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Increasing the Write Timeout Value for Conversions to ESX Destinations (1008305)

Solution

A possible workaround is to manually increase the writing timeout value in the converter-agent.xml file :

Browse for the converter-agent.xml file in the following locations:

If Converter Standalone runs on a Windows system, go to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\.
If Converter Standalone is running on a Linux system, go to /etc/vmware-converter/.

Open the converter-agent.xml file in a text editor and replace the default value for writeTimeoutMS with the desired timeout in milliseconds.

Note: The timeout value is measured in milliseconds. To specify the timeout in minutes, multiply the number of minutes by 60000 and use that value.

Restart Converter Standalone agent.

If Converter Standalone agent runs on a Windows system, open the Services section in the Microsoft Management Console, find the VMware Converter Agent service and restart it.
If Converter Standalone agent runs on a Linux system, find the Converter Agent process by running ps -axu|grep "converter-agent.xml" and terminate it. The Converter Standalone agent starts automatically the next time you initiate a conversion task.

Alternatively, instead of restarting Converter Standalone agent, you can reboot the system to make the changes to converter-agent.xml take effect.

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