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OS only, no applications?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:42 pm
by pkirill@veanea.org
Hello - I'm brand new to V2V and working on migrating a VMware Workstation VM to MS Hyper-V. I have successfully connected and created a VM on the Hyper-V server, but it is just the Ubuntu 22.04 OS without any of the files, apps, etc. I guess I don't know if this is expected behavior or some went squirrelly. Any assistance would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Re: OS only, no applications?
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:26 pm
by yaroslav (staff)
Welcome to StarWind Forum! V2V does alter the data while converting: it just takes the disk and remaps it in a new format. In other words, the source and destination VM have the same data.
Please double-check the source VM.
Re: OS only, no applications?
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 10:42 pm
by nrowland
In some cases, the Linux filesystem does not map the old disks or partitions to their places in the filesystem. Do remember that the OS is seeing a new SCSI or IDE controller instead of the old virtual hardware. Consult a Linux guru though, I'm a Windows guy.
Re: OS only, no applications?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 9:08 am
by yaroslav (staff)
Very good point. Thanks!
Re: OS only, no applications?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 4:06 am
by dietstaysail
yaroslav (staff) wrote: ↑Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:26 pm
Welcome to StarWind Forum! V2V does alter the data while converting: it just takes the disk and remaps it in a new format. In other words, the source and destination VM have the same data.
Please double-check the source VM.
Thanks for always listening and sharing solutions to problems quickly.
Re: OS only, no applications?
Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2025 4:53 am
by yaroslav (staff)
You are welcome
