Disk2VHD not working on Server 2003 Physical Machine

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2017-05-10

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_{Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:19 PM}

Trying to create a VHD from the C drive on Server 2003

It says starting snapshot then just crashes every time. It closes with no reason or error.

The event log has this error:

Faulting application disk2vhd.exe, version 2.1.0.0, faulting module vssapi.dll, version 5.2.3790.1830, fault address 0x0002cbbd.

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Thanks

All replies (4)

_{Thursday, May 11, 2017 8:21 AM}

Hi,

you can try to perform P2V migration using MVMC3.1 ..check here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497

Please note: Support of MVMC3.1 by Microsoft will officially ends on June 03, 2017

Radek

_{Thursday, May 11, 2017 12:43 PM}

Also, you might want to spend some time reading posts in this forum on the topic of performing a P2V of Windows Server 2003 physical machines. It is not recommended. You will see a lot of issues and sometimes somebody gets one to work. And even if they do succeed, they are still in an unsupported configuration.

Recommendation: Create a new VM and install Windows Server 2003 and the application.

Best Recommendation: Upgrade the application to a supported version of the operating system.

tim

_{Friday, May 12, 2017 3:10 AM}

Hi HovaSavage,

Since Server 2003 is out of support, please upgrade to later OS, so that you may get new features and better support.

Best Regards,

Anne

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_{Monday, May 29, 2017 6:18 AM}

Hi,

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