Rebuilding: New Hyper-V Host VHD(X)s Not Working
I'm upgrading and replacing hardware/ software with a new Hyper-V host and I have a new, 750GB RAID 5 Vol called "GuestVol" .
I have a couple of VMs that I really want to reuse so I copied their VHDs from the old RAID1 Vol (which is scheduled to be removed) over to GuestVol. I would like to go with all Gen 2 VMs but I know that Gen 2 does not support .VHD so I used disk edit to convert to VHDX but I keep getting the same error:
Boot Failed EFI SCSI Device
I know if this were a physical disk I could just boot to BIOS and turn off the EFI but thats not the case here.
Am I stuck with GEN 1 or is there a solution?
I have a couple of VMs that I really want to reuse so I copied their VHDs from the old RAID1 Vol (which is scheduled to be removed) over to GuestVol. I would like to go with all Gen 2 VMs but I know that Gen 2 does not support .VHD so I used disk edit to convert to VHDX but I keep getting the same error:
Boot Failed EFI SCSI Device
I know if this were a physical disk I could just boot to BIOS and turn off the EFI but thats not the case here.
Am I stuck with GEN 1 or is there a solution?
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Do you still have access to the old virtual machine, including the necessary configuration and VHD files? If so have a look at this tool which can convert your Gen 1 VM to a Gen 2 VM: https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Convert-VMGeneration-81ddafa2
Note that you'll obviously need to run this script on a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host.
If the old host is running 2008 R2 and below, please be advised that you cannot simply export the VM then import the VM into a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host any more as Microsoft have made some changes to the WMI namespace. Here's more information if you're curious as to why: http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2013/10/22/windows-hyper-v-2012-amp-8-1-hyper-v-did-not-find-virtual-machine-to-import.aspx
Note that you'll obviously need to run this script on a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host.
If the old host is running 2008 R2 and below, please be advised that you cannot simply export the VM then import the VM into a 2012 R2 Hyper-V host any more as Microsoft have made some changes to the WMI namespace. Here's more information if you're curious as to why: http://blogs.technet.com/b/rmilne/archive/2013/10/22/windows-hyper-v-2012-amp-8-1-hyper-v-did-not-find-virtual-machine-to-import.aspx
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I think I can get this. I placed the script in a folder- C:\script
I have confirmed that it will run Gen 1
PS C:\script>Convert-VMGenera
So this will give me a APLUSSERVER-3 Gen2 in the same directory?
I have confirmed that it will run Gen 1
PS C:\script>Convert-VMGenera
So this will give me a APLUSSERVER-3 Gen2 in the same directory?
It should duplicate the VM and append (Generation 2) to the files and folders of the new Gen2 VM.
Is the OS of the VM that you're converting running Windows 2012, 2012 R2, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1? If not then the VM won't work as Generation 2 VMs must be running these OS's.
Here's why 2008 R2 and Windows 7 VMs aren't supported as Gen2 VMs:
Is the OS of the VM that you're converting running Windows 2012, 2012 R2, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1? If not then the VM won't work as Generation 2 VMs must be running these OS's.
Here's why 2008 R2 and Windows 7 VMs aren't supported as Gen2 VMs:
Why are 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 not supported as generation 2 guest operating systems?http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn282285.aspx
Although Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 support UEFI, they depend on a programmable interrupt controller (PIC), which is not present in generation 2 virtual machine hardware.
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2012 R2
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There is a little bug in the script.
I just got back in the next day to find powershell still on "preparing image" .
I had to hit the enter key while on the PS window to get it to go to "applying image"
Do you happen to know how long it usually takes with good hardware resources?
I just got back in the next day to find powershell still on "preparing image" .
I had to hit the enter key while on the PS window to get it to go to "applying image"
Do you happen to know how long it usually takes with good hardware resources?
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Please check this out guys
ID: 28541193
ID: 28541193
Depends on how large the VM is. I didn't have to wait too long for a 2012 R2 VM with a 80GB VHD file.
Please check this out guysSorry but what is this ID number for specifically?
ID: 28541193
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