Windows XP blue screens during hot P2V

[HillChDeka]

From vCenter server 4.1 was using Guided Consolidation made an attempt to hot P2V a XP workstation. The analysis completed with a high level of confidence for the p2v. The workstation has XP sp2 is installed. The blue screen occured about 4 hours into the p2v. All the XP blue screen reported was:

Stop 0x0000003f (0x0 0x11 0xAAC 0x3df)

Attached is the vmware converter log of the p2v. The p2v started at 12:35 p.m. and then crashed at 4:27 p.m.

Windows event logs did not have any information about the blue screen. Dr Watson did capture the blue screen either.

Need suggestions about how to successfully complete the p2v.

[continuum]

for a hotclone of XP-sp2 I would highly recommend Converter 3.0.3 - no matter what the documentation may say




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VMX-parameters- WS FAQ -[ MOAcd|http://sanbarrow.com/moa241.html] - VMDK-Handbook

You also find me in the support crew of PHD Virtual Backup

[HillChDeka]

You are the second person to recommend convertor 3.03.

Why do you think it has a better chance to succeed?

I will install it. It may take about a week to know if that suceeded.

When it does I will make sure I come back and mark the question answered.

[continuum]

why ? - simply because the newer version make misconfiguration of the job so much easier.

Converter 3.0.3 has fewer options but prevents misconfigured tasks - while 4.0.1 especially when used with XP usually misconfigures the SCSI-controller




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VMX-parameters- WS FAQ -[ MOAcd|http://sanbarrow.com/moa241.html] - VMDK-Handbook

You also find me in the support crew of PHD Virtual Backup

[HillChDeka]

Attempted the stand alone P2V with the v3.03 converter.

The XP workstation blue screened with same error.

Any further surggestions?

[DannoXYZ]

I've found stopping unnecessary services prevents a lot of crashes or failures during P2V with Converter.

1. run services.msc

2. stop any services that's not absolutely necessary for Converter operation*

3. run Converter and capture

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• one way to determine bare-minimum configuration of services is to boot into safe-mode with networking. Then note which services are actually started.