Problems with Converting an NT4 Machine Image

[kristianlee]

Hi all,

I initially tried to image an old NT4 server we have using VMware converter directly, however that did not work (either through the network, or working locally).

I then made an image of the drive through an external piece of software; Acronis TrueImage Server 9.1

This succeeded however when I import this image into Converter in order to convert it into a VM, it comes up with errors. I have attached the logs that it gave me, but the general error was:

FAILED: agent.internal.fault.NfcConnectionFault.summary

I am running VMWare converter on a Vista machine, running with Administrative priviledges.

Can anyone suggest anything?

[jokke]

According to the release notes hotcloning nt4 is no longer supported, and that's probably why it failed.

As for TI 9.1, that seems supported though as a 3rd party backup image.

What you could try is restore the backup image into a virtual machine. Then run converter on that new vm and choose to configure it.

Joakim

[kristianlee]

Hi,

I did not hot-clone the machine. I cold-cloned through Acronis Server.

How would I go about restoring the backup image into a virtual machine? Just open VMWare Server and show it the backup image?

[jokke]

Since you have the acronis product installed, I guess you also have a boot media (.iso)/ rescue disk as well.

Configure the cd-rom to point to that iso image, and boot from it. You will also need access to the .tib backup file from that vm, so that it can be restored onto a virtual disk.

Joakim

[Alp1]

Hope this isn't too late in coming...

Does your Acronis package come with the Universal Restore feature? If

so, then you can definitely convert a physical machine image to a

VMware guest. The latest editions of True Image have the ability to

convert their own .tib images to vmdk, vhd, etc. However, this does not

create the vmx file.

The other option, the option that involves the Universal Restore,

allows you to create the VM shell within VMware player, ESX, etc, point

to a *.iso version of the True Image boot media, and then during

restoration, you can slip stream in the HBA drivers, and the like to

get your newly VM created.

There is also a BartPE enablement for Universal Restore, but

you would have to have the UR to begin with on the machine you are

generating boot media from. At that point, you may as well use the

Acronis boot media.

-Carlo

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