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I can only assume you'd need to upgrade your host too, I think you need 2012 R2 or higher for a gen 2 VM.<br />
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Regards<br />
Alex
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I can only assume you'd need to upgrade your host too, I think you need 2012 R2 or higher for a gen 2 VM.

Regards
Alex

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so our Hyper-V is hosted on Server 2016
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<a href="https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jhoward/2013/11/14/hyper-v-generation-2-virtual-machines-part-10/" rel="ugc">https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jhoward/2013/11/14/hyper-v-generation-2-virtual-machines-part-10/</a><br />
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Follow that, it'll convert it to Gen2, you will have to take the VM down.<br />
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<a href="https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ConvertVMGeneration" rel="ugc nofollow">https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ConvertVMGeneration</a><br />
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That gives you what you need but the other one is a full guide.
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https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jhoward/2013/11/14/hyper-v-generation-2-virtual-machines-part-10/ [https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/jhoward/2013/11/14/hyper-v-generation-2-virtual-machines-part-10/]

Follow that, it'll convert it to Gen2, you will have to take the VM down.

https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ConvertVMGeneration [https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ConvertVMGeneration]

That gives you what you need but the other one is a full guide.

CSSP

ManieyaK_

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The Script mentioned in the Article won't work for us. &nbsp;This script wont convert is Snapshots are used or replication is used.
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The Script mentioned in the Article won't work for us.  This script wont convert is Snapshots are used or replication is used.

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Your snapshots will need to be consolidated anyway.... &nbsp;You can't expect to convert a virtual machine with existing snapshots. You need to flatten it into a single file.
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Your snapshots will need to be consolidated anyway....  You can't expect to convert a virtual machine with existing snapshots. You need to flatten it into a single file.

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We have several Generation One VM's running in Hyper-V. &nbsp;We have a requirement to enable Secure Boot on all machines, including VM's. &nbsp;UEFI doesn't seem to be an option unless the generation one's are converted to generation 2. &nbsp;I can't seem to find any solutions to this issue.
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We have several Generation One VM's running in Hyper-V.  We have a requirement to enable Secure Boot on all machines, including VM's.  UEFI doesn't seem to be an option unless the generation one's are converted to generation 2.  I can't seem to find any solutions to this issue.

Convert Gen 1 to Gen 2 Hyper-V

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