#Convert vmdk to vmx files install

Something to keep in your back pocket should you ever hit this situation. Note that youвЂ™ll need to use your own directories and file names for the вЂ“SourceLiteralPath and вЂ“Destination arguments.Д¬onvertTo-MvmcVirtualHardDisk -SourceLiteralPath d:scratchvmxVM-disk1.vmdk -VhdType DynamicHardDisk -VhdFormat vhdx -destination c:vm-disk1

I used the below command to convert the VMWare VMDK files to VHD. With the module imported, several PowerShell commands are made available to perform all kinds of conversion tasks. Import-Module вЂC:Program FilesMicrosoft Virtual Machine ConverterMvmcCmdlet.psd1вЂ™

#Convert vmdk to vmx files install

Assuming the default kit install directory, you can use this command to import the module from a PowerShell command prompt: To get access to the commands in a PowerShell session, you need to import the module that defines them. For this type of task, the kit has a whole set of PowerShell commands in a module. In my case though, I just had the VMDK given to me by the customer. There is a nice GUI wizard that will connect to the VMWare host, connect to a Hyper-V host, and convert the machine right across live. The kit has several pieces to help you convert a VMWare disk to a Hyper-V (or an Azure IaaS) VM compatible VHD format. The link above has a System Requirements section, please ensure your environment meets them before using the kit. I donвЂ™t have VMWare, but I do have Hyper-V on my dev boxes, so I needed to convert the VMDK virtual disk to a format I could connect to a Hyper-V VM.

A customer, who is a VMWare shop, gave me a VMDK file of one of their VMs for development purposes.