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.
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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 ! It worked like a charm ! Hope it helps someone !