Hello all,
I have a problem converting one of my existing images and adding it to an ESXi host. I am trying to convert a Windows 2008 R2 64-bit machine.
Using the standalone converter, I connect to the .vmx file and the process starts with no problems. I leave a ping to the datastore and the ESXi host running throughout the process and the connection does not fail.
However, when the process is 17% of the way through, i receive the FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: 'The operation experienced a network error' message and the connection fails.
I have tried this process using another machine image (.vmx) to the same server - using the exact same procedure, and the conversion succeeds with no errors.
Is there something I need to do with the ESXi host or the vmx (vmdx HDDs) to get this process to work. I have retried the process 5 times now and get to the exact same point and size in GB of the vmdx files when it fails.
Any help would be gratefully received and I have some experiance with ESXi but don't consider myself an expert so I apologise in advance for any stupidity on my part.
I have attached the log files from the ESXi (these have not been edited as these are just test systems)
Regards and thanks in advance.
Paul
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Hi,
Ensure your virtual machine you want to convert to ESXi is gracefully shut down and that there are no lck files/folders. POower on the VM and then shut down properly as test that the VM is working fine and repeat the conversion process.
Hope this information is useful
Nikhil