Vmware Converter Could Not Start Service Vstor2 Programs

  • P2V conversion in Windows fails immediately after starting
  • The Virtualize a Physical Machine wizard reports this error within few minutes of starting the virtualization process:
    The virtualization of 'source_ip_address' failed: An Unexpected error occurred.

  • In the Converter logs, you see errors similar to:
    • Vmount library: Error 2 while opening VSTOR2 driver's control
    • Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine
    • Error occurred when opening disk set, MNTAPI_ERROR = 144 MNTAPI errorType = 0, errorCode = 9
    • [02184 info 'Default'] [,0] Vmount library: Error 2 while opening VSTOR2 driver's control device
      [06724 error 'task-1'] [BaseDiskSetComputer::MountVolume] Mounting volume 1275=4650000100000000000 failed, mntapi error: 144
      [06724 error 'task-1'] [BaseDiskSetComputer::AnalyzeErrorAndThrow] Error occurred when opening disk set, MNTAPI_ERROR = 144 MNTAPI errorType = 0, errorCode = 9
      [06724 error 'task-1'] TaskImpl has failed with std::Exception: Unknown exception
      [06724 info 'task-1'] TargetVmManagerImpl::DeleteVM

Hi Reuben,

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Try going back to version 5.5 and disable the Converter's use of SSL:

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  1. The local setup installs the Converter Standalone server, Converter Standalone agent, and Converter Standalone client for local use. Perform a Client-Server Installation in Windows Perform a client-server installation so that you can create and manage conversion tasks remotely.
  2. VMware Consolidated Backup Support for VMware Consolidated Backup (1026945) Date Published: 8/31/2010 VMware Converter The Vstor2 UFA Virtual Storage Driver service fails to start (1023795) Date Published: 9/3/2010 VMware Data Recovery Unable to access destination store after increasing it in VMware Data Recovery 1.2 (1024210) Date Published: 9/1/2010 VMware ESX Degraded performance.

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Its just one file you need to edit and should bring the time for conversion down to hours, assuming that SSL was the problem. Another thing that might help is to disable any services on the Server 2003 box. Also, disabling VSS can also help a LOT:

http://www.vladan.fr/how-to-disable-ssl-encryption-in-vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-to-speed-u...