Convert Vhdx To Vdi Windows 10

[Harald Atta]

Ineed to convert a vmdk to vhdx to be used with Hyper-V. I converted the file using this:

qemu-img.exe -p -f vmdk -O vhdx -o subformat=dynamic C:\Hyper-V\Imports\VMWare\FreeRadiusAAMES\FreeRadiusAAMES.vmdk C:\Hyper-V\VHDs\FreeRadius.vhdx

Failed to Power on with Error 'The requested operation could not be completed due to a virtual disk system limitation. Virtual hard disk files must be uncompressed and unencrypted and must not be sparse.

The Convert-VHD cmdlet converts a virtual hard disk file by copying the data from a source virtual hard disk file to a new virtual hard disk file of a specified format and version type.The format is determined by the file name extension of the specified files, either .vhdx or .vhd.Conversion is an offline operation; the virtual hard disk must not be attached when the operation is started.

This example converts a source VHD to a destination VHDX.Because the format is determined by the file name extension and the default type is determined by the source virtual hard disk when no type is specified, the destination virtual hard disk will be a VHDX-format disk of the same type as the source virtual hard disk.

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer.Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet.The default is the current session on the local computer.

Specifies one or more Hyper-V hosts on which the virtual hard disk is to be converted.NetBIOS names, IP addresses, and fully qualified domain names are allowable.The default is the local computer.Use localhost or a dot (.) to specify the local computer explicitly.

Specifies the path to the virtual hard disk file to be converted.If a file name or relative path is specified, the path of the converted hard disk path is calculated relative to the current working directory

Specifies the type of the converted virtual hard disk.Allowed values are Fixed, Dynamic, and Differencing.The default is determined by the type of source virtual hard disk.

I just setup and sysprepped a nice new VM, now I need to convert it to a wim real quick, to upload to my sccm server. For some reason, I can't change the VM properties to boot from a legacy nic for pxe, which is how I usually capture my images using sccm. VMM just changes the settings right back, even though it says successful.

Absolutely, let's post a prim and proper answer for Google. This is a simple 2 command Powershell execution, using the dism module. The dism can be copied to earlier versions of Windows, provided you have the appropriate version of the windows management framework.

Before you upload a Windows virtual machine (VM) from on-premises to Azure, you must prepare thevirtual hard disk (VHD or VHDX). Azure supports both generation 1 and generation 2 VMs that are inVHD file format and that have a fixed-size disk. The maximum size allowed for the OS VHD on a generation 1 VM is 2 TB. You can validate your VHD or VHDX file by refering to this documentation.

You can convert a VHDX file to VHD, convert a dynamicallyexpanding disk to a fixed-size disk, but you can't change a VM's generation. For more information,seeShould I create a generation 1 or 2 VM in Hyper-V?and Support for generation 2 VMs on Azure.

Azure platform mounts an ISO file to the DVD-ROM when a Windows VM is created from a generalizedimage. For this reason, the DVD-ROM must be enabled in the OS in the generalized image. If it isdisabled, the Windows VM will be stuck at out-of-box experience (OOBE).

For VMs with legacy operating systems (Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1 and below), make sure the latest Hyper-V Integration Component Services are installed. For more information, see Hyper-V integration components update for Windows VM.

Make sure that each of the following Windows services is set to the Windows default value. Theseservices are the minimum that must be configured to ensure VM connectivity. To set the startupsettings, run the following example:

If you receive an error message when runningSet-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services' -Name -Value ,you can safely ignore it. It means the domain isn't setting that configuration through a GroupPolicy Object.

Make sure you know the built-in administrator account and password. You might want to reset thecurrent local administrator password and make sure you can use this account to sign in to Windowsthrough the RDP connection. This access permission is controlled by the "Allow log on throughRemote Desktop Services" Group Policy Object. View this object in the Local Group Policy Editor:

Restart the VM to make sure that Windows is still healthy and can be reached through the RDPconnection. At this point, consider creating a VM on your local Hyper-V server to make sure theVM starts completely. Then test to make sure you can reach the VM through RDP.

