
Now we will use qemu-img for Windows to convert disk:Once you download the file in qemu-img-win-圆4.Zip format extract it. Once the disks are copied we can convert them into vmdk for VMware or vhd/vhdx/ for Hyper-V qcow2 for Linux KVM format. Go to the VMDISK directory and copy the vm disks files and save this to local Windows machine Disk path for vmdisk You will see the storage container created on Prism Element for storage guest Virtual machine data Winscp directory Options > Preferences > Panels and then selecting the “Show hidden files” option under the common settings. We will get the authentication banner for the controller virtual machine Authentication Banner CVMĮnable the option to show hidden files in Winscp for Storage Containers Using WinSCP software, connect to a CVM using SFTP protocol and port 2222 using Prism element admin or local user credentials. vm.list - To list the all VMS so we can copy the name for the next commandĭevice_uuid: "72a6e0d8-dc2e-4bab-909a-27b72a500b26" Take the putty of any controller Virtual Machine(CVM) acli There are two disk in test1 VM Nutanix VM Virtual disk Verify the disks in virtual machine from prism element. Download free Converter tool Qemu from Qemu for windows.Required tools for performing the activity The following steps can be used to migrate VM from AHV to Windows Hyper-V hypervisor:įirst We have to shut down the Guest Virtual Machines Qemu-img always converts the disk from thick to thin provisioned In production, it is not recommended running qemu-img utility directly on CVM to change disk format as it is a very CPU intensive operation that can affect services running on CVM itself. It’s compatible with Windows Hyper-V, Open Source Linux based KVM, VMware, Oracle VirtualