- Vsphere Converter Unable To Obtain Hardware Information
- Vmware Converter Unable To Obtain Hardware Information V2v
- Vmware Converter Unable To Obtain Hardware Information Hyper-v
I have created a custom role similar to the Virtual Machine Power User (sample) and want to allow the role to export the virtual machines via VMware Converter Standalone but they are receiving 'unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine'. A full administrator role does not have the error so I am thinking that there is a permission error.
My custom role has the same permissions outlined in this VMware KB article but the error continues.
- Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine. Workaround: Map the network shared folder to the machine where Converter Standalone runs, and select the source from there. Converter Standalone cannot detect the power state of VMware Workstation or other VMware hosted source virtual machines if they are located on a read-only.
- Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine There are some reports about issues with the newest Standalone Converter. Try using version 4.3 instead of 5.0.
2 Answers
“Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine” with vCenter Converter 4.x.
Vsphere Converter Unable To Obtain Hardware Information
I had the similar issue while a converting an Windows 7 VM in VMware standalone vCenter convertor 5.x recently, after did spend time in troubleshooting and finally did this simple thing , I removed the VM from the inventory and re-added again. That's it ! X force generator. It worked like a charm ! Hope it helps someone !
Right click and run the standalone convertor as Administrator and/or Install the latest version of standalone convertor. The version that worked for me was 6.1.1 build
Vmware Converter Unable To Obtain Hardware Information V2v
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When trying to convert a physical machine to a virtual one, you may receive the following error after authentication : unable to obtain hardware for the selected machine.
Facts :
The source machine is a Windows 2008 Server R2.
The host machine is a Esxi 5.1.0 build 23232326.
VMware Converter version : 5.1.0 build 1087880. The converter was run as administrator on a windows 8.1 PRO x64 machine.
All 3 machines are in the same subnet (/24).
Firewall was disabled for both Windows machines.
Antivirus was disabled for Win 8.1 PC.
Error logs :
Vmware Converter Unable To Obtain Hardware Information Hyper-v
vmware-converter-worker-22.log
vmware-converter-server-22.log
As you can see from the logs, i was using an user named Bogdan, (which has Administrator privileges).
The solution for me, was to use the built-in Administrator account for the Windows 2008 Server in the VMWare converter.