Unable to query the live linux source machine in VMware Converter
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Article ID: 321928
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VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms: When trying to convert a linux machine, VMware converter indicates " Unable to query the live Linux source machine " In the Converter GUI log file, you see : Cannot query source HW info: converter.fault.SysinfoQueryLinuxFault VMware Converter started as Administrator, no UAC and connectivity is checked between source machine and client. SSH is working correctly. No echo line in .bashrc and /tmp permissions are ok.
Cause
The Source Machine is using differents HMACs in SSHD configuration. VMware converter try to use hmac-sha1,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5 but none of those matching an existing in SSHD configuration. You can see similar log in SSHD log :