Vmware converter operation timed out

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All rights reserved. Covered by US Patent. Come for the solution, stay for everything else. I get the following message; The operation timed out.

Labels: Labels: 7. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Accepted Solutions. I want to make a connect to vCenter. On the vCenter is not installed Netbackup. Rami5 Level 4. Hello Tom I have sme issue can you tell me if you solved and how to solved Thanks. ResolutionTo resolve this issue, ensure that the network supports jumbo frames end-to-end. This should be verified by the local networking team.

In the vSphere Client, right-click thehost in the cluster and then clickthe Configuration tab. ClickProperties for Management Network on vSwitch0. Under the Ports tab, click vSwitch and then click Edit. In the vmware-converter-worker. If you try to convert a Linux physical machine, you might receive an error message in the Convert Machine wizard Unable to obtain hardware information.

A Save As dialog box appears. General Disk-based cloning of a powered off machine image to a virtual datastore destination might fail You might not be able to perform a disk-based cloning of a powered off machine image to a virtual datastore destination.

If the operating system is Windows 8. Workaround: None. Windows 8. In such case, the following error messages might appear in the worker log: [ warning 'Default'] Partition:Invalid sector magic number.

Workaround: Remove the unpartitioned disks from the conversion job. Workarounds: Verify that the source virtual machine is powered off prior to conversion.

Provide write privileges to the network share where the source virtual machine resides. Converting standalone VMware sources with a VMDK file greater than 2GB to a hosted destination that resides on a network share that does not support large files, fails If you select a standalone virtual machine source with VMDK file greater than 2GB and try to convert it to hosted destination residing on a remote network location that does not support large files for example, Linux SMB or NFS share , the conversion job might fail with one of following error messages: Unable to connect to the virtual disk Remote server closed connection after 0 response bytes read An error occurred during an operation on a virtual disk If conversion is successful, the following error message related to the VMDK file might appear when you power on the destination virtual machine: Internal Inconsistency errors Workaround: In the main application window of Converter Standalone, right-click the failed job and select Copy As New Go to the Options page and select Data to Copy.

In the Data to Copy pane, select the volumes to copy and click Advanced. On the Destination layout tab, select Split not pre-allocated or Split pre-allocated as the destination disk type. Click Next to view a summary of the conversion job. On the Ready to Complete page, click Finish to resubmit the job. Workaround: To avoid the two-minute handshake, perform a conversion to a hosted destination machine for example, Workstation in the same LAN.

Copy the temporary virtual machine and send it over the WAN to the remote site. If the intended destination is a Workstation virtual machine, this completes the process. The Local Group Policy Editor opens. Disable the Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode setting. Microsoft Windows Vista or later is installed as a second operating system on the source physical machine and later is removed, but the BCD manager is left on the source machine.

Perform a physical source conversion. Remove the BCD manager and revert the operating system to its compatible boot process. Shut down the virtual machine and reconfigure it by using the Converter Standalone configuration wizard. Now you can boot the machine.

For more information on how to repair BCD, see the Microsoft knowledge base article Windows no longer starts after you install an earlier version of the Windows operating system in a dual-boot configuration. Submitting a job might fail with The specified parameter was not correct:'info. Workaround: Connect by using a different user account with administrative rights. You might not be able to convert more than nine disks at once On ESX 3.

Workaround: Perform conversion in multiple steps to convert the disks in portions of up to nine. Then, attach all the disks to the target machine. Windows Sources If you convert a source machine with Windows and above operating system, some disk s may be offline or read-only If you convert a source machine with Windows and above operating system, some disk s in the destination VM may be offline or read-only.

Workaround: If the disk is offline, in the Disk Management console diskmgmt. If the disk is read-only, run diskpart. Boot into Windows Recovery Console on the destination machine. Run diskpart. The diskpart command prompt appears. Optional To list the available disks, enter list disk. Optional To list the partitions on the selected disk, enter list partition. Enter inactive. Repeat steps to mark another partition as inactive. Power off the destination machine.

Run Converter Standalone and configure the destination machine. Workaround 2: Mark all non-boot active partitions on the source machine as inactive and attempt to run the conversion again. On the source machine, run diskpart. Run Converter Standalone and start the conversion again. Click Start to start the process. Click Apply followed by OK. Workaround: Back up the virtual machine created during the failed conversion.

Detach the VMDK file from the helper virtual machine and run the Configure Machine wizard on the destination virtual machine. Restart the network service. On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy in the options list. Click Advanced and select the Destination layout tab. Select the volume that contains the root directory and click To basic. Workarounds: Install VMware Tools on the destination virtual machine. Workaround: Move volumes out of the new disk to other destination disks: On the Options page of the Conversion wizard, click Data to copy.

From the Data copy type drop-down menu, select Select Volumes to copy and click Advanced. On the Destination layout tab, select a volume to move and click Move Up or Move Down until it is moved to the destination disk.

Optional To create a new destination disk, click Add Disk. On the machine where Converter Standalone server runs, browse to the converter-worker. Open the converter-worker. Note: Care should be taken when this option is enabled and the helper VM network is configured to use a static IP address.

After the conversion, the helper VM retains the statically configured IP because it is still running. Thus any subsequent Linux P2V jobs cannot use the same static IP until this helper VM is powered off, or at least has its network interface disabled.