Cannot do P2V saving the vm file to a USB-attached...

im_chc · ‎03-23-2014

Hi all,

Thanks for the help in advance!

I am attempting to do a P2V to a disk locally attached to the source computer, at the end it failed, and the error message was not too helpful:

"A general system error occurred: unknown internal error"

I'm not sure if it matters, but the vm image is to be saved to an SATA harddisk connected via a USB port (I have some gadgets to achieve this)

I am attaching the log files at C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\logs

I can provide more info if I have been too brief on the matter.

The job is as follows:

2014-03-23T18:04:07.258+08:00 [06896 info 'Default'] === [Converter::Server::Conversion::ConversionManagerImpl::CreateJob] ConversionJobSpec:

--> (converter.server.conversion.ConversionJobSpec) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> name = "ConversionJob_520f2acd-69ea-e651-8fd3-ed83a3b698aa",

--> description = <unset>,

--> firstRun = <unset>,

--> startSuspended = <unset>,

--> source = (converter.ComputerSpec) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> location = (converter.ComputerSpec.LiveComputerLocation) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> hostname = "",

--> port = <unset>,

--> username = <unset>,

--> password = <unset>,

--> osType = "windowsOs",

--> verifyPeer = <unset>,

--> sslThumbprint = <unset>,

--> },

--> conversionParams = (converter.params.ConversionParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> osInstanceBootLoaderEntry = (converter.info.BootConfigInfo.BootLoaderEntrySpec) null,

--> doClone = true,

--> cloningParams = (converter.params.CloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> target = (converter.params.TargetVmSpec) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> name = "MACBOOK",

--> location = (converter.params.TargetVmSpec.HostedVmLocation) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> directory = "M:\convert macbook to vm",

--> vmxFileName = <unset>,

--> networkUsername = <unset>,

--> networkPassword = <unset>,

--> },

--> productVersion = "workstation10x",

--> hardwareVersion = <unset>,

--> },

--> storageParams = (converter.params.StorageParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> cloningMode = "volumeBasedCloning",

--> diskControllerType = "scsiLsiLogicSAS",

--> targetDiskParams = (converter.params.StorageParams.TargetDiskParams) [

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.HostedTargetDiskParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceDiskId = "disk-1002",

--> volumesToClone = (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) [

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "Disk#0_Partition#1",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[44-4D-49-4F-3A-49-44-3A-6D-6F-23-77-A1-B4-AA-49-A8-73-23-DD-E4-CF-62-A0]",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[44-4D-49-4F-3A-49-44-3A-7A-6C-67-00-AE-7D-80-42-83-20-25-5E-A6-51-4A-EA]",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[44-4D-49-4F-3A-49-44-3A-0A-7F-E7-FE-26-37-AE-46-A3-55-09-30-11-98-44-CC]",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> }

--> ],

--> diskType = "monolithicSparse",

--> lvg = false,

--> gpt = true,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.HostedTargetDiskParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceDiskId = "disk-1003",

--> volumesToClone = (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) [

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "Disk#1_Partition#1",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "Disk#1_Partition#2",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "Disk#1_Partition#3",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> },

--> (converter.params.StorageParams.VolumeCloningParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> sourceVolumeId = "\WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeId=[D6-E9-B6-05-00-00-B0-10-07-00-00-00]",

--> resize = false,

--> newCapacityInBytes = <unset>,

--> newClusterSizeInBytes = <unset>,

--> }

--> ],

--> diskType = "monolithicSparse",

--> lvg = false,

--> gpt = false,

--> }

--> ],

--> skipUnwantedFiles = true,

--> useBitmapDriver = <unset>,

--> intermediateImage = <unset>,

--> modifiedClustersOnly = <unset>,

--> vmxDatastoreName = <unset>,

--> resizeRatio = <unset>,

--> minVolumeSize = <unset>,

--> optimizedPartitionAlignment = true,

--> },

--> networkParams = (converter.params.NetworkParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> preserveNicCount = true,

--> preserveNicMapping = false,

--> nic = (converter.params.NetworkParams.NicParams) [

--> (converter.params.NetworkParams.HostedNicParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> connected = true,

--> connectionType = "bridged",

--> }

--> ],

--> },

--> basicHardwareParams = (converter.params.BasicHardwareParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> numCPUs = 2,

--> numCoresPerSocket = 2,

--> memoryMB = 1640,

--> },

--> incrementalP2VCloningParams = (converter.params.IncrementalP2VCloningParams) null,

--> nextBitmapId = <unset>,

--> snapshotSource = <unset>,

--> preserveDeviceBacking = <unset>,

--> preserveIdentity = <unset>,

--> doSynchronize = false,

--> doFinalize = <unset>,

--> ovfParams = (converter.params.OvfParams) null,

--> retainLimit = <unset>,

--> },

--> doReconfig = true,

--> reconfigParams = (converter.params.ReconfigParams) null,

--> doSynchronize = <unset>,

--> doInstallTools = true,

--> doCustomize = false,

--> customizationParams = (converter.params.CustomizationParams) null,

--> doUninstallAgent = false,

--> powerOnTargetVM = <unset>,

--> removeRestoreCheckpoints = true,

--> helperVmNetworkParams = (converter.params.HelperVmNetworkParams) null,

--> throttlingParams = (converter.params.ThrottlingParams) {

--> dynamicType = <unset>,

--> cpuThrottling = "none",

--> networkBandwidthThrottlingInMB = <unset>,

--> },

--> p2vSourceModificationSpec = (converter.server.conversion.P2VSourceModificationSpec) null,

--> parentFolder = 'converter.server.conversion.ConversionFolder:ConversionFolder',

--> synchronizeImmediately = <unset>,

--> synchronizationStartTime = <unset>,

--> }

--> =====================

POCEH · ‎03-23-2014

Your attachment doesn't contain files.

im_chc · ‎03-23-2014

Oops, sorry

I've replaced the attached file

POCEH · ‎03-23-2014

Unfortunately your disk C: is recognized as MBR partition, and error is:

2014-03-23T18:04:16.448+08:00 [07940 info 'Default'] Cannot mix MBR and GPT partitions, partition 0 is GPT!

2014-03-23T18:04:16.448+08:00 [07940 info 'Default'] Failed to create the partition Tables error:-1

but mixed GPT/MBR configurations are not supported.. the dual boot configurations are not supported too.

You can try to exclude second disk (BOOTCAMP) from conversion and try again.

All

Cannot do P2V saving the vm file to a USB-attached storage