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Scrolling near the failure timestamp, she found the clue:
The logs were her only friend now. She navigated to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\Logs and opened converter-worker.log . Scrolling near the failure timestamp, she found the
Bingo. The server had Hyper-V role installed (even though no VMs were running) and Device Guard enabled via group policy. Hyper-V and VMware’s change tracking driver cannot coexist—they fight for the same virtualization primitives. The server had Hyper-V role installed (even though
A quick sc query vstor2-mntapi10-shared showed the driver service wasn't there either. She opened gpedit
She opened gpedit.msc and checked: System > Device Installation > Specify digital signature verification for device drivers. It was set to "Block." Even test-signed drivers were rejected.
Sarah remembered something from a deep-dive blog she’d read last year: Change Tracking driver issues are almost always about antivirus, stale driver remnants, or missing certificates.
It was 11:47 PM on a Friday. Sarah, a senior infrastructure engineer, was two hours into what should have been a routine P2V migration. The source machine: an aging Windows Server 2008 R2 box running a critical line-of-business app. The destination: a shiny new vSphere 7 cluster.
Scrolling near the failure timestamp, she found the clue:
The logs were her only friend now. She navigated to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\Logs and opened converter-worker.log .
Bingo. The server had Hyper-V role installed (even though no VMs were running) and Device Guard enabled via group policy. Hyper-V and VMware’s change tracking driver cannot coexist—they fight for the same virtualization primitives.
A quick sc query vstor2-mntapi10-shared showed the driver service wasn't there either.
She opened gpedit.msc and checked: System > Device Installation > Specify digital signature verification for device drivers. It was set to "Block." Even test-signed drivers were rejected.
Sarah remembered something from a deep-dive blog she’d read last year: Change Tracking driver issues are almost always about antivirus, stale driver remnants, or missing certificates.
It was 11:47 PM on a Friday. Sarah, a senior infrastructure engineer, was two hours into what should have been a routine P2V migration. The source machine: an aging Windows Server 2008 R2 box running a critical line-of-business app. The destination: a shiny new vSphere 7 cluster.
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