Hi,
i'm trying to convert a Debian server to a virtual machine from VMware Converter vCenter Standalone 6.1.1 and I'm getting the "Unable to query the live Linux source machine" error.
According the the Converter logs, I get the following error :
2017-01-20T11:24:42.483-05:00 error vmware-converter-worker[04768] [Originator@6876 sub=Default] Sysinfo Query failed with error [Converter Agent SysinfoQuery] execution of vmware-sysinfo failed; return code: 139; result: Warning: Unable to open /dev/hda read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/hda has been opened read-only.
--> ./vmware-sysinfo.sh: line 21: 682 Segmentation fault LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$abslibdir" "$libdir"/$binary "$@"
On my Debian server, in /var/log/syslog, I get the following errors :
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: hda: media error (bad sector): status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: hda: media error (bad sector): error=0x30 { LastFailedSense=0x03 }
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: ATAPI device hda:
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: Error: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03)
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: Unrecovered read error -- (asc=0x11, ascq=0x00)
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: The failed "Read 10" packet command was:
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: "28 00 00 01 3d cd 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 325428
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: Buffer I/O error on device hda, logical block 81357
Jan 20 11:24:41 debian kernel: vmware-sysinfo[682]: segfault at 08323ca4 eip 0808274c esp bf9e54b0 error 4
/dev/hda is my cdrom device according to my fstab ...
How can I fix this without rebooting my server ?
Thank you,
Alex