StarWind Software

Hello,

I'm trying to convert a .VMDK to a .VHD(x) using StarWind, but after the conversion, I fail to boot with the converted file.

I thought I followed everything as it should...

This is what I'm doing:

1 - Shutdown the VM on VMware
2 - Locate its .VMDK file:



3 - Convert it (to a .vhd using StarWind)
4 - Import the .vhd in Hyper-V linking it to a newly created VM
5 - Boot it

The screen stays black and there's a cursor that blinks. What am I doing wrong?

You have to enable OS drivers patching for known OS (Windows Server etc). If you don't do that you have to restart VM manually in a maintenance mode to rebuild storage and network drivers stacks being different for VMware & Hyper-V. StarWind does that for you but only a) for recognized known OSes, and b) if you ask us to do so

anton (staff) wrote:You have to enable OS drivers patching for known OS (Windows Server etc). If you don't do that you have to restart VM manually in a maintenance mode to rebuild storage and network drivers stacks being different for VMware & Hyper-V. StarWind does that for you but only a) for recognized known OSes, and b) if you ask us to do so

Thank you very much for your answer Anton.

1) Where exactly do I enable OS drivers patching? Googling "How to patch OS drivers" didn't make me any more clever.

2) Why isn't this included in StarWind and how exactly 'do I ask you to do so'?

I had sent an email asking if StarWind is supported by various ESXi versions & OS versions and they replied me by saying that Windows Server 2012 R2 was indeed supported. But you're mentioning otherwise?

Is the paid version allowing this what I'm achieving?

Thanks in advance

Hello Kimberly,
Did you try to boot converted vhd(x) VM with both Generations?
I mean, if your VMware VM was "BIOS booting" it should be generation 1. If it was a UEFI/EFI it should be generation 2.