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4 Replies Last post: May 9, 2008 10:12 AM by theanykey

Cannot find original NIC after conversion

May 9, 2008 2:14 AM

nasterizer 26 posts since
Mar 21, 2007

In all my physical servers, I have dual NIC's. DUring conversion VMWare Converter asks how many NICS you would like to have, which I specify to 2. When I finish converting a W2K3 machine I get two new NIC's. If i try configuring the old IP's on the new NIC's I get a message saying that these IP's are already configured on other NIC's of this machine. But I cant see the other NIC's

Where are they and how can I use them or remove them?

Thanks in advance.

Tags: p2v, p2verror, windows_2003_server

Reply Re: Cannot find original NIC after conversion May 9, 2008 2:35 AM

ascari 267 posts since
Jan 3, 2007

from cmd type: set devmgr_nonpresent_device=1

and then from run button type: c:\windows\system32\devmgmt.msc and thenn select show hidden device

Bye Alberto

Reply Re: Cannot find original NIC after conversion May 9, 2008 4:39 AM

in response to: ascari

torni 5 posts since
May 8, 2008

Hi,

is this problem, if You put them once more and accept warning?

Reply Re: Cannot find original NIC after conversion May 9, 2008 5:34 AM

in response to: torni

ascari 267 posts since
Jan 3, 2007

you receive a warning that your ip address is already in use but it's working.

There is another method not so good such the first:

Open your registry windows vm and serach for HKLM\Syste\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters and find you originally NIC in Adapters and in Interface.

For secure, save this subkey first and then remove it

look this http://communities.vmware.com/message/853389#853389 and this http://communities.vmware.com/message/832978#832978

bye Alberto