disk2vhd partitions advice

[webbobfc]

Hi All,

 

We have got a physical 2008R2 sharepoint server which we use solely for the SLG web tier which we are looking to virtualise in hyperV. The server has a C: drive and a D: drive which is on two separate disk arrays which have 2 disks each both set to raid 1. I have stopped all the sharepoint and SQL services and run the disk2vhd and this has created 2 VHDX files, server-0.vhdx and server-1.vhdx which I presume is for the 2 volumes. Have I done this correctly? How do I go about importing the 2 VHDX files into hyperV so I can load the VM with both the existing c: and d: drives. Think there's probably a simple solution.

 

I have just fired the old physical server back on for now and I'll try another time but any advice is appreciated.

 

Thanks

Paul

[PR-UK]

Just create a new VM, don't add any drives during the wizard then add the drives later. C: drive should be added as the first IDE controller disk, then add the next either as a secondary disk or add a SCSI controller and add it there.

 

Once that's done it should just boot. However when I used to do it in Hyper-V 2008 R2 the VM often required a repair of the boot partition, also I often found that the manufacturer software would mess up the boot process, so if it was an HP server you'll probably need to disable and uninstall all of the HP software on the VM before it starts behaving itself (often the first boot/login would take forever).

[snagrat]

Also if the physical machine had the HyperV role installed (even if not used) do not install the Integration Services until you remove that role. Else it won't boot.

 

Also it'll detect a new LAN adaptor so you will need to manually set the IP again

[webbobfc]

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it it a go on a test hyperv server first.

[VeryPC_Anthony_L]

Hi @webbobfc

 

As @Jonathan_K mentioned when you create a machine in Hyper V you are able to add multiple hard drives.

Even if your current C: and D: is a partition, Disk2vhd will create it as 2 files which will allow you much more easily to shrink or grow the space that the VM needs.

 

It is also worth noting that the current Server 2008 license is in theory attached to the physical box and not to the VM.

 

 

Anthony