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How to clean up VMware? – We see a bunch of ‘hung VMs’ – Need procedure and know how to clean these up.Why does this (hanging/stuck VMs) happen – it has happened several times.Clarification on “forced...
View ArticleHow to create a synchronous P2V job
Hi! I looked at the provided samples, and that one just submits a job to the ConvServer and vCenter, right!?So to know if the job succeeded, app has to poll vCenter?Is that the only way to get a result...
View ArticleHow to run Converter server locally
Is there any way to access to the Converter Server locally without passing login information, as/in case the ConverterAPI app resides on the same machine? Tos2k
View ArticleHow to verify P2V job success
How can I verify that a P2V job succeeded on the given vCenter host? Tos2k
View ArticleConvert VMs into ESXi - Automate
HelloI have Virtual Machines created with VMWare Workstation. How can i automate the task of taking these VMs into ESXi just like how we convert them using vCenter converter from standalone client....
View ArticleFAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:...
FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:2147754774 (0x80042316). While running the converter I immediatly get the above error. if I look at the system application...
View ArticleConverterApi message handling
Just on more comment: As posted before, not just the (error) messages do currently not come up via Converter API, no, even task progress percentages as the task currently running are not available via...
View ArticleHow do I specify thin provisioning
In reading the API docs, it seems like I should be able to specify thin provisioning on the target disks like this: ConverterStorageParams converterStorageParams = new...
View ArticlePerl Interface to the vCenter Converter SDK
Has anyone managed to use the Converter SDK via Perl ? Any sample programs that I can look at ?
View ArticleHow to specify thin provisioned import
Kindly post some code, that shows if/how that is possible with Converter API. Seems that you need diskbasedcloning for that, which stops all P2V jobs for me currently. Tos2k
View ArticleHowto: Accessing the Converter Standalone Web Service
1.What is that “https://FQDN_Server_or_IP_Address/converter/sdk”?Where can I find it？Accessing the Converter Standalone Web Service I was lately asked for that, so: You have to install Converter Server...
View ArticleHow to get volume mount point while cloning linux server using vCenter...
I Use the following code to get volume mount point while cloning linux server. But sometimes VolumeInfo[count].getLabel() get empty information. Is there any constraint in this API? Is there any other...
View ArticleUnabel to deretmine guest operation system.......
This error massage comes up with the converting of server having windows 2003 enterprise edition. I think the problem is they are having a software mirror (dynamic disks). If anyone have solution for...
View ArticleProblems building .NET samples...
Anyone struggle with building the .NET samples? I have followed the instructions provided in ...sdk\doc\readme_dotnet.htm, but am getting multiple errors. See console output below.C:\Program...
View ArticleConverter 5 API
Hi!Cant find any information according to API 5 for VMware Converter??How do I build that? Where is documentation on that?? Tos2k
View ArticleHow to set the network on the destination vm?
Hi, I trying to set the destination network of VM but always selects the default. I'm converting a local VM (.vmx file) to an ESXi host using the SDK. Can someone share an example on setting the...
View ArticleHow to add new nic for target VM using vCenter Converter SDK?
Hi all ,I can use vCenter Converter Standalone program to add new nic for VM .Then I tried to use following code to add a new nic for VM , but it failed.The log shows invalid argument for adding...
View ArticleMapping Converter SDK API Objects/Fields to Converter UI Fields
Something that would be very useful for using the Converter SDK would be an explanation of how the fields in the Converter UI map to the objects and fields in the Converter API. Does anyone know if...
View ArticleHow to detect error on P2V conversion
I have the following code to poll the Converter server for the job I submitted: ConverterServerConversionConversionJobInfo cji = _converterService.ConverterServerConversionManagerCreateJob(...
View ArticleUsing ConverterStorageParams.resizeRatio
Anyone have experience using "ConverterStorageParams.resizeRatio"? I am trying to automate a P2V for a physical machine that has 1 TB of (available) local storage with only about 30 GB used. I am...
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