Hey All,
I'm using converter to migrate a VM from one ESX server to another one (no Virtual infrastructure stuff). I did it once, and it worked fine. I did it anothr time and it failed:
06:01:50 PM Step 1 : Connecting to VMware Converter Agent on localhost
06:01:50 PM Step 2 : Creating target virtual machine and importing data
06:02:13 PM Configuring parameters for the target virtual machine...
06:02:16 PM Creating target virtual machine...
06:02:30 PM Cloning disk 0...
06:19:12 PM Cloning disk 1...
06:20:31 PM Cloning disk 2...
06:21:49 PM ERROR: VMware Converter is already using a specified source virtual or physical machine for another import operation. Please wait for that import to finish before opening this source again.
Note: VMware Converter Agent logs can be found on localhost at C:\WINDOWS\Temp\vmware-temp\vmware-converter*
VMware Converter Client logs on this computer can be exported, or found at "C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Local Settings\Temp\1\vmware-temp\vmware-client*"
VMware Converter logs are stored on a temporary basis, and should be retrieved as soon as possible.
VmiImportTask::task step "Clone VM" destroyed VmiImportTask::task: Image processing task has failed with MethodFault::Exception: vim.fault.AlreadyExists
This machine was originally installed as VMWare server and then migrated to ESX using converter. Then again, the other machine I did the same migration was created in the same way and it moved fine and both had 3 disks! It is working fine on the source ESX server, and there is nothing obviously odd in the vmx file on the ESX server.
VM OS is Win2k3 SP2 32-bit.
Any ideas anyone? Thanks!
Where is converter installed?
You can check the processes to see if they are still running
Converting was installed on a VMWare Server box that has full network access to both ESX servers.
It did work for one server, but it failed on the 3rd disk for the other server consistantly. I was able to manually copy the files and use vmkfstools to import them manually, and that worked for me.
What processes can I check? Converter fails, and the machine I'm migrating is shut down (as converter requires it).
I'm trying the same thing. Converter 3.0.2 is installed on my workstation. Converting a VM from ESX 3.0.1 to 3.5. It converts disk 0, and then fails at 97% doing disk1.
Any resolution to that?