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I'm using VMware vCenter Converter standalone 4.3.0 to virtualize a windows 2003 server. The server has a 53 GB disk, after 4% the virtualization fails the error message:

Remote server closed connection after 0 response bytes read

UPDATE:

In the converter log I can see:

87.79.76.802012-10-04T15:17:11.140+02:00 [03860 verbose 'Ufa.HTTPService'] User agent is 'VMware-client/5.0.0'
2012-10-04T15:17:11.140+02:00 [03860 verbose 'Ufa.HTTPService'] HTTP Response: Auto-completing at 129/129 bytes
2012-10-04T15:17:11.140+02:00 [03860 verbose 'Ufa'] Responded to service state request
2012-10-04T15:17:36.968+02:00 [04044 error 'Default'] Unable to allocate memory: 414348496 bytes
2012-10-04T15:17:37.046+02:00 [04044 info 'Default'] CoreDump: Writing minidump
2012-10-04T15:17:38.453+02:00 [04044 panic 'Default'] 
--> 
--> Panic: Unable to allocate memory
--> Backtrace:
--> backtrace[00] rip 000008f4 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[01] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[02] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[03] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[04] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[05] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[06] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[07] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[08] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[09] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[10] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[11] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[12] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[13] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[14] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[15] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[16] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[17] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[18] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[19] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[20] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[21] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[22] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[23] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[24] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[25] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[26] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[27] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[28] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[29] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[30] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[31] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[32] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[33] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[34] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[35] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[36] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[37] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[38] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[39] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[40] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[41] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[42] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[43] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[44] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[45] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[46] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[47] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[48] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[49] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[50] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[51] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[52] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[53] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[54] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[55] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[56] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[57] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[58] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[59] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[60] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> backtrace[61] rip 00000000 (no symbol)
--> 
2012-10-04T15:17:38.453+02:00 [04044 panic 'Default'] (Log recursion level 2) Unable to allocate memory
------ In-memory logs end   --------
2012-10-04T15:17:38.453+02:00 [04044 panic 'Default'] Section for VMware vCenter Converter Standalone, pid=944, version=5.0.0, build=build-470252, option=Release
--> 

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It sounds like the remote server killed the connection...

Really, this setup probably looks like you installed vCenter Converter on the Windows 2003 server and pointed it to a target location of... a vCenter or standalone ESXi host? Make sure you have as little as possible between the two (firewalls, etc.) and try again. The converter utility should also have some detailed logs...

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  • I've updated the question, the reason seems to be a out of memory exception ...
    – markus
    Oct 4, 2012 at 15:49
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I found the solution in the vmware Knowledge Base:

Converting a virtual machine using VMware vCenter Converter fails with the error: Unable to allocate memory error

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