There are a lot of tools on the Internet about converting vmdk files to vhd. Microsoft has a cool utility to convert vmdk to vhd format, called Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator. It is less than 5 MB and the conversion is very simple.
Lets go over how to convert vmdk to VHD easily. If you are running Windows 8, you can easily play with HyperV 3.0 and/or export import your VMs between Windows 8 Hyper-V to Windows 2012 🙂
First, the download link is:
Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34591
The installation is very easy, 4 x “Next” :
After the install completes, run the program, it supports VMware Virtual machines when guest OS is one of the followings:
- windows Server 2003 SP2
- Windows Server 2008
- Windows Server 2008 R2
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
As I don’t want to connect it to VCenter, and have local vmdk file, open elevated cmd, and go to
c:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator
directory and run:
MVDC.exe SOURCEDISK DESTINATIONDISK
do not forget to add /Dyn if you want it to be dynamic.
The tool has the following switches:
And then once you attach it to a VM on HyperV you can convert it to VHDX format via HyperV console.
Have fun.
Update: 4/19/2014: Version 2 of MVMC 2.0 is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42497
Bulent Tolu
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Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator does not work with R2 2012, yet another bust and reason why VMware will continue to be the leader in Virtualization.
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Hi Bulent,
I want to use MVMC 2.0 to convert local files. I have a VMDK file that I need to run on Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 R2. I don’t actually have any Vmware servers set up, so I need just the raw files converted. My VMDK file is Debian Linux that I need to run on Hyper-V.
Any ideas on how to make this happen on MVMC 2.0? I have no idea how to begin writing a powershell script. I know what powershell is, but I have never been exposed to it.
Thank you for your help! 🙂