Ideally, you should keep the machine updated to the patch level, if this isn't possible, make surethe following updates are installed. To get the latest updates, see the Windows update historypages: Windows 10, and Windows Server 2019,Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2 andWindows 7 SP1, and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.

To avoid an accidental reboot during VM provisioning, we recommend ensuring that all WindowsUpdate installations are finished and that no updates are pending. One way to do this is toinstall all possible Windows updates and reboot once before you run the sysprep.exe command.

System Preparation Tool (sysprep.exe) is a process you can run to reset a Windows installation.Sysprep provides an "out of the box" experience by removing all personal data and resetting severalcomponents.

Not every role or application that's installed on a Windows-based computer supports generalizedimages. Before you use this procedure, make sure Sysprep supports the role of the computer. For moreinformation, seeSysprep support for server roles.

A custom unattend.xml file is not supported. Although we do support theadditionalUnattendContent property, that provides only limited support for addingmicrosoft-windows-shell-setupoptions into the unattend.xml file that the Azure provisioning agent uses. You can use, forexample,additionalUnattendContentto add FirstLogonCommands and LogonCommands. For more information, seeadditionalUnattendContent FirstLogonCommands example.

Disks in Azure must have a virtual size aligned to 1 MiB. If your VHD is a fraction of 1 MiB, you'll need to resize the disk to a multiple of 1 MiB. Disks that are fractions of a MiB cause errors when creating images from the uploaded VHD. To verify the size you can use the PowerShell Get-VHD cmdlet to show "Size", which must be a multiple of 1 MiB in Azure, and "FileSize", which will be equal to "Size" plus 512 bytes for the VHD footer.

In this example, replace the value for Path with the path to the virtual hard disk that you wantto convert. Replace the value for DestinationPath with the new path and name of the converteddisk.

In this example, replace the value for Path with the path to the virtual hard disk that you wantto resize. Replace the value for SizeBytes with the new size in bytes for the disk.

Install theAzure Virtual Machine Agent. Thenyou can enable VM extensions. The VM extensions implement most of the critical functionality thatyou might want to use with your VMs. You'll need the extensions, for example, to reset passwordsor configure RDP. For more information, see theAzure Virtual Machine Agent overview.

Yep, there is now Powershell V.4, and Windows 7 comes automatically with V.2. I'd suggest upgrading. Having just checked on my work machine I agree that convert-VHD doesn't get recognised as a cmdlet, but due to security policies I cannot upgrade to V.4 to test.

As to some VMs - ok, yes if you do not give them enough resources for what you want them to do, then sure they can be slower than if that os was running on the bare metal with full access to all of its resources. And therefore no issue of having enough resources to accomplish some task in a reasonable time, etc.

Heres the thing vhdx is new format, your not going to be able to convert this on a system that does not understand that format.. ie Windows 7 does not understand vhdx, so you need to convert it to something windows 7 does understand vhd, on a system that understands both vhdx and vhd..

Lets say you have a beta tape. You have a video on the beta tape you want to watch on vhs machine. Can you copy this file to vhs if you only have vhs machines? No you need a beta machine to play the beta tape, which can then output that to a vhs machine that records it.

Windows 8

-Tried on windows 8.1 with Powershell admin -> CommandNotFoundException.

-Tried installing updates(Lime master post: Windows Management Framework 4.0) all of them gave me an error -> The update is not applicable to your computer.

-Tried installing updates(Lime master post: Windows Management Framework 4.0) all of them gave me an error -> The update is not applicable to your computer except the Windows6.1-KB2819745-x64-MultiPkg. Ran the only update that worked and rebooted, still -> CommandNotFoundException.

@ Brando212: Okay, read the link you posted. I understand the cmd and params, but how do I set this up?

Found VboxTool and downloaded it. The readme.txt leads me to believe the installation needs to be on a Linux OS...not really down.

Not too sure this the right thing.

Then the command is there in powershell, if you want to use virtualbox's vboxmanage - then you need to install virtualbox, not some 3rd party tool. vboxmanage is just a cmd line tool for use in virtualbox, here is link to manual on it

edit: Another option is why do you need to convert it? Why not just mount it on system that understand vhdx and pull your files off? Seems more work to do a convert on the whole thing if you just need a few files off it.

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