vmware to hyper-v GEN-2

VM image converter (VMDK, VHD, VHDX, IMG, RAW, QCOW and QCOW2), P2V migrator

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pixafe
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Joined: Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:26 pm

Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:30 pm

Hi,
i tried to convert a vmware image (vmdk-file) into a hyper-v image (vhdx-file) using your converter v2v_converter.exe.
The result can be used in hyper-v as generation 1 only.
How can i convert into hyper-v generation-2 ?

Thanks
Alex
yaroslav (staff)
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Joined: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:11 am

Tue Feb 16, 2021 4:34 am

Greetings,

Welcome to StarWind Forum. Convert to VHDX and create VM manually.
pixafe
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:26 pm

Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:42 am

Hi Yaroslav,

thank you for the hint.
I created a new VM using Microsoft Hyper-V Manager on W2016 with option Generation-2 and hdd-option "assign hdd later".
Then I changed the vm with adding a new hdd. In This step I selected the prevbiously converted vhdx file.
The computer does not start with message: No UEFI-compatible file system was found.
Th vmware image had one hdd with MBR not GPT. Is this the reason? Or can i attach the vhdx file with differnt options?

Thanks a lot
Alex
yaroslav (staff)
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Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:11 am

May I wonder about OS of the VM you are trying to convert? Linux VMs need to run Gen1.
Please try using VHD. Learn more on Gen1 vs Gen2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/window ... in-hyper-v and VHD vs VHDX https://www.nakivo.com/blog/work-hyper- ... al-basics/
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