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friedchicken
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unable to import virtual machines created with vcb into vcentre 4

Hi All,

i've taken vcb backups of a number of machines from a vcenter 2.5/esx3.5 setup and i'm trying to import them into a completely different vsphere 4 environment (its for a disaster recovery scenario).

i'm using the import wizard from within the vcenter client. it goes as far as the 'supply unc path and username/password' screen. it then hangs with: retrieving operating system information... with the little spinning wheel

if you look in the convertor logs you get as per below

any ideas anyone?

many thanks in advance.

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#3] OS resides on partition 1 , disk path
vmcenter\vmclones\Carrillion-PC\scsi0-0-0-Carrillion PC.vmdk

object explicitly disposed: fileRegistry={virtVol={computer={f48bbe0f768e5cb219a5dcd7d1e1fc84e7e1befa},0}},WINDOWS\system32\config\System

Exception: Non-optional data field is unset: object, vim.fault.NoPermission

Backtrace:

backtrace[00] eip 0x100ec846 ?GenerateCoreDump@System@Vmacore@@YAXXZ

backtrace[01] eip 0x10036b0a ?CreateBacktrace@SystemFactoryImpl@System@Vmacore@@UAEXAAV?$Ref@VBacktrace@System@Vmacore@@@3@@Z

backtrace[02] eip 0x1000ffae ??0Throwable@Vmacore@@QAE@ABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z

backtrace[03] eip 0x004314e9 ?_Unregistered@StubImpl@Vmomi@@UAEXXZ

backtrace[04] eip 0x004316e8 ?_Unregistered@StubImpl@Vmomi@@UAEXXZ

backtrace[05] eip 0x0043711e ?GetArrayType@TypeImpl@Vmomi@@UAEPAVArrayType@2@XZ

backtrace[06] eip 0x00479a54 ?InitLocale@Vmomi@@YAXABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z

backtrace[07] eip 0x0047a23e ?InitLocale@Vmomi@@YAXABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z

backtrace[08] eip 0x0047a32e ?InitLocale@Vmomi@@YAXABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z

backtrace[09] eip 0x0047a3c7 ?CloneAny@Vmomi@@YAXPAVAny@1@AAV?$Ref@VAny@Vmomi@@@Vmacore@@_N@Z

backtrace[10] eip 0x021a5989 (no symbol)

backtrace[11] eip 0x021a7687 (no symbol)

backtrace[12] eip 0x0044c74e ??1ManagedObjectImpl@Vmomi@@UAE@XZ

backtrace[13] eip 0x0044d1dd ??1ForceRootOnStack@Vmomi@@QAE@XZ

backtrace[14] eip 0x0044d420 ??1ForceRootOnStack@Vmomi@@QAE@XZ

backtrace[15] eip 0x0044da36 ??1ForceRootOnStack@Vmomi@@QAE@XZ

backtrace[16] eip 0x100f430a ?IsEnlisted@System@Vmacore@@YA_NXZ

backtrace[17] eip 0x100f4c5c ?IsEnlisted@System@Vmacore@@YA_NXZ

backtrace[18] eip 0x100f054e ?ThisThreadExists@System@Vmacore@@YA_NXZ

backtrace[19] eip 0x7c349565 _endthreadex

backtrace[20] eip 0x77e66063 GetModuleFileNameA

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IamTHEvilONE
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friedchicken,

Can you please install VMware Converter 4.0.1 standalone directly on the VCB Proxy and try again? Make sure to uninstall any other version of converter from the VCB Proxy first. If this restore fails as well, please provide the logs.

1 - Right click the failed task and export logs

OR

2 - File menu > Export Logs...



Regards,

EvilOne

VMware vExpert 2009

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friedchicken
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Hi,

done some furthing testing - 5 out of the 8 machines i was trying to import failed. the other 3 went through fine.

i installed the 4.0.1 standalone convertor and then tried those 5 failing machines - and they all worked fine!

do i assume this has to be a bug with the plugin?

thanks.

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