KB: P2V fails with GPT partitions in System Center Virtual Machine Manager

System-Center-Team · ‎Feb 15 2019

First published on TECHNET on May 15, 2012

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published. This one discusses how VMM does not support GPT disks on P2V targets and that to successfully migrate a machine with a GPT disk, you must first convert the disk to MBR format.

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Symptoms

A physical to virtual conversion (P2V) may fail in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 (VMM) if the source machine contains a GUID Partition Table (GPT) formatted disk. In this scenario, the conversion fails with an error similar to the following:

Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Event ID: 7031
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
The Virtual Machine Manager P2V Agent service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 1 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 0 milliseconds: Restart the service.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
Description:
Faulting application name: vmmP2VAgent.exe, version: 2.0.4271.0, time stamp: 0x4a7a0b17
Faulting module name: vmmP2VAgent.exe, version: 2.0.4271.0, time stamp: 0x4a7a0b17
Exception code: 0xc000000d
Fault offset: 0x0000000000038e45
Faulting process id: 0x6ec
Faulting application start time: 0x01cbbcc8d4befeb6
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 P2V Agent\bin\vmmP2VAgent.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 P2V Agent\bin\vmmP2VAgent.exe
Report Id: 1272adba-28bc-11e0-89a1-e41f136885b0

A VMM trace will show patterns similar to the following:

Variation 1:

3488 00003486 120.73740387 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:10.912:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(1415): WSMAN: URL: [http://servername:80] Verb: [INVOKE], method: [GetLUNIDFromFSPath], resource: [http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wmi/root/scvmmaccelerator/VirtualizationSANAccelerator]
3489 00003487 120.73745728 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:10.912:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(544): HostSessionCache: elements for [S-1-5-18-servername]: [100]
3490 00003488 120.73786926 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:10.912:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(593): WsmanAPIWrapper::CreateSession: going to use custom timeout for wsman operations: 300 secs.
3491 00003489 120.84464264 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.021:BitDeploymentSubtask.cs(771): MapSANWMIErrorCodeToCarmineError: Return value from agent CARMINE_SAN_WMI_NO_UNIQUE_LUN_IDENTIFIER, Mapped carmine error code DeployVMNoUniqueID
3492 00003490 120.84486389 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.021:HostProperties.cs(521): Found Disk: UniqueID:0, Name:\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4, Capacity:624438581760
3493 00003491 120.84495544 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.021:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(1415): WSMAN: URL: [http://servername:80] Verb: [INVOKE], method: [GetLUNIDFromFSPath], resource: [http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wmi/root/scvmmaccelerator/VirtualizationSANAccelerator]
3494 00003492 120.84500885 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.021:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(544): HostSessionCache: elements for [S-1-5-18-servername]: [100]
3495 00003493 120.84546661 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.021:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(593): WsmanAPIWrapper::CreateSession: going to use custom timeout for wsman operations: 300 secs.
3496 00003494 120.96246338 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.146:BitDeploymentSubtask.cs(771): MapSANWMIErrorCodeToCarmineError: Return value from agent CARMINE_SAN_WMI_NO_UNIQUE_LUN_IDENTIFIER, Mapped carmine error code DeployVMNoUniqueID
3497 00003495 120.96269989 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.146:HostProperties.cs(521): Found Disk: UniqueID:0, Name:\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE5, Capacity:624438581760
3498 00003496 120.96279144 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.146:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(1415): WSMAN: URL: [http://servername:80] Verb: [INVOKE], method: [GetLUNIDFromFSPath], resource: [http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wmi/root/scvmmaccelerator/VirtualizationSANAccelerator]
3499 00003497 120.96284485 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.146:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(544): HostSessionCache: elements for [S-1-5-18-servername]: [100]
3500 00003498 120.96331024 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.146:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(593): WsmanAPIWrapper::CreateSession: going to use custom timeout for wsman operations: 300 secs.
3501 00003499 121.08226776 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.271:BitDeploymentSubtask.cs(771): MapSANWMIErrorCodeToCarmineError: Return value from agent CARMINE_SAN_WMI_NO_UNIQUE_LUN_IDENTIFIER, Mapped carmine error code DeployVMNoUniqueID
3502 00003500 121.08245850 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.271:HostProperties.cs(521): Found Disk: UniqueID:0, Name:\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE6, Capacity:624455032320
3503 00003501 121.08254242 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.271:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(1415): WSMAN: URL: [http://servername:80] Verb: [INVOKE], method: [GetLUNIDFromFSPath], resource: [http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wmi/root/scvmmaccelerator/VirtualizationSANAccelerator]
3504 00003502 121.08259583 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.271:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(544): HostSessionCache: elements for [S-1-5-18-servername]: [100]
3505 00003503 121.08300781 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.271:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(593): WsmanAPIWrapper::CreateSession: going to use custom timeout for wsman operations: 300 secs.
3506 00003504 121.23886871 [4608] 1200.1610::01/28-18:29:11.427:BitDeploymentSubtask.cs(771): MapSANWMIErrorCodeToCarmineError: Return value from agent CARMINE_SAN_WMI_NO_UNIQUE_LUN_IDENTIFIER, Mapped carmine error code DeployVMNoUniqueID

Variation 2:

