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I know this is late for the topic author, but I ran into the same error now and this was one of the first search results from Google, so I hope my answer helps somebody else. I tried to convert De... See more...
I know this is late for the topic author, but I ran into the same error now and this was one of the first search results from Google, so I hope my answer helps somebody else. I tried to convert Debian 9 (btw it's not officially supported by the Converter) with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 6.2.0 build-8466193, but I couldn't get the conversion working with a private key. SSH into via PowerShell or another Debian machine worked fine with the private key and root user In /var/log/auth.log there were error when trying to connect with the Converter: Sep 9 15:35:03 ip-172-31-10-204 sshd[9910]: error: Received disconnect from 83.x.y.z port 17023:14: No supported authentication methods available [preauth] Sep 9 15:35:03 ip-172-31-10-204 sshd[9910]: Disconnected from 83.x.y.z port 17023 [preauth] Workaround (authentication with password): # Create backup of the machine. # Limit access into the SSH port via firewall if possible. This enhances security if the source machine is in public network. root user account is usually constantly bombarded with authentication attempts. # The next steps are configured in the shell, steps should work in both RHEL, Debian, and other Linux servers. # Set secure password for root user sudo passwd root # Allow password authentication in SSH daemon configuration (you can use some other text editor also than VIM). sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config   # Set line: PasswordAuthentication yes   # Set line: PermitRootLogin yes # Test the configuration sudo sshd -t # Restart sshd sudo systemclt restart sshd # Test that SSH work via PowerShell, Putty, or Linux shell. # Start conversion. # After conversion undo the sshd_config changes.
This thread is old, but it was one of the first ones to pop up when googling how to convert Windows 2003 server. I know this is not supported, but I could convert with vCenter Converter 6.2 wi... See more...
This thread is old, but it was one of the first ones to pop up when googling how to convert Windows 2003 server. I know this is not supported, but I could convert with vCenter Converter 6.2 with the steps below. I couldn't download vCenter Converter 6.0 from the official site as it's not provided anymore, so I just tried with 6.2. Steps: Install all Windows updates on Windows 2003 server. If Windows Update is complaining that it cannot connect to update server, install Internet Explorer 8. Install vCenter Converter 6.2 on a Windows 10 computer. Manually copy the Converter Agent Installer, VMware-Converter-Agent.exe located at C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone I couldn't deploy the Agent with vCenter Converter, so I copied it manually to the Win 2003 server, source: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1021465 Disable firewall on the source computer. Convert the VM to HW 11. I installed VMware Tools 10.0.12 as suggested in the previous message. Before starting the conversion there was a warning of source not having sysrep files or something like that, but I just ignored the warning. I didn't do extensive testing with the VM, but I could power it on and RDP to it. My destination was ESXi 6.7 U2. Source was 32 bit Windows Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise Edition.