VHD/VHDX to VMWare 6
Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 6:10 pm
Hello all,
I'm having a conversion issue when converting a vhd and vhdx vm to VMWare 6. The image copies over successfully and I'm able to bring them up but for some reason the VM is stripped of applications... as if its a new windows install.
Here area the details and steps I have taken...
Host HyperV server: 2012 Datacenter 64 R2
VM OS: Windows server 2008 64b VHDX
Destination VM host: VMWare 6
Actions:
1. Exported VHDX VM and used Starwind to convert to VMWare format.
2. Converted VHDX VM to VHD format and directly converted to VMWare format (not an exported HyperV file)
Results:
HyperV file converted and boots in VMWare, in both instances, but applications are not present.
When exporting, in Starwind, I chose compatibility for VMWare 5.1, 5.5 and 6. Each attempt resulted in the same, no applications present.
Questions:
1. Did I miss a checkbox or something? Is there an option that I'm not seeing that restores a VM to clean state during the conversion?
2. Is Starwind compatible with Server 2012 R2 and Server 2008 VMs?
I added a couple of photos. I appreciate everyone's time, thanks for taking a look and for your responses!
Eric
I'm having a conversion issue when converting a vhd and vhdx vm to VMWare 6. The image copies over successfully and I'm able to bring them up but for some reason the VM is stripped of applications... as if its a new windows install.
Here area the details and steps I have taken...
Host HyperV server: 2012 Datacenter 64 R2
VM OS: Windows server 2008 64b VHDX
Destination VM host: VMWare 6
Actions:
1. Exported VHDX VM and used Starwind to convert to VMWare format.
2. Converted VHDX VM to VHD format and directly converted to VMWare format (not an exported HyperV file)
Results:
HyperV file converted and boots in VMWare, in both instances, but applications are not present.
When exporting, in Starwind, I chose compatibility for VMWare 5.1, 5.5 and 6. Each attempt resulted in the same, no applications present.
Questions:
1. Did I miss a checkbox or something? Is there an option that I'm not seeing that restores a VM to clean state during the conversion?
2. Is Starwind compatible with Server 2012 R2 and Server 2008 VMs?
I added a couple of photos. I appreciate everyone's time, thanks for taking a look and for your responses!
Eric