Issue with converting HyperV to ESXi

[jan.koehler]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to convert a via commandline tool with cfg File.
The Error in the log is

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4/9 16:25:14.937 10e0 Facility ???ERROR: RunConsole: Invalid parameter does not finded out_file_type

but in the cfg file is

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out_file_type=ft_vmdk_esx_thin

any idea why this error occurs?

Thanks
Jan

[yaroslav (staff)]

Can I please have the entire line?

[jan.koehler]

Hi Yaroslav

the complete command is

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V2V_ConverterConsole.exe -c "c:\folder\server.cfg"

the cfg file:

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in_host_type=win
in_host_address=hypervhost.com
in_host_username=hypervuser
in_host_password=hypervpass
in_file_name=X:\ClusterStorage\Volume\server\server_disk_1.vhdx

out_host_type=esx
out_host_address=esxhost.com
out_host_port=443
out_host_username=esxuser
out_host_password=esxpass
out_vm_name=server
out_file_name="[storage] folder\server_disk_1.vmdk"
out_file_type=ft_vmdk_esx_thin

Logfile (without first part where config is shown):

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4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: WrapperHyperV::init_version: HyperV version: 10.0.17763
4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: CVHDXFile::getCurrentHeader: Read header 1.
4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: CVHDXFile::getCurrentHeader: Read header 2.
4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: CVHDXFile::getCurrentHeader: Check correct header 1.
4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: CVHDXFile::getCurrentHeader: Check correct header 2.
4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: CVHDXFile::getRegion: Read region header 1.
4/9 16:25:14.812 10e0 Facility ???INFO: CVHDXFile::getRegion: Read region header 1.
4/9 16:25:14.937 10e0 Facility ???ERROR: RunConsole: Invalid parameter does not finded out_file_type

[yaroslav (staff)]

Can you please try a thick file? I just need a smoke test, no need to wait for the conversion to finish.
Thanks!

[jan.koehler]

Hi,

I tried every possible type listed in the documentation, everytime same error

[yaroslav (staff)]

Can you try a different path for the file? Maybe using Volume EUI instead of the name?

[jan.koehler]

Hi,

I updated to the newest version now and there is a difference in the filtypes compared to the docs found online.

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File types:
ft_vhd_growable - MS VHD growable;
ft_vhd_pre_allocated - MS VHD pre-allocated;
ft_vhdx_growable - MS VHDX growable;
ft_vhdx_pre_allocated - MS VHDX pre-allocated;
ft_vmdk_ws_growable - VMDK growable for VMware Workstation;
ft_vmdk_ws_pre_allocated - VMDK pre-allocated for VMware Workstation;
ft_vmdk_esx_growable - VMDK growable for VMware ESXi Server;
ft_vmdk_esx_pre_allocated - VMDK pre-allocated for VMware ESXi Server;
ft_vmdk_so -  VMDK stream-optimized;
ft_raw - RAW image;
ft_qcow2 - QCOW2 virtual disk;
ft_vdi_growable - VDI growable for Oracle VirtualBox;
ft_vdi_pre_allocated - VDI pre-allocated for Oracle VirtualBox.

so I changed to a support entry, but now I get another error Message in the logs:

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4/16 10:58:32.811 25d8 Facility ???ERROR: RunConsole: VM  VMNAME not found

The options are the same when I use the GUI tool, but with cli it is not working

[yaroslav (staff)]

Hi,

Can you please make sure the VM name has only ASCII symbols?

[jan.koehler]

Hi,

only ASCII in the name, but it looks like the tool is putting a space in front of the VM name:

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4/16 13:30:58.243 26b8 Facility ???ERROR: RunConsole: VM  vmtest not found

It is the same result with config file or putting everything directly into the command line.

[yaroslav (staff)]

Thanks for pointing that out. Can you run an individual command for one VM to see if we are dealing with syntax or V2V converter problems? thanks.

[jan.koehler]

Hi,
individual command is the same result

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4/16 15:09:50.022 27bc Facility ???ERROR: RunConsole: VM  NameVM not found

[yaroslav (staff)]

Let me check on it internally. Thanks!

[yaroslav (staff)]

Can you try repeating the conversion with the / instead of \ ?

[jan.koehler]

Hi,

still not working, Error Message Remains the same

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4/24 13:02:57.690 2408 Facility ???ERROR: RunConsole: VM  vmtest not found

this refers directly to this line in the config File

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out_vm_name=vmtest

[yaroslav (staff)]

Strange. Can I please have the batch file?