23. September 2013 09:40
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Martin Poisel
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If you need migrate your existing Gen1 VM to Gen2 VM, there is simple solution. You don't need double take move (or any other 3rd party sw). Just trun of your VM (make backup!!) and start conversion.
- Backup
- Note IP config and license key. New VM will have new NICs and new hardware IDs. Maybe you can edit VM .xml configs and copy & paste HW IDs, but I haven't tried it yet and not sure if it will work (but I think it should).
- Turn off BitLocker and decrypt your drives (if you are using)
- Turn off VM
- Mount VHD in your Host OS
- Convert VHD from MBR to GPT with gptgen: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptgen/
- Delete System Reserved partition
- Create UEFI partitions
- create partition EFI size=100 offset=1
- format quick fs=fat32 label="System"
- assign letter=S (don't use ntfs, it won't work!)
- create partition msr size=128 offset=103424
- Repair booting: bcdboot c:\windows /s s: /f UEFI
- Create new Gen2 VM and attach your edited VHD
- Boot Gen2 VM (you can also switch on secure boot)
- Reapair networking, reactivate OS
- Enjoy faster booting and online System VHD resizing.
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