Migration from Hyper-V to VMware

Step 1: Prepare Source Virtual Machine

  1. Shut down the Hyper-V virtual machine

  2. Export the VM using Hyper-V Manager:

    • Right-click the VM → Select Export

    • Choose destination folder for export

Step 2: Locate Exported Files

  • After export completes, the target folder will contain:

    • Virtual machine configuration files

    • Virtual hard disk (VHD/VHDX format)

Step 3: Convert Disk Format

  1. Use StarWind V2V Converter to convert:

    • Source format: VHD/VHDX (Hyper-V)

    • Target format: VMDK (VMware)

 

Use VMware Workstation Pro to create new VM and attach the converted VMDK disk and export to OVF format (see the article).

 

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