P2V Failure

[Gongalong]

Hi folks,

I'm trying to convert a physical 2003 SP2 server to virtual with the Hyper-V agent.

It gets 99% of the way there, and then I get the following error:

VMM could not locate the specified file on the <IP of server> server. This file might be required as part of another object.

Ensure that you have specified a valid path parameter, and that all necessary files are present. Try the operation again.

ID: 2903
Details: The system cannot find the file specified (0x80070002)

A google suggests that this is Dell server management software, which I have uninstalled. I have also uninstalled every other unnecessary piece of software on this server, and applied everything in Windows Update (and rebooted), but I still get the same error when I try the P2V conversion.

By chance, any idea on what this could be?

TIA

[jamesfed]

Are you running and online or offline conversion?

Also by Hyper-V agent are you using the Disk2VHD tool or the one included as part of System Centre Virtual Machine Manager?

[Gongalong]

Are you running and online or offline conversion?

Good question. The server is currently running, so would that mean online?

Also by Hyper-V agent are you using the Disk2VHD tool or the one included as part of System Centre Virtual Machine Manager?

The SCVMM > Convert Physical Server tool.

I've just checked Event Viewer following another reboot and the server is showing some problems with software, but I'm not 100% clear whether this is part of the database software I'm trying to migrate (this is Harcourt/Pearson language database software that's fairly ancient, and likely to be very difficult to migrate to a new server, hence the P2V conversion).