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corsafr
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Unable to migrate VM

Hello,

I converted a desktop to a VM to work on VMware Workstation using VMware Converter.

After I migrate this VM from VMware Workstation to ESXi 6.7.

Now I have 2 issues :

  • First I cannot migrate this VM. I have this error : "Virtual machine is configured to use a device that prevents the operation: Device 'HD audio ' has a backing type that is not supported. "This is a general limitation of the virtual machine's compatibility with the ESXi version of the selected host."
  • Then the sound doesn't work on this VM

How can I solve this issue?

Thanks for your help.

Regards,

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daphnissov
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ESXi does not support sound controllers. You must remove this device from the VM's configuration.

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corsafr
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Thanks for your quick reply

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daphnissov
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It is technically possible but unsupported and can lead to instabilities. You will have to manually remove those lines from the VMX file and then reload the virtual machine.

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corsafr
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Thanks it works!

Regards,

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continuum
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> Device 'HD audio ' has a backing type that is not supported.

This does not mean that ESXi does not support virtual audio devices.

It means that the audio device specified in the vmx-file of your VM is invalid for an ESXi-host.

To clean up remove all parameters that start with sound.*

from the vmx-file and only keep

sound.present = "true"

Then ESXi will try to assign a soundcard for that VM on next boot  - if your host supports that.


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