I have encountered a problem during the migration from PC (Windows 7 x64) to Mac Book Pro
Migration Assistance tool - step "Name and Password" the error "Cannot establish secure connection" (or someting like this).
Analysing the reason I fiound out the service "VMWare vCenter Converter Service" is not started.
and in the log vmware-converter-server-xx.log I have the following
[2013-02-14 12:36:09.217 02336 info 'Libs'] W32Util_MakeSafeDirectory: CreateDirectory failed: 183
[2013-02-14 12:36:09.217 02336 warning 'App'] ToUCS2: Invalid UTF-8 sequence during conversion.
[2013-02-14 12:36:09.217 02336 warning 'App'] ToUCS2: Invalid UTF-8 sequence during conversion.
[2013-02-14 12:36:09.248 02336 error 'App']
Panic: Assert Failed: "_diagnosticMgr->_tempAgentBundleDirLocation->IsDirectory()" @ d:/build/ob/bora-801557/bora/sysimage/ufad/server/diagnosticManager.cpp:146
Backtrace:
backtrace[00] eip 0x10127290 ?AbortProcess@System@Vmacore@@YAXXZ
backtrace[01] eip 0x10127a17 ?CreateBacktrace@SystemFactoryImpl@System@Vmacore@@UAEXAAV?$Ref@VBacktrace@System@Vmacore@@@3@@Z
backtrace[02] eip 0x1006b753 ?PanicExit@Vmacore@@YAXABV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@Z
backtrace[03] eip 0x1006b9b4 ?RunTimeFailure@Vmacore@@YAXPBD00HH@Z
backtrace[04] eip 0x740b2e42 ?compare@?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@QBEHABV12@@Z
backtrace[05] eip 0x10094a1a ?GetApp@Service@Vmacore@@YAPAVApp@12@XZ
backtrace[06] eip 0x10092ae2 ?GetApp@Service@Vmacore@@YAPAVApp@12@XZ
backtrace[07] eip 0x10096a70 ?GetApp@Service@Vmacore@@YAPAVApp@12@XZ
backtrace[08] eip 0x10096fe4 ?InitApp@Service@Vmacore@@YAXAAV?$Ref@VConfig@Service@Vmacore@@@2@PAVLogger@12@ABV?$Ref@VAppInfo@Service@Vmacore@@@2@@Z
backtrace[09] eip 0x00404136 (no symbol)
backtrace[10] eip 0x0040460e (no symbol)
backtrace[11] eip 0x004051fc (no symbol)
backtrace[12] eip 0x742d2a47 _endthreadex
backtrace[13] eip 0x76f49ef2 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
backtrace[14] eip 0x76f49ec5 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
[2013-02-14 12:36:09.264 02336 info 'App'] CoreDump: Writing minidump
The real reason is that this Converter Service is triyng to create temp dir like "vmware-SYSTEM" but last word "-SYSTEM" is depend on local windows language (translated to default local language).
I have found the following workaround:
1. Download English pack from Windows update
2. Setup English language as a language for widows interface (Control Panel - Language and Regional Settings)
3. Control Panel - Language and Regional Settings->Administrative (last tab) set copy English settings to Welcome screen and system susers
4. Just in case set English for programs which are not support Unicode
5. Restart
6. Check service "VMWare vCenter Converter Service". It should be started
7. Ckeck temp directory (may be Windows->Temp) the dir vmware-temp\vmware-SYSTEM should exists