P 2 V Issue

[banumuth]

Hello,

I am trying to do P2V one our server from another location. I unable to do this I am getting the following error as attahed.

I am a local adminstrator on that server and I am able to RDP that windows box from my current location. These are 2 different states.

Please let me know what ports number needs to be open to do this?

[IamTHEvilONE]

I would hope that VMware Converter is installed directly on the computer you want to convert.

If you are going to convert directly to an ESX Host, all you should need is port 443 (communication) & 902 (data copy).

A decent alternative would be to convert the system to a local (to the server being converted) network drive as a workstation 5.5 image, and then you can copy that over.

Where are you going from and to? (W2K3 Souce to ESX .... or otherwise)

How are you connected between sites?

[Daniyalis]

Check this link : http://communities.vmware.com/thread/125409

Insight view of the above link: TCP/IP Ports required by Vmware Converter Enterprise for VirtualCenter:

• Converter Enterprise server to remote physical machine 445 and 139

• Converter Enterprise Server to VirtualCetner Server 443

• Converter Enterprise Client to Converter Enterprise Server 443

• Physical machine to VirtualCenter Server 443

Let us know if this help and marked the question as resolved.

[theanykey]

The documentation on the converter plugin will be updated to also include 902 as it does not currently.

Page 23 of the “Converter Enterprise for Virtual Center 2.5”:

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_vec_10_admin_guide.pdf

Use the following list to confirm required ports

• Converter Enterprise Server to remote physical machine - TCP 445, 139 and UDP 137, 138

• Converter Enterprise Server to VirtualCenter Server - 443

• Converter Enterprise Client to Converter Enterprise Server - 443

• Physical machine to VirtualCenter Server - 443

• Physical machine to ESX Server 3.x - 443 and 902