VMware Conventer - Task failed P2VError FILE_OPEN_FAILED(ha-nfc://[storage1]

[ibassbass]

When I clone a PC (NT server) into the ESX server, the following error was found..

Task failed: P2VError FILE_OPEN_FAILED(ha-nfc://[storage1] vpc-ibmnfynt40/vpc-ibmnfynt40.vmdk@168.10.5.97:902!52 a4 0f 6d 1a 1c 74 1f-11 de 27 c3 83 b0 ad 1e)

Any suggestion for fixing this problem?? thanks.

[theanykey]

Sounds like a blocked port. But you should attach the agent logs to be sure (located on the source physical machine under C:\windows\temp\vmware-temp\)

This is a generic guide and all may not apply - for instance if you are not using VirtualCenter, there is no need to test the connection between ESX and VC.

Check basic network

• ping from source system to VC host

• ping from VC to ESX target system

• ping from source system to ESX target system

• ping from ESX target system to VC host

• ping from ESX target to source system

Check the port usage (use telnet to verify)

• Converter application to remote physical machine - 445 and 139

• Converter application to VirtualCenter Server - 443

• Converter application to ESX Server 3.x - 443

• Physical machine to VirtualCenter Server - 443

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

• If you are using Converter 3.0.1 or 3.0.2 make sure you do not have a web server using port 443 while running Converter

Check credentials and privileges

• Ensure that each username can login to all systems (you may want to create one admin account on all systems to simply the testing)

• Ensure the user has permission to create a VM on the target system

• Ensure the user has access to LUNs on the target system

• Ensure the user has write privilege on target system storage devices

• Verify that the user can create a new VM on each target system from VirtualCenter

Your Virtual Centcer user (if applicable) needs the following privileges:

• Allow ReadOnly

• Disk Access

• Allow Virtual

• Machine Files

• Download

• Inventory of VMs

Verify space requirements

• Check available file space on all systems (Depending on your method you will either need space equal to the selected drive or to the space used on the source drive.)

• Verify that the Target VMname does not exist on target system

• Optionally, turn firewall off on 3.0.x ESX servers

[BlackHawk-VM]

Are you running the P2V through VirtualCenter?

We had a very similar issue.

We resolved it with help from these forums -- added a hosts file entry for the ESX server on the physical server.

We also found that going by IP direct to ESX (no VirtualCenter) worked as well.

Regards