Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion to VMware ESXi is blocked when source volume is larger than 2TB.
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Description
Error Message
VMDK size cannot exceed the maximum limit of '2 TB - 512 bytes' on VMware ESX Server.Resolution
VMware have confirmed that converting disks larger than 2TB is not supported. Refer to the 'Known Issues and Workaround' section (Hosted virtual disk > 2TB is not supported).
A workaround would be to convert disks that are smaller than 2TB and perform restores for disks that are 2TB or larger.
A workaround would be to convert disks that are smaller than 2TB and perform restores for disks that are 2TB or larger.
Issue/Introduction
Physical to virtual (P2V) conversions to VMware ESXi, using System Recovery, are blocked with the below message when the source (original) volume is larger than 2TB.
Additional Information
ETrack: 3879663
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