But this is a very long-winded and time consuming two-step workaround, particularly for very large VMs where each process takes a long time. I can then use VMware Converter 5.5 to import that image into vSphere 5.5. I have found that I can convert the VCB or VADP image into a Workstation 6.5 images using VMware Converter 4.0.1. Error is ' on the third step of the conversion process. * When restoring either VCB or VADP images to my VCSA using VMware Converter 4.0.1 I get the error 'Unable to validate destination. * VMware Converter 5.5 is 'Unable to obtain hardware information for the selected machine' for both VCB and VADP backup images, including instant restore images * I have found that that the only version of VMware Converter that appears to be able to read both the VCB and VADP backup images is version 4.0.1. However, I am having difficulties finding an acceptable workflow for restoring these backups back into my vSphere 5.5 virtual infrastructure: When using VADP I enable Advanced compression.

I a misture of both VCB and VADP images but I am transitioning to using VADP for all my backups eventually. I found I had to 'downgrade' to VDDK version 5.1.0 to get VADP backups working. I am able to create both VCB and VADP backups successfully using vBackup. build 226297 & VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit version 5.44 Build 1398493īackup frameworks: VMware Consolidated Backup version 1. VCenter: VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version 5. Hypervisor: VMware ESXi version 5.5.0-1331820-standard I have searched for information about my various problems and not found anything that specifically matches what I am experiencing. Firstly, please forgive me if I am duplicating someone else's post.

Vmware Converter 4.0.1