00000724 6.41339493 [3268] 0CC4.0378::07/27-03:32:02.851:DifferencingDisksRefresher.cs(630): Virtual disk for VM VMNAME:0041902D-E883-4189-8EFB-B0FE3E050FB1 is on a network path \\servername\share\New Virtual Hard Disk.vhd. We will mark it as unsupported
00000725 6.41355848 [3268] 0CC4.0378::07/27-03:32:02.851:VmRefresher.cs(4832): VM VMNAME has an invalid bus specification or bad path or path that we cannot access and will be marked unsupported
00000726 6.41393661 [3268] 0CC4.0378::07/27-03:32:02.851:VmRefresher.cs(4832): Microsoft.VirtualManager.Utils.CarmineException: The specified path \\servername\share\New Virtual Hard Disk.vhd is not valid on the servername server.
00000727 6.41393661 [3268] Ensure that you have specified a valid path, and then try the operation again.
00000728 6.41393661 [3268] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.Backup.DifferencingDisksRefresher.GetDifferencingDisksHierarchyFromVMService(WSManConnectionParameters hostConnectionParameters, Boolean allowPartialObjects)
00000729 6.41393661 [3268] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.Backup.DifferencingDisksRefresher.GenerateDiskHierarchy(WSManConnectionParameters hostConnnectionParameters, Boolean allowPartialObjects, UInt32& errorCode)
00000730 6.41393661 [3268] at Microsoft.VirtualManager.Engine.BitBos.VMRefresherBase.UpdateDisks(IVMComputerSystem vmComputer)
00000731 6.41393661 [3268] *** Carmine error was: HostAgentBadPathname (2906); 0

On the client, you may see a VMM trace with errors like the following :

0639 00000637 28.49589729 [2800] 0AF0.0A00::03/09-21:15:59.638:HostProperties.cs(523): Found Disk: UniqueID:0, Name:\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE4, Capacity:2937995988480
0640 00000638 28.49621391 [2800] 0AF0.0A00::03/09-21:15:59.638:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(1415): WSMAN: URL: [http://machinename:80] Verb: [INVOKE], method: [GetLUNIDFromFSPath], resource: [http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/wmi/root/scvmmaccelerator/VirtualizationSANAccelerator]
0641 00000639 28.49632645 [2800] 0AF0.0A00::03/09-21:15:59.638:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(544): HostSessionCache: elements for [S-1-5-21-72034930-1147432956-5522801-23474-.]: [100]
0642 00000640 28.49638367 [2800] 0AF0.0A00::03/09-21:15:59.638:WsmanAPIWrapper.cs(593): WsmanAPIWrapper::CreateSession: going to use custom timeout for wsman operations: 300 secs.
0646 00000644 28.64711952 [2800] 0AF0.0A00::03/09-21:15:59.841:BitDeploymentSubtask.cs(771): MapSANWMIErrorCodeToCarmineError: Return value from agent CARMINE_SAN_WMI_NO_UNIQUE_LUN_IDENTIFIER, Mapped carmine error code DeployVMNoUniqueID

280 00000278 22.32052803 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(2482): <--CDisk::FindDisk
281 00000279 22.32100105 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(1687)[00000000001A98: Disk pnp id \\?\mpio.disk&ven_hp&prod_p2000_g3_sas&rev_t200.1&7f6ac24&0&3630434646303031304537454642414237344431303030.{53f56307-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
282 00000280 22.32103920 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(1689)[00000000001A98: Disk address Port3Path0Target3Lun4
283 00000281 22.32107353 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(1691)[00000000001A98: Disk name \\?\PhysicalDrive4
284 00000282 22.32113457 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(2263): ==>LunIdentifier::FindLunUniqueID
285 00000283 22.32162285 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(2263): <--LunIdentifier::FindLunUniqueID
286 00000284 22.32165909 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(1733)[00000000001A98: LUN has no unique storage identifier
287 00000285 22.32180595 [6536] 1988.1658::03/09-21:16:11.349:sanacceleratorminiprovider.cpp(1740)[00000000001A98: GetLUNIDFromFSPath: Caught exception. Returning error code 9

Cause

This behavior is by design. VMM does not support GPT disks on P2V targets. To successfully migrate a machine with a GPT disk, you must first convert the disk to MBR format.

Resolution

To allow conversion of machines with GPT partitions, you must first convert the partition to MBR. There are two workarounds that may be used:

Option 1: Back up data on the physical machine

Back up existing data using your existing backup solution.
Delete any existing partitions on the disk(s)
Right-click on the disk and choose Convert to MBR.
Restore your data using your backup solution
Restart the computer and retry the P2V operation.

Option 2:

Use the Disk2VHD tool from http://live.sysinternals.com/disk2vhd.exe to convert the partition(s) to VHD files.
Create a new VM and attach the VM from step 1 to the VHD.
Boot the operating system from the OS installation media, and use the appropriate repair steps to make the disk bootable:

Windows XP and Windows Server 2003:

KB321626 - "Operating System Not Found" or "Missing operating system" error message when you start your Windows XP-based computer ( http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;321626 )

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008:

KB927392 - How to use the Bootrec.exe tool in the Windows Recovery Environment to troubleshoot and repair startup issues in Windows ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927392/en-us )

More Information

You can verify the partition type on the target machine by inspecting the disk configuration in Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc). See 'P2V: Requirements for Physical Source Computers' at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc917954.aspx for more information. GPT requires an EFI or UEFI BIOS to boot; Hyper-V does not have either EFI or UEFI BIOS support.

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For the most current version of this article please see the following:

2705349 - P2V fails with GPT partitions in System Center Virtual Machine Manager

J.C. Hornbeck | System Center & Security Knowledge Engineer

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