Transfer Physical Ubuntu server with VMWARE Converter

[evanderv]

Hi I am trying to transfer an already built ubuntu 8.04 server over to VMWare ESX server with the bootable coverter cd. When I use the wizard everything is fine untill I get the datastore part and I get an unknown error. I transfer the logs so that I can view them but can't make anything out about the logs. Is this even possible to do or is there something I am missing.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

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[vmroyale · Accepted solution]

Hello and welcome to the forums.

You might want to give the Converter 4.0 BETA a try.

Good Luck!

[evanderv]

Thanks, I just happened to read this as I got your response. Going to go download it.

[evanderv]

vmroyale, I have it installed and running but when I try to convert my ubuntu 8.04 server I get an error when it trys to communicate to it remotely. The error is A general system error occured. Not initialized. converter.info.Storageinfo storage.volume.diskid pops up. Any ideas?

Thanks

[evanderv]

Nevermind, I figured it out. Looking at my server logs it was showing I/O errors on the floppy drive. I disabled it, rebooted and got past the error. THe converter is now in the process of converting. The next step is to see how well the hardware configures with the VM Server. Thanks for the help.