Re: Converter CentOS 5 to Esxi 6 always failed at 3%?!

Please see Troubleshooting checklist for VMware Converter (1016330) | VMware KB

and try:

To troubleshoot converting a Linux system:

1. Use the VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. The vCenter Server plug-in does not include Linux support.
   
   Note:VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3 Standalone and VMware vCenter Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server 4.1 now support certain versions of Linux.
   
   
2. Ensure that you are using a supported version of Linux.
   
   For more information, see:
   
   
   • VMware vCenter Converter Administration Guide
   • VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 4.3 Release Notes
   • VMware vCenter Converter 4.2 for vCenter Server 4.1 Release Notes
   • VMware vCenter Converter 5.1 Release Notes
   • VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.5 Release Notes
     
     
3. Always use the root user account.
4. Verify that DNS and reverse DNS lookups are working. You may need to add entries in the local Windows Host file for your Linux system.
5. Verify that your Linux source machine can ping the ESX Console IP address. If the conversion fails at 2%, then you likely have a resolution/permission/firewall related issue.
6. Make sure that your physical Linux machine allows SSH connections. You can verify this by using an SSH client and logging into your Linux system from the computer you are running the conversion from.
7. Make sure that the helper virtual machine has a static IP address instead of using DHCP.
8. Make sure your source and destination machines are on the same subnet. Different subnets can cause issues if the traffic is not route-able.
9. VMware Converter does not support Software Raid on Linux machines.

Failing this, post your logs:

$HOME/.vmware/VMware vCenter Converter Standalone/Logs

/var/log/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone