[PVE-User] Problems migrating from Vmware to Proxmox - Windows 2000

[Luca Fornasari]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Problems migrating from Vmware to Proxmox - 
Windows 2000
From: claudio.prono at atpss.net <claudio.prono at atpss.net>
To: pve-user at pve.proxmox.com
CC:
Date: 03/26/2012 04:43 PM
>
> I have discovered a strange thing: when i make che vmdk form the
> original machine, all my last changes are lost. I have found this
> because before shut downthe machine i have created a new folder on the
> desktop, then shut down the machine and executed that command into the
> vmware server:
>
> vmware-vdiskmanager -r Windows\ 2000\ Server-cl1.vmdk -t 0 win2000-pve.vmdk
[...]
> So, all my copy on the proxmox lost my modify on the running
> vmware...that is why does not boot...!!!!
>
> But, what i am doing wrong?
>
> Cordially,
>
> Claudio Prono.

Claudio,

Check there is no snapshot active on the vmware virtual machine.
It looks like you are converting the disk w/o the changes (wrote on the 
snapshot file).

Luca Fornasari