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Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion to VMware ESXi is blocked when source volume is larger than 2TB.
Article: 100032464
Last Published: 2025-05-07
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Product(s): System Recovery
Problem
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.
Error Message
VMDK size cannot exceed the maximum limit of '2 TB - 512 bytes' on VMware ESX Server.Solution
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.
References
Etrack : 3879663
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