In this article, we’ll look at a few different ways to Convert VMDK to VHDX. If you use both VMware ESXi/Workstation and Microsoft Hyper-V to run virtual machines, you may need to convert a VMware virtual machine to Hyper-V format in some situations. You can do this with a variety of V2V migration tools.
But it is much faster to just change the format of the VMware virtual machine VMDK file to VHDX. You’ve probably had to move a virtual machine from one hypervisor to another. Moving VMs between the same hypervisor vendors is not a big deal, but there is a different process for moving VMs between different hypervisors. You have to change the format of the virtual discs from one type to another.
How to Convert VMDK to VHDX
Microsoft has made Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter to make it easy for users to virtualize physical machines and move VMs from other platforms like VMware to Hyper-V host. This lets users start using Hyper-V virtual machines more quickly. You don’t have to extract VMDK, convert it to VHD, or import VHD to Hyper-V virtual machine.
In general, the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter process is to choose the type of conversion, choose the source VM (VMware VM), and choose the destination host (Hyper-V host). The entire virtual machine will be changed so that it can work directly on the Hyper-V host.
Before you convert a virtual machine, you should know one important thing. VMware Tools and other Vmware programmes need to be uninstalled before you can open a virtual machine on a Hyper-V host. If you don’t, you’ll get a lot of errors and won’t be able to open the virtual machine. You can install Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter on the host by downloading it from Microsoft’s website. After that, use it by following the steps.
- Open Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter and then a wizard will pop up
- Read Before You Begin > click Next
- In Machine Type section, select Virtual Machine Conversion > click Next
- In Migration Destination section, select Migrate to Hyper-V > click Next
- Select a Hyper-V host for the virtual machine > type the address, username, and password of the host > click Next
- Select the directory and format of virtual hard disk > select Fixed size or Dynamically expanding > click Next
- In Source section, type the credentials of ESXi host of the source VM (VMware VM) > waiting for validating the credentials > click Next
- Preview the virtual machines on the ESXi host and select one to convert > click Next
- Type the credentials of the virtual machine > select the final state of the virtual machine > click Next
- Select the folder for the virtual machine > click Next
- Review the Summary of the job > click Finish
FAQ
How to convert VMDK to VHDX in virtual box?
You can also change a local VMDK file (like a VMware Workstation virtual machine file) to VHDX format. To do this, choose Local file, choose the source VMDK file, and choose VHD/VHDX as the image format for the destination (Microsoft Virtual Hard Drive).
Is VHDX compatible with VMDK?
VDI is only available in VirtualBox, but the software works with Microsoft VHD/VHDX and VMware VMDK. This means that VirtualBox will also be able to run images with these file extensions. With VirtualBox’s Virtual Media Manager, you can make VDI, VHD/VHDX, and VMDK virtual hard drives and copy them.
Can VMware use VHDX files?
If you want to create a virtual machine using a virtual disc converted from the VHD (VHDX) format to the VMDK format in VMware Workstation, just create a new VM (or open an existing VM if you want to add a converted virtual disc as an additional virtual disc) and choose to use an existing virtual disc.
What is the difference between VHD disk and VHDX disk?
When a VHD disc image is mounted, Windows sees it as a normal hard drive that is physically connected to the system. VHDX (Virtual Hard Disk v2) images are the same as VHD images in terms of how they work, but they have more modern features like the ability to support larger sizes and change the size of the disc.