

Virtual hard disk stores applications and other data on the virtual machine so that virtual disk backup can be regarded as VM backup to some degree. The components of virtual machine are similar to physical machine's, including CPU and hard disk. Since virtual machine is composed of many files, is there a way to migrate VM with the files, for instance, converting VMDK file to OVF? What is the relationship between VMDK and OVF? VMware vSphere can help companies build and manage virtual environment and in daily management, IT administrators might need to backup and migrate VM for load balancing or other uses. Backup and Move VM with Vinchin Backup & RecoveryĪre you looking for a robust VM backup and migration solution? Try Vinchin Backup & Recovery!.How to convert VM to OVF with OVF Tool?.How to export VM to OVF template in vCenter?.What is the relationship between VMDK and OVF?.This example converts a source differencing disk of VHDX format to a destination differencing disk of VHD format that is connected to an existing parent disk.


Example 2 PS C:\> Convert-VHD -Path c:\test\child1vhdx.vhdx -DestinationPath c:\test\child1vhd.vhd -VHDType Differencing -ParentPath c:\test\parentvhd.vhd This example converts a source VHD to a destination VHDX.īecause the format is determined by the file name extension and the default type is determined by the source virtual hard disk when no type is specified, the destination virtual hard disk will be a VHDX-format disk of the same type as the source virtual hard disk. Examples Example 1 PS C:\> Convert-VHD -Path c:\test\testvhd.vhd -DestinationPath c:\test\testvhdx.vhdx vhd.Ĭonversion is an offline operation the virtual hard disk must not be attached when the operation is started. The format is determined by the file name extension of the specified files, either. The Convert-VHD cmdlet converts a virtual hard disk file by copying the data from a source virtual hard disk file to a new virtual hard disk file of a specified format and version type. Converts the format, version type, and block size of a virtual hard disk file.
