Unable to convert Windows Server 2008 machine

[dktech]

I have checked all of these forums, yet the solutions are not helping me in this instant. I am somewhat new to Vmware, I can get around to perform most standard tasks. I am attempting my first conversion of a physical machine to a virtual. When I attempt to let the agent deploy it tells me it is unable to connect to the network share "XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX\ADMIN$".

I have enabled file sharing, I have run net share and the share is active. Is there anything else that I could be missing?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

[patanassov · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the forum

You need to connect to the source machine as administrator or disable UAC. Also you need to configure or disable the firewall.

Alternatively - you can install converter agent manually on the source.

Regards,

Plamen

[dktech]

I had all the options u also mentioned turned off or disabled. I instead installed the agent locally and ran it, the conversion is working now. I have another server to convert later this week, I'll give it another shot.

Thanks!

[weinstein5]

Welcome to the Community - You will need to restore the administrative shares - this link will help http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318755