Solved: Win 10 Migration to MacOS Sierra 10.12.6

thpereira · ‎05-07-2018

Just got a MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 computer and as I used to use HP with Windows 10, I am looking for info on migrating Windows 10 to Mac. I do have an VMware Fusion 10 Pro License and already installed on the Mac. So far so good.

Looking at the link (Migrating a Windows PC to Run in VMware Fusion) which BTW doesn't seems to be updated since Page 2 Section 2.a and b doesnt reflect my Mac. File sharing isnt really where the article refers to, but anyways....

I downloaded VMware vCenter Converter Standalone from the link provided on the article, installed on Windows 10 and once it finished and tries to run, error below shows up....(attached).

Any idea of why I cant initiate the service? I`m running TrendMicro AV which was disabled during the install process. Is there any up to date article out there that helps migrating my Win10 to Mac with Fusion?

Thanks in advance.

Some Logs

2018-05-07T13:16:00.148-05:00 Section for VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client, pid=6608, version=6.2.0, build=7348398, option=Release

2018-05-07T13:16:00.148-05:00 verbose converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Dumping early logs:

2018-05-07T13:16:00.148-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Logging uses fast path: false

2018-05-07T13:16:00.148-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] The bora/lib logs WILL be handled by VmaCore

2018-05-07T13:16:00.148-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Initialized channel manager

2018-05-07T13:16:00.148-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Current working directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] ThreadPool windowsStackImmediateCommit = true

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[03248] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[07676] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread pool on asio: Min Io, Max Io, Min Task, Max Task, Max Concurency: 2, 200, 2, 10, 2147483647

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[03692] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[10280] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=ThreadPool] Thread enlisted

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Using locale for help and translations 'en_US'.

2018-05-07T13:16:00.164-05:00 error converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Unable to load 'en_US' translation.

2018-05-07T13:16:00.195-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Use GUI font 8 with correction 1.

2018-05-07T13:16:00.273-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

2018-05-07T13:16:00.289-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Libs] FILE: FileCreateDirectoryRetry: Non-retriable error encountered (C:\ProgramData\VMware): Cannot create a file when that file already exists (183)

2018-05-07T13:16:00.289-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Vmacore::InitSSL: handshakeTimeoutUs = 20000000

2018-05-07T13:16:00.289-05:00 info converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterImpl] Converter session created.

2018-05-07T13:29:15.215-05:00 verbose converter-gui[07616] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterSession] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterSessionImpl::Login - Connecting to remote server localhost as XXXXXX

2018-05-07T13:29:15.217-05:00 info converter-gui[03692] [Originator@6876 sub=BaseServerConnection] Connecting to server on host localhost on port 443.

--> SSL:true

--> Path:/converter/sdk

--> VMODL version:converter.version.version7

-->

2018-05-07T13:29:15.217-05:00 info converter-gui[03692] [Originator@6876 sub=BaseServerConnection] Using SSL to connect to VMOMI server localhost

2018-05-07T13:29:15.218-05:00 verbose converter-gui[03692] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] HttpConnectionPoolImpl created. maxPoolConnections = 20; idleTimeout = 900000000; maxOpenConnections = 20; maxConnectionAge = 0

2018-05-07T13:29:15.219-05:00 info converter-gui[03692] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterServerConnTCP] Getting ServiceInstance contents

2018-05-07T13:29:16.318-05:00 warning converter-gui[07676] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x039c8848, h:2124, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '[::1]:443'>>, e: system:10061(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2018-05-07T13:29:17.320-05:00 warning converter-gui[07676] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Failed to connect socket; <io_obj p:0x039c8910, h:2124, <TCP '0.0.0.0:0'>, <TCP '127.0.0.1:443'>>, e: system:10061(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2018-05-07T13:29:17.320-05:00 error converter-gui[07676] [Originator@6876 sub=HttpConnectionPool-000000] [ConnectComplete] Connect failed to <cs p:038cc590, TCP:localhost:443>; cnx: (null), error: class Vmacore::SystemException(No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it)

2018-05-07T13:29:17.321-05:00 error converter-gui[03692] [Originator@6876 sub=ConverterSession] Converter::Client::Gui::Wizard::ConverterSessionImpl::LoginCompleter - No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

ColoradoMarmot · ‎05-07-2018

So couple of things,

Converting a physical machine always results in a bloated, unstable virtual machine. You're almost always better off building a new one from scratch (which you have to do with a retail Win10 license anyway - OEM can only be virtualized on the same physical hardware they were sold with).

You might try running the conversion in safe mode: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

that should shut down any problematic services.

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thpereira · ‎05-07-2018

I`m going to post this here just as a reference to other people. I was able to start the service. Looking at the event logs under system, it was complaining that couldnt start workstation service. Look at the workstation and it also complained that couldnt start due to the SMB2.0.

Enabled the SMB 2.0 through the command line sc config mrxsmb20 start= demand then was able to start Workstations service THEN was able to start VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Server.

thpereira · ‎05-07-2018

Now I`m facing a different issue

Double checked and VSS is running normally......

Anyone seeing this before?

ColoradoMarmot · ‎05-07-2018

So couple of things,

Converting a physical machine always results in a bloated, unstable virtual machine. You're almost always better off building a new one from scratch (which you have to do with a retail Win10 license anyway - OEM can only be virtualized on the same physical hardware they were sold with).

You might try running the conversion in safe mode: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12376/windows-10-start-your-pc-in-safe-mode

that should shut down any problematic services.

thpereira · ‎05-07-2018

Thank you for answering. I will follow your recommendation, just spent two days looking into this, error and more errors.......will install from scratch.

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Win 10 Migration to MacOS Sierra 10.12.6