Converting the disk image to VHD or VHDX

Required parameters:

--in-path=<PATH> - path to the image file to be converted.

Additional parameters:

--in-format=<FORMAT> - input image format - RAW, VHD, VHDX,

--out-path=<PATH> - path to output image,

--out-format=<FORMAT> - output image format - RAW, VHD, VHDX,

--in-place - converts to the same file and rename it if necessary. Using this parameter will speed up conversion performance (does not apply to VHDX),

--help - shows help,

--show-params - shows used parameters with their values.

Example command:

Remember that before converting, the VHD and VHDX files should be of the Flat type - means that the disk has a fixed, not dynamically increasing, size.

Usage case:

1. Restore the physical machine as a virtual machine in Hyper-V:

• at first you need to make a HDD Image backup,
• restore it from the client application or Management Center,
• use the Xopero Image Tool and convert the image,
• add a machine to the Hyper-V whose disk will be the converted image.

2. Transfer the machine from another Hyper-V virtualizer:

• install the Xopero client application inside the machine,
• make a HDD Image backup,
• restore it from the client application or Management Center,
• use the Xopero Image Tool and convert the image,
• add a machine to the Hyper-V whose disk will be the converted image.

3. Mount the image in the file system:

• make a HDD Image backup,
• restore it from the client application or Management Center,
• use the Xopero Image Tool and convert the image,
• go to Computer Management,
• right-click on Disk Management and select the option Attach VHD.

To start the machine with UEFI, image have to be converted to VHDX.