Converter gets to 98% and dies at reconfiguration

[nwbrad]

I searched the web, the forums and am at a loss as to why the converter does not work:

Run XP SP3 (up to date on patches/fixes) on a Dell  Vostro.

Running Converter Standalone Client 5.0.0 build 47052.

When I look at the logs, I see the following types of messages:

2012-10-01T20:22:52.296-07:00 [02444 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.ReconfigurationFault

2012-10-01T20:22:52.296-07:00 [02444 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-13] -- ERROR -- Convert: converter.fault.ReconfigurationFault

--> (converter.fault.ReconfigurationFault) {

-->    dynamicType = <unset>,

-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

-->    description = "vmodl.fault.SystemError",

-->    msg = "",

--> }

I have tried multiple times, done various clean ups, but nothing seems to resolve the problem

I'm not sure where to go from here?

[POCEH]

Most often XP cannot be reconfigured with not proper disk adapter: have you try with SCSI adapter?

[sparrowangelste]

try changing the disk adaptors like POCEH said

[nwbrad]

I'm not sure what you mean "proper disk adapter".  The system has a built in Dell SATA IDE (intel) controller, disks and appropriate windows drivers.  The controller and drives are as they were delivered from the Dell.  Switch to a SCSI adapter?  You mean buy a new controller and disk drives and transfer everything to that to run converter?  Converter doesn't work using a run of the mill dell PC, disk drives and windows XP?  Am I missing something?

[sparrowangelste]

the conversion is complete at 98%

the issue is the configuration of the vm.

chagne the vm's disk adaptor.

[continuum]

Converter 5 misconfigures the import job per default.
When you try to import a XP it will use "keep current controller" - and if that is not accidentaly an Intel IDE controller this will fail.
So to workaround that stupid behaviour you must configure a Buslogic controller - either after or before the import.

If you change it after the first job failed - edit the vmx-file and run Converter "configure machine" again

[nwbrad]

During the setup of the conversion, I changed the config from IDE to BusLogic, but it did not help. 

Here is was the VMX file look like.

I tried to use the VM created, but the VM gets in an endless loop of rebooting blue screen of death...

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "8"

memsize = "2048"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

displayName = "DellQ6600"

guestOS = "winXPPro"

numvcpus = "4"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.filename = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ide0:0.filename = "auto detect"

ide0:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ide1:0.filename = "auto detect"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "buslogic"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "DellQ6600.vmdk"

mks.enable3d = "TRUE"

vmci0.present = "TRUE"

buslogic.noDriver = "FALSE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"

pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"

[continuum]

run Converter against it one more time - select the option "configure machine" - the vmx is good

[nwbrad]

I reran and got the same message:

2012-10-05T11:22:36.578-07:00 [02640 error 'Default'] Found dangling SSL error: [0] error:00000001:lib(0):func(0):reason(1)

2012-10-05T11:22:36.593-07:00 [02640 info 'Default'] [taskSpec,467] [task-15] [TaskMap] task-15:task-1

2012-10-05T11:23:03.609-07:00 [02640 error 'Default'] [task,350] [LRO] Unexpected Exception: converter.fault.ReconfigurationFault

2012-10-05T11:23:03.609-07:00 [02640 info 'Default'] [task,379] [task-15] -- ERROR -- Reconfig: converter.fault.ReconfigurationFault

--> (converter.fault.ReconfigurationFault) {

-->    dynamicType = <unset>,

-->    faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,

-->    description = "vmodl.fault.SystemError",

-->    msg = "",

--> }

[continuum]

sounds like you use Converter 5 - try the same with 3.0.3 - that should work