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% & fails with below error msg.
2013-03-08T11:51:11.127-08:00 [05476 verbose 'JobListDataProvider'] Adding job: (converter.server.conversion.ConversionJobInfo) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> key = "job-12",
--> owner = "me(name changed)",
--> state = "deactivated",
--> activeTask = <unset>,
--> creationTime = "2013-03-01T06:59:22.162599Z",
--> lastModifiedTime = "2013-03-01T07:42:57.412599Z",
--> mostRecentError = (converter.fault.CloneFault) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
--> description = "cannot find initrd config file /mnt/p2v-src-root/etc/modules.conf in target",
--> msg = "An error occurred during the conversion: 'cannot find initrd config file /mnt/p2v-src-root/etc/modules.conf in target'",
--> },
--> numConsecutiveErrors = 1,
--> lastRunStartTime = "2013-03-01T06:59:23.287599Z",
--> lastRunCompleteTime = "2013-03-01T07:42:57.256349Z",
--> nextRunStartTime = <unset>,
--> job = 'converter.server.conversion.ConversionJob:job-12',
--> targetVm = (converter.ComputerSpec) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> location = (converter.ComputerSpec.ManagedVmLocation) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> vimConnect = (converter.VimConnectionSpec) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> hostname = "(host name changed)",
--> port = <unset>,
--> credentials = (converter.VimConnectionSpec.LoginVimCredentials) {
--> dynamicType = <unset>,
--> username = "root",
--> password = (not shown),
--> },
--> verifyPeer = true,
--> sslThumbprint = "3A:41:2E:D4:21:F8:F8:12:CD:B2:67:50:55:5A:40:02:B2:87:01:34",
--> },
--> vm = 'vim.VirtualMachine:27',
--> uuid = "564d3835-18b2-1407-f7bf-911a99d8b50d",
--> vmName = "VMname changed",
--> },
--> },
--> scheduledTask = <unset>,
--> source = "source machine"(machine name changed)
--> target = "destination machine(machine name changed)
Can anyone help me on this