Working on converting a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine from physical to virtual. Each time I run the converter it fails at 98%. I'm pretty sure the issue is occurring because vmware doesn't know what to do with the 'System Reserved' volume on the server.
The first time around I did not include the volume at all. I did some research and found that this volume is actually used during the boot, so no surprise it failed.
I tried the instructions provided by vmware regarding running Diskpart from the command line and setting the volume online. I got a success message but still no dice.
My screen shot below shows what vmware converter is showing. Is it supposed to show '\?\Volume…' for that 'System Reserved' volume or do I need to reconfigure something? These are Simple, Basic, NTFS Volumes.
Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/68cLkJm.jpg
As always, thank you for any assistance.
Ben
Best Answer
Thanks for the help all. I gave it another go, this time I changed a few settings:
I checked the system reserved volume despite the \?\ stuff. I un-check the option to install vmware tools as part of the conversion.
In addition, I ran a disk re-frag and ended all non-OS related processes prior to starting the converter.
That seemed to do the trick, the server has been virtual for 2 days in production without issues.