VSMT Capture Problem

[Guest Diego M]

I am trying to convert a physical server into a Virtual Server.

When I attempt to capture the image of a Dell Poweredge 2950,

the capture progress goes wacko after 85% and the controller services takes

all the available memory. The Deployment Agent ends up disconnecting and the

image capture never completes.

 

The Job history reports the below information:

Capture progress: 10% (4912113 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 20% (9824226 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 30% (14736339 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 40% (19648452 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 50% (24560565 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 60% (29472678 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 70% (34384791 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 80% (39296904 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 90% (1259344 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 100% (6171458 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 110% (11083571 of 49121131)

Capture progress: 120% (15995684 of 49121131)

 

Capture progress: 1598270% (11228397 of 49121131)

 

Timed out when waiting for data from the remote machine.

 

Event Viewer reports:

 

Failed to open database connection for the following reason: Not enough

storage is available to complete this operation.

 

Any help appriciated.

[Guest Coraleigh Miller]

Re: VSMT Capture Problem

 

Hi Diego,

 

Have you followed the System Capacity Requirements, especially with regards

to disk space?

From Microsoft...

"

Sizing physical computers that will host virtual machines is critical to

successful deployment. Before performing a migration, verify that the

computer running Virtual Server has adequate CPU, memory, and hard disk

resources to host the migrated virtual machines. In general, you should add

a reasonable buffer of at least 10 percent to your estimated resource

requirements, or make sure that there is a simple and quick way to extend

these resources if the need arises.

The following are some guidelines to follow when estimating system capacity:

* We recommend that you allow at least 384 MB RAM for the host operating

system.

* Make sure that the disk space you have allocated to store ADS images is

sufficiently large to house the images you plan to migrate.

* A hard disk partition or volume with 2 gigabytes (GB) free space to

accommodate the setup process, plus enough extra free disk space for the

images themselves.

* Because each virtual machine has an overhead of 32 MB of memory, add that

amount to the estimated memory resources for each virtual machine.

* Allow at least 10 percent free disk space for each virtual machine.

* Add a 10 percent buffer to the CPU allocated to the host operating system

and each virtual machine.

* Dedicate at least one network adapter to the host operating system to

allow for remote access for performing management tasks such as monitoring,

backup, and so forth.

"

 

You may also want to try the people over at the

microsoft.public.virtualserver group for more help.

 

Coraleigh Miller

 

 

"Diego M" <Diego M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:C7B1EE31-EA59-4739-B583-BC3F3F3F4507@microsoft.com...

>I am trying to convert a physical server into a Virtual Server.

> When I attempt to capture the image of a Dell Poweredge 2950,

> the capture progress goes wacko after 85% and the controller services

> takes

> all the available memory. The Deployment Agent ends up disconnecting and

> the

> image capture never completes.

>

> The Job history reports the below information:

> Capture progress: 10% (4912113 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 20% (9824226 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 30% (14736339 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 40% (19648452 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 50% (24560565 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 60% (29472678 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 70% (34384791 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 80% (39296904 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 90% (1259344 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 100% (6171458 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 110% (11083571 of 49121131)

> Capture progress: 120% (15995684 of 49121131)

>

> Capture progress: 1598270% (11228397 of 49121131)

>

> Timed out when waiting for data from the remote machine.

>

> Event Viewer reports:

>

> Failed to open database connection for the following reason: Not enough

> storage is available to complete this operation.

>

> Any help appriciated.

[Guest Diego M]

Re: VSMT Capture Problem

 

Thanks for replying to my post.

 

Yes, I did follow the guidelines.

 

I gave the beta version of System Center Virtual Administration a try and I

had a similar problem which I believe is related to the capture process.

 

When doing a P2V, it complains about have a cluster size of 8 sectors or

less, which is how the Dell Applications format the Hard Drive.

 

This problem is supossed to be fixed in the RTM release.

 

"Coraleigh Miller" wrote:

> Hi Diego,

>

> Have you followed the System Capacity Requirements, especially with regards

> to disk space?

> From Microsoft...

> "

> Sizing physical computers that will host virtual machines is critical to

> successful deployment. Before performing a migration, verify that the

> computer running Virtual Server has adequate CPU, memory, and hard disk

> resources to host the migrated virtual machines. In general, you should add

> a reasonable buffer of at least 10 percent to your estimated resource

> requirements, or make sure that there is a simple and quick way to extend

> these resources if the need arises.

> The following are some guidelines to follow when estimating system capacity:

> * We recommend that you allow at least 384 MB RAM for the host operating

> system.

> * Make sure that the disk space you have allocated to store ADS images is

> sufficiently large to house the images you plan to migrate.

> * A hard disk partition or volume with 2 gigabytes (GB) free space to

> accommodate the setup process, plus enough extra free disk space for the

> images themselves.

> * Because each virtual machine has an overhead of 32 MB of memory, add that

> amount to the estimated memory resources for each virtual machine.

> * Allow at least 10 percent free disk space for each virtual machine.

> * Add a 10 percent buffer to the CPU allocated to the host operating system

> and each virtual machine.

> * Dedicate at least one network adapter to the host operating system to

> allow for remote access for performing management tasks such as monitoring,

> backup, and so forth.

> "

>

> You may also want to try the people over at the

> microsoft.public.virtualserver group for more help.

>

> Coraleigh Miller

>

>

> "Diego M" <Diego M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:C7B1EE31-EA59-4739-B583-BC3F3F3F4507@microsoft.com...

> >I am trying to convert a physical server into a Virtual Server.

> > When I attempt to capture the image of a Dell Poweredge 2950,

> > the capture progress goes wacko after 85% and the controller services

> > takes

> > all the available memory. The Deployment Agent ends up disconnecting and

> > the

> > image capture never completes.

> >

> > The Job history reports the below information:

> > Capture progress: 10% (4912113 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 20% (9824226 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 30% (14736339 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 40% (19648452 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 50% (24560565 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 60% (29472678 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 70% (34384791 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 80% (39296904 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 90% (1259344 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 100% (6171458 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 110% (11083571 of 49121131)

> > Capture progress: 120% (15995684 of 49121131)

> >

> > Capture progress: 1598270% (11228397 of 49121131)

> >

> > Timed out when waiting for data from the remote machine.

> >

> > Event Viewer reports:

> >

> > Failed to open database connection for the following reason: Not enough

> > storage is available to complete this operation.

> >

> > Any help appriciated.

>

>

>