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by atsue
Wed Nov 05, 2025 6:12 am
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.
Replies: 9
Views: 36651

Re: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.

I was able to upload the vmdk file to the datastore and create a virtual machine, In the testing environment. The test environment was a VMFS datastore, so I was able to upload the file, but the production environment is a vSAN datastore, so I was unable to upload it. According to VMware support, th...
by atsue
Tue Oct 07, 2025 8:26 am
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.
Replies: 9
Views: 36651

Re: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.

I was able to upload the vmdk file to the datastore and create the virtual machine. Thanks!

By the way, what was causing the "m_VixDiskLib_Open is fail - 4, A file was not found" error?
by atsue
Mon Oct 06, 2025 4:50 am
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.
Replies: 9
Views: 36651

Re: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.

If I didn't explain it well, this refers to an ESXi host managed by vCenter. Just to be sure, I tried specifying other ESXi hosts, but the result was the same. Of the following two files, xxxxx.vmdk -> unnecessary xxxxx-flat.vmdk -> after uploading to the datastore, can I rename it to xxxxx.vmdk and...
by atsue
Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:15 am
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.
Replies: 9
Views: 36651

Re: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.

Step1: The physical server's hard disk was converted to a vmdk file using P2V and saved to the local disk. ->OK. Step2: I am trying to convert the vmdk file created in Step1 to an ESXi host 7.0. ->Failed. Destination: The destination is an ESXi host 7.0. One host is part of a cluster managed by vCen...
by atsue
Sun Oct 05, 2025 12:44 pm
Forum: StarWind V2V Converter, P2V Migrator
Topic: Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.
Replies: 9
Views: 36651

Converting a vmdk file to an ESXi host fails.

Hello Team, I created a vmdk file using the V2V Converter. I'm trying to convert this vmdk file to an ESXi host, but an error occurs and the conversion fails. I'd like to know the cause of the error and how to resolve it. Source vmdk file size: 1.1TB Source SSD: External disk (2TB) ESXi host version...