Share via

Problem in VMWARE P2V Conversion of Windows Server 2003

Question

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 7:22 AM

I have Windows 2003 server installed on IBM 226 Server and oracle forms and report server is running on it. While converting P2V using VMWARE Vcenter Converter standalone it is giving error " FAILED: Unable to create a VSS snapshot of the source volume(s). Error code:2147754758 (0x80042306)."  I have contacted VMWARE then they told me it is Microsoft problem so you involve micosoft into it. SO, please help in this regards. Thank you in advance.

All replies (4)

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 7:01 AM âś…Answered

Hi,

Firstly, please check the value type of TypeLib under the following key should be Reg_Expand_SZ. If the type is Reg_SZ, it triggers the issue which VSS fails to return all the writers. 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\EventSystem
\26c409cc-ae86-11d1-b616-00805fc79216}\EventClasses
\FAF53CC4-BD73-4E36-83F1-2B23F46E513E}-{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}-{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}]

Please also check if you run Control-M service on the server, if so, stop the Control-M service to see if VSS writer is still not listed.

Regards,

Mandy

We are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time.
Thanks for helping make community forums a great place.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:04 AM

Before redirecting your problem to MS, it is useful to search VMware knowledge base. This may give you the fastest answer. Does the following correspond to your case?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1039087

Regards

Milos

Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:37 AM

After applying article 940184 and 2009533, vssadmin list writers it is not showing "VSS writer".  The output of  vssadmin list writers is as follows

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>vssadmin list writers
vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp.

Writer name: 'System Writer'
   Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220}
   Writer Instance Id: {db299c38-18e8-40a8-bee5-2906c0cdbeaf}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'BITS Writer'
   Writer Id: {4969d978-be47-48b0-b100-f328f07ac1e0}
   Writer Instance Id: {0f4d9c13-5b8f-413d-8805-0f2dfef960ef}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Registry Writer'
   Writer Id: {afbab4a2-367d-4d15-a586-71dbb18f8485}
   Writer Instance Id: {0717b861-20a0-42e0-ae83-355c1ec546a7}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'COM+ REGDB Writer'
   Writer Id: {542da469-d3e1-473c-9f4f-7847f01fc64f}
   Writer Instance Id: {3427ef3b-2b25-49fb-9cc7-033583c9cf10}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'WMI Writer'
   Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0}
   Writer Instance Id: {00abad12-0ffc-48a7-8230-f5aa65a1bb79}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'IIS Metabase Writer'
   Writer Id: {59b1f0cf-90ef-465f-9609-6ca8b2938366}
   Writer Instance Id: {bb8af583-3d7f-4eee-bc7a-181592ef4847}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'MSDEWriter'
   Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277}
   Writer Instance Id: {b48f90ab-c05d-4f8f-8593-072580bdbae1}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Writer name: 'Event Log Writer'
   Writer Id: {eee8c692-67ed-4250-8d86-390603070d00}
   Writer Instance Id: {6c6c7b64-61f6-4cb9-a491-c8b32bf545b6}
   State: [1] Stable
   Last error: No error

Please help.

Sunday, August 24, 2014 6:29 PM

Firstly  check size in the creation place and check the performance in VM ware when the creation progressing.

As a simply ( PROCESSOR, RAM ).

and reply me when you have any problems.