VM image converter (VMDK, VHD, VHDX, IMG, RAW, QCOW and QCOW2), P2V migrator
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Peter555
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Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:50 pm
I have used StartWind converter for long time. This is the first time I got problem. I converted a VHDX file into VMDK. The VMDK is unbootable. Here is my environment
Hyper-V host is Windows 10 Pro version 1607 with OS Build 14393.953
The VM on Hyper-V is Generation 2 with configuration version 8.0
StartWind runs directly on this Hyper-V host.
Use Hyper-V to convert VHDX to VHD, and then use StartWind to convert VHD to VMDK. The VMDK still unbootable.
The StarWind is downloaded today 3/24/2017 from StarWind website.
Thanks for any advice
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anton (staff)
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Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:02 pm
During conversion you need to make sure you've checked "Repair OS" checkbox to trigger storage and network stack rebuilds to match new hardware (VMware and Microsoft have very different set of the emulated hardware). If you didn't do that hardware will stay the same and virtual machine won't boot.
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software
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Peter555
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:12 pm
Thank you, Anton. The option is greyed out and not available. The choice for VMDK is "Growable image" and SCSI.
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Peter555
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 4:34 pm
Anton,
The StarWind converter works just fine. The problem was that I picked BIOS rather than UEFI when creating VMWare machine.
Thank you for your help!
Peter
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kokfai
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Fri May 26, 2017 10:58 am
Hi im having similar issue where i convert .vhdx to .vmdk, but when i boot up in my VMware Esxi it say no OS found. i check the .vhdx file and i can confirm my windows server 2012 R2 OS file does exist. i mount the .vhdx file into my laptop and all system file is intact.
i try change the BIOS to EFI but it is still the same, there is no OS to boot.
FYI, the .vhdx file is from the WBadmin backup that i setup and backup into an external HD using the following command:
wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:\\192.168.1.5\ABC123_Backup\Today -allcritical -include:c: -quiet -user:YouSHallNotPass -password:YouSHallNotPass
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anton (staff)
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Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:18 pm
Update: You need to boot your freshly converted Windows-based VM into so-called "Maintenance Mode", Windows will rebuild drivers stacks matching new emulated hardware and... After another reboot everything will go normal!
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software