Is there a way I can overwrite a VM through the SDK?
I tried cloningParams.retainLimit = 2, but I still get a web service error stating that the VM already exists. Is there a way I can tell it to overwrite the VM that's there? If not, is there a way I...
View ArticleInstall Agent on Linux
I get the following error message when deploying the converter agent to a linux machine: 11/12/19 04:32:24 PM: ERROR: Caught SoapException (install agent) - Actor : Code : ServerFaultCode Detail XML...
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Folks, We are excited about adding the VMware vCenter Converter SDK to our Developer Community. We look forward to getting your feedback and helping us grow our Community.
View ArticleStorage resize converterStorageParams.resizeRatio is ignored
Hi, I am trying to use the parameters resizeRatio and minVolumeSize to increase the size of the virtual disks during the conversion process....
View ArticleGet Object id by Object Name
Hello all,every code posted in this forum sooner or later points to define mor for object as vm, , disks, cluster, reourcepool ecc. any of the manageable object that you could need to reference to, but...
View ArticleBug? parsing username
Hi,I'm new to community and i'm not sure where to put this kind of post.I hope developers can see it here or you can tell me where should i send it.I have Workstation beta and vCenter Converter 5 on my...
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Hi, [#40] [2011-04-08 11:02:20.639 04728 info 'task-11'] CloneTask: AgentCloningParams: (converter.agent.params.AgentCloningParams) { [#40] dynamicType = <unset>, [#40] source =...
View ArticleDotNet C# Sample - SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number
Hi, using Converter 5.0.0-470252 and SDK 5.0.0-470252 I try running the DotNet Sample from the SDK. I used two ways:* Windows XP SP3 with VS2005 and .Net 2.0* Windows 7 SP1 with VS2010 SP1 and .Net 4.0...
View ArticleWill vConverter will convert VMCopy/ovf of VMWare5 esxi into respective files...
Hi All,I am new to vmware technology.I am using VMware esxi 5 standard edition, but my client is using VMware esxi 4.Now I want to deploy the deployables from 5th version to 4th version.I got to...
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P2V Conversion issue
Hi, I was trying to convert one physical sever to virtual with VMware Vcenter Convertor(free version), but at 98% it got failed & got this below error(screenshot attached) Need your help to figure...
View Articleerror in submitting job to VMware converter through SDK
HI, I modified the sample java program to create a VM in F:\ drive and added couple parameters to accept directory from the properties file instead of saving the converted VM to vCenter. However,...
View Articlethin-provisioned parameter in VMWare Converter SDK
Hi everyone, I'm looking for the parameter/command in the VMWare Converter SDK which enable the creation of a virtual machine whith an dynamic virtual hard disk. Indeed, I got the...
View ArticleFile copy to ESX/ESXi improving throughput?
On a 10Gbps network I can't get file transfers any better throughput than on a 1Gbps network to either ESX 4 or ESXi 5 hosts using either scp or the SDK provided fileaccess.pl perl script. I noticed...
View ArticleConverting powered-on linux VM to Workstation VM
Hello all, does someone know why i can't convert a powered-on linux VM (running on ESX) to a workstation file?For windows it works, but with linux the converter GUI doesn't offer this option and the...
View ArticleHow to find out identifier of VM for ManagedObjectReference
Hello all, could anyone help me how to find out the identifier of a VM (e.g. via vSphere Client or anyway)?I need the identifier to retrieve the ManagedObjectReference of the VM for the Converter SDK....
View ArticleSample C# code for conversion of managed (VC or ESX) VM to Workstation VM
Disclaimer: This code snippet is provided without any guarantee. I've copied and modified it from an enhanced version of the SDK samples I use. It is a kind of addendum to the samples for informative...
View ArticleTrying to create a reconfig job using throws invalid argument
I am creating a reconfigjob for managedVM.Here is the code snippet I am using to get the VM I want to reconfigure private ConverterComputerSpec buildReconfigSourceVMSpec() {...
View ArticleVCServer VM to VCServer VM?
Hi all, I have recently put in a support ticket querying how to use converter-cli to automate vmware converter to copy a VM from one VC to another, to find that converter-cli is no longer supported...
View ArticleHow to enable CBT during Physical to Virtual Conversion, so VADP backup can...
Hello Everyone, Based on my testing, incremental p2v functionality is not compatiblewith CBT functionality. Please VMware to confirm this?, or provide away to work around it. Here is what I'm doing: 1)...
View ArticleP2V Conversion error on VMware Converter
Hi, I was converting a Physical Linux RHEL3.0 server to Virtual but it din't go through,i tried with all the version available & with latest VMware Converter5.0. While converting it goes upto 98%...
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