Permissions required in Vcenter

[pikasean]

I need the specific permissions required in VMWare when migrating form VMware ESX to Azure. I am currently getting an error "Insufficient permissions in the host operating system."

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

Check this document out https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/ ... -agentless.

[pikasean]

Thank you. I have looked at that route. other hurdles there as well. This tool looks like it should work I just need to know permission required in VMWare to let the VM Admins know so they can accommodate me.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

That document discusses permissions needed on the VMware side.

[pikasean]

The document states read only access is required. I have elevated rights beyond read yet I still get an error at the step it says opening image file. So I think the software requires something more than read access. I can browse the files in vcenter and see then no issues.

[pikasean]

If this helps any this is in the log.
???ERROR: ESXVmdk::ParseFile: m_VixDiskLib_Open is fail - 3014, Insufficient permissions in the host operating system
???ERROR: ESXIDisk::CreateInputImage: ParseFile is fail

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

The converter itself has no permissions to open file. Try logging as root.

[sukhdeepkumar.k]

Hi Team,
I am unable to find clarification on a prerequisite in the StarWind documentation.
We are planning a migration from a virtual server hosted on ESXi to Azure. We have installed the free version of StarWind V2V Converter on a jump server in ESXi to convert VMware VMDK images to Azure-compatible VHD format.
Could you please confirm whether the converter requires read-only access to the source VM disks, or read/write permissions? I could not find this detail on your website.
Request you to kindly confirm via email or share a relevant reference URL from your documentation.
Thanks in advance,
Sukhdeep

1. Pre-Requisites of StarWind V2V server
Category Specification / Requirement
Permissions Local Administrator access on StarWindV2v server
vCenter Access “Read-Only” account with Guest Operation privileges (Except Delete permission)

[yaroslav (staff)]

Welcome to the StarWind Forum!
Check this out https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... -overview/
While the software is not altering the original disk, I'd suggest using full administrator or root access.