Question : VMware ESXI help

Hi,

i have a back up of one of our commercial sites which i want to install onto my ESXI machine. I wanted to convert a my vmx to ovf so i can deploy it in vSphere. i have these files for my back vm.

crownhill.co.uk.vmdk
crownhill.co.uk.vmsd
crownhill.co.uk.vmx
crownhill.co.uk.vmxf
564d345c-e269-6c01-8e53-0612ea427076.vmem

But when i try to convert it in VMware vCenter converter standalone, it give me this error message:

The VMware Consolidated Backup Source 'C:\crownhill.co.uk.vmx' has a missing catalog file.

does any one know how to fix this? i need help asap :(

      
        
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          contents of crownhill.co.uk.vmx
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#!/usr/bin/vmware
.encoding = "UTF-8"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
nvram = "crownhill.co.uk.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"
tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "hard"
powerType.suspend = "hard"
powerType.reset = "soft"

displayName = "crownhill.co.uk"
extendedConfigFile = "crownhill.co.uk.vmxf"

numvcpus = "2"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.sharedBus = "none"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
memsize = "1024"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "crownhill.co.uk-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines/debian-503-i386-netinst.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
ide1:0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.allowGuestConnectionControl = "FALSE"
ethernet0.features = "1"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.networkName = "Bridged"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
guestOS = "debian4"
uuid.location = "56 4d 34 5c e2 69 6c 01-8e 53 06 12 ea 42 70 76"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 34 5c e2 69 6c 01-8e 53 06 12 ea 42 70 76"
vc.uuid = "52 f1 13 6a 70 6f b1 cc-93 6a 86 2a ea 41 ed 81"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:42:70:76"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "16777216"
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-364744586"

tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
annotation = "This is a managed VM as per the agreement"

        
      

Answer : VMware ESXI help

OK... as i suspect....
you have Snapshots...
good news ... is a easy tree...
you have to keep only the final stage of your VM to migration...
so... after backup all your envinronment...
you can delete all others objects in this screen... keeping only the "You are Here" Object

Do it with you VM sdown.

Question : VMware ESXI help

Answer : VMware ESXI help

OK... as i suspect....you have Snapshots...good news ... is a easy tree...you have to keep only the final stage of your VM to migration...so... after backup all your envinronment...you can delete all others objects in this screen... keeping only the "You are Here" ObjectDo it with you VM sdown.