error message should read as follows: The destination virtual machine name must be shorter than 80 bytes. The number of characters you could input for the destination virtual machine name depends on the language you use. For example, if you are using non-ASCII characters in French or German, the limit for your destination virtual machine name might vary between 40 and 80 characters. The VirtualCenter inventory cannot be loaded in vCenter Converter wizards If you perform an export task to VirtualCenter or import task from VirtualCenter with large number of virtual machines, vCenter Converter wizards cannot display the inventory.
Workaround: To import or export machines to or from large inventories, connect directly to the ESX host instead of the vCenter Server. Updated vCenter Service Status for com. You cannot copy running conversion or reconfiguration tasks If you open the Copy As New wizard for a running reconfiguration or conversion task when the source is a virtual machine or a backup image and you click Next , the wizard displays the error message Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine.
Workaround: Wait for the task to complete before selecting Copy as New in its pop-up menu. A cancelled conversion task appears to remain running in the Task Summary window If you open the Task Summary window of a cancelled conversion task, its status is displayed as Running although it appears cancelled in the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client.
This is because it takes some time for the vCenter Converter server to clean up all processes related to a cancelled conversion task. You can ignore this visualization issue. Workaround: Wait for a few minutes after cancelling a conversion task. When task clean-up is completed, vCenter Converter server updates the task status in the Task Summary window accordingly. Converting source volumes with unrecognized file systems might prevent the destination virtual machines from starting While you are setting up a volume-based cloning task in one of the vCenter Converter wizards, the volume name might be missing in some rows of the Source Volumes tab.
This means that vCenter Converter does not recognize the file system on those volumes. Nevertheless, vCenter Converter copies the source volume data to the destination using block-level copying. Workaround: Reconfigure the destination virtual machine after the conversion. If you open more than one vCenter Converter wizards, you can work only with the wizard you opened last For example, if you open the Import Machine wizard followed by the Reconfigure Virtual Machine wizard, you can work only with the Reconfigure Virtual Machine wizard.
The destination virtual machine might not start up if the source virtual machine has both IDE and SCSI disks The destination virtual machine fails to boot and displays the cursor on a black screen when all of the following conditions are met:. The non-default operating system of the destination virtual machine might not start up after disk-based conversion of a multi-boot source After disk-based conversion of a multi-boot source machine, the non-default operating system might not start up on the destination virtual machine when all of the following conditions are met:.
Importing standalone VMware sources with a VMDK file greater than 2GB to a hosted destination that resides on a network share that does not support large files, fails If you select a standalone virtual machine source with VMDK file greater than 2GB and try to convert it to hosted destination residing on a remote network location that does not support large files for example, Linux SMB or NFS share , the conversion task might fail with one of following error messages:.
Creating a conversion task to import a standalone VMware source with a VMDK file greater than 2GB from a network share that does not support large files, fails If you select a standalone virtual machine source with VMDK file greater than 2GB residing on a remote network location that does not support large files for example, Linux SMB share , the following error message appears in the Converter wizard on clicking Next or View source details : agent.
Workaround: Map the network shared folder to the machine where vCenter Converter runs, and select the source from there. This might lead to data inconsistency on the destination machine if changes are made to the powered-on source virtual machine during conversion. Task progress is not shown when importing a virtual machine that is larger than 1TB vCenter Converter does not display the progress of conversion tasks if the source virtual machine is larger than 1TB.
Workaround: You can monitor the disk performance of the destination ESX host to check if tasks are running properly. Task progress and estimated time to completion are unreliable under certain conditions The task progress displayed in Converter task list as well as the estimated time left to task completion might be miscalculated if the source system has a large amount of free space or very large files on its disks or if the network unexpectedly degrades.
New The numerical fields of the Japanese and Chinese localized versions of vCenter Converter accept only Crescent Moon numbers The Japanese and Chinese localized versions of vCenter Converter accept only Crescent Moon numbers as input for all numerical fields. The destination virtual machine does not start up after conversion if the active boot partition is not on the first disk of the source machine If the BIOS on the source system has been modified to boot from any hard disk other than the first hard disk, and you keep the default settings for destination volume layout, vCenter Converter might not clone the boot volume to the first virtual hard disk in the destination virtual machine.
Therefore, the BIOS of the destination virtual machine might not be able to locate the disk that contains the active partition and the destination virtual machine might fail to start up with the following error message: Operating system not found. The Services settings are missing from the Options page of the vCenter Converter wizard when creating a conversion task for powered-off virtual machine sources When setting up an import or export task for a virtual machine source that runs Windows Server or Windows 7 guest operating system, the Services settings do not appear in the Options list of the vCenter Converter wizard.
Therefore, you cannot set up the startup type for the services on the destination virtual machine. The following error message appears in the vCenter Converter worker log file Error 2 reading startType for xxx. Here xxx is a Windows service name. This issue is observed when one or more services on the source virtual machine do not have a Startup type assigned. The issue does not affect the successful completion of conversion tasks, but does not allow you to modify the startup type of Windows services on the destination virtual machine.
Workaround: Modify the registry of the source guest operating system to assign a Startup type to all services that do not have it. See Assigning startup types to Windows services on the source virtual machine KB User Account Control UAC prevents installing vCenter Converter agent if you are not using the default Administrator account to connect to a powered-on source machine If you are setting up a task to import a powered-on source machine that runs Windows Server , Windows Vista, or Windows 7 and you use a non-default Administrator account to log in to the source machine, the following error message might appear when you try to install vCenter Converter agent on the source machine: Insufficient permissions to connect to xxxxxxx.
This is because vCenter Converter server cannot install vCenter Converter agent when UAC is enabled and you are logged in to the source as non-default Administrator user. Workaround: Wait for the reconfiguration task to complete before you copy it. Customization of guest operating systems that run Windows Vista or later might fail with certain system time zones Conversion or reconfiguration tasks might fail during guest operating system customization if you set non-standard time zone for destination guest operating systems that run Windows Vista, Windows Server , or Windows 7.
The following error message appears in the vCenter Converter agent log file: TaskImpl has failed with std::Exception: Timezone. You can change the time zone of the destination machine manually after the conversion task completes. Customization information is not preserved when copying conversion or reconfiguration tasks If you right-click a conversion or reconfiguration task and select Copy As New , the relevant vCenter Converter wizard opens.
In it, no data is preserved for the guest operating system customization setting of the original conversion or reconfiguration task. You must enter your customization preferences again. Stopping vCenter Converter processes during file-level cloning might cause the machine that runs the vCenter Converter Server service to restart During file-level cloning of source systems that run Windows XP or Windows Server , if any of the following vCenter Converter process is forcibly stopped, the machine on which the stopped process was running might automatically reboot.
Workaround: Do not stop any vCenter Converter services on the source machine during file-level cloning. Workaround: On the Options page of the vCenter Converter wizard, click Networks to add network adapters to the destination virtual machine. An error message appears when you power on a destination virtual machine cloned from a live Windows Server source When you power on a destination virtual machine that is converted from a live Windows Server source, a dialog box with the following message appears: Why did the computer shutdown unexpectedly?
This dialog box does not represent an issue with the destination machine. It only requires information for the reason why the source was shut down. You can safely dismiss the dialog and proceed to work with the destination virtual machine as usual.
Converting source machines to Windows Vista or Windows Server local or network share drive and selecting the pre-allocated destination disk option might result in failure to clone the disk The following error message appears in the vCenter Converter worker log on the machine where vCenter Converter server runs: [NFC ERROR] File error -- Failed to write to the target file: An error was detected.
This might be due to a known file system issue on Windows Vista and Windows Server Conversion fails if there is not enough space on the source to take a VSS snapshot If the space on the source volume is not enough for the VSS to create a snapshot, conversion fails with the following error: Failed to create VSS snapshot of source volume.
Workaround: Clean up the source volumes especially the system volume and all NTFS volumes and try to convert the source again. Previous Converter versions cannot convert source machines that have vCenter Converter 4.
If vCenter Converter 4. Therefore, you cannot use previous Converter versions to convert sources that have already been converted with vCenter Converter 4. Workaround: Uninstall vCenter Converter 4. Workaround: Rearrange disks order in the source machine BIOS before the conversion to place the boot disk as the first disk. Converter does not report all disks and volumes present on the system while converting a powered-on source machine running Windows operating system This issue is caused by a bug in Microsoft APIs that Converter uses to query devices.
The issue is observed with Windows XP Professional bit, without any service pack, and might be present in other versions of Windows XP or Windows Server as well. Workaround: Update to the latest service pack where the issue is resolved. Workaround: Start the vCenter Converter agent manually:. Sysprep deletes drive letter mappings during customization If you choose customization options and the destination virtual machine fails at a Please Wait screen after the second sysprep reboot, you need to rerun the import task without customization.
Customization is not applied if a virtual machine is manually restarted after running the configuration task The process for customization occurs as follows:. As a result, vCenter Converter might stop responding for 10 minutes while retrieving source machine information or might display the following error message: Unable to query the live Linux source machine. Workaround: Remove the echo statement from the. You can safely place this echo statement in the. This does not affect conversion tasks.
If you change the disk controller type while importing the virtual machine, the destination virtual machine might not boot. Workaround: Reconfigure the destination virtual machine manually.
During conversion of powered-on Linux machines, vCenter Converter does not recognize Linux source volumes if they are mapped directly on a hard disk Workaround: Linux source volumes that are not managed by LVM must be located in a partition so that vCenter Converter can recognize them during cloning of powered-on Linux sources.
The number of LVM logical volumes per volume group is limited to 12 for powered-on Linux sources During the conversion of powered-on Linux machines, vCenter Converter converts LVM volume groups into new disks on the destination virtual machine. By default, the Linux P2V helper virtual machine is powered off when the conversion task finishes Workaround: Manually disable this option in the converter-worker.
By default, you cannot log in to the helper virtual machine during conversion of powered-on Linux sources Workaround: Manually enable this option in the converter-worker. Source volumes on top of volume managers other than LVM are not recognized during conversion of powered-on Linux machines vCenter Converter recognizes only managed source volumes that run on the LVM volume manager. By default, vCenter Converter has a 20 minute timeout when waiting for the helper virtual machine to start up during Linux P2V conversion This might cause a Linux P2V conversion task to fail due to connection timeout.
Sparse files are not preserved during conversion of powered-on source machines that run Linux By default, vCenter Converter does not preserve sparse files on the source machine during Linux P2V conversion. By default, vCenter Converter requires a root login to the source machine for powered-on Linux conversion tasks Workaround: Enable the use of sudo. This results in premature termination of powered-on Linux source conversions.
Workaround: Upgrade to ESX 3.
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