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Shivu1434
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Unable to convert P2V (VCenter convertor 6.4) throwing below error

--> [2024-02-14 19:48:29,574 INFO bootLoader ]: Running command: grub --batch --no-floppy --device-map=/tmp/vmware-sysinfo-grub-device.map > /dev/null 2>&1
--> [2024-02-14 19:48:29,577 INFO bootLoader ]: Writable command 'grub --batch --no-floppy --device-map=/tmp/vmware-sysinfo-grub-device.map > /dev/null 2>&1' failed.
--> [2024-02-14 19:48:29,577 ERROR bootLoader ]: Failed creating GRUB device map file /tmp/vmware-sysinfo-grub-device.map
--> [2024-02-14 19:48:29,577 ERROR bootLoader ]: Unable to open file: /tmp/vmware-sysinfo-grub-device.map
-->
2024-02-14T19:48:46.169+05:30 info vmware-converter-worker[25820] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Converter Agent SysinfoQuery obtained XML output
2024-02-14T19:48:46.170+05:30 info vmware-converter-worker[25820] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Caching vmware-sysinfo XML output with key LiveLinuxComputer::GetSysinfoXml=2960f11e8417515aab82880cdb8b90aecf828361
2024-02-14T19:48:46.173+05:30 warning vmware-converter-worker[25820] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No volume for partition /dev/sda1
2024-02-14T19:48:46.174+05:30 warning vmware-converter-worker[25820] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No volume for partition /dev/sdb3
2024-02-14T19:48:46.174+05:30 error vmware-converter-worker[25820] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No disks for volume with id '/dev/rhel/root' and label ''
2024-02-14T19:48:55.607+05:30 info vmware-converter-worker[25820] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] [Converter.Worker.DiagnosticManagerImpl] Generating LogBundle.

 

Would someone kindly advise me on how to resolve this?

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Shivu1434
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Contributor

could you please help me out

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j2hydro
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Contributor

Same Error,  Converter does not seem to like lvm very much,  any solution ?

2024-04-16T23:03:49.448-05:00 warning vmware-converter-worker[07016] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No volume for partition /dev/sda2
2024-04-16T23:03:49.448-05:00 error vmware-converter-worker[07016] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] No disks for volume with id '/dev/rootvg/lv_var' and label ''

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scott28tt
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VMware Employee

What OS are you trying to P2V?

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j2hydro
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Contributor

Redhat 8.9, 

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j2hydro
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Contributor

Converter 6.6, as that introduces support for rhel 8 and rhel 9,  but everything i read says it dont like my lvm set up

udo lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 100G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 3G 0 part /boot
└─sda2 8:2 0 87G 0 part
├─rootvg-lv_root 253:0 0 40G 0 lvm /
├─rootvg-lv_swap 253:1 0 7G 0 lvm [SWAP]
├─rootvg-lv_home 253:3 0 20G 0 lvm /home
└─rootvg-lv_var 253:4 0 20G 0 lvm /var
sdb 8:16 0 300G 0 disk
└─datavg-lv_data 253:2 0 300G 0 lvm /opt/mssql
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
hydro@bcb11239d2001#

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Preeti-P
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hi, I see worker error 'No disks for volume with id...'.  Does your Linux source has a volume mounted more than once ? 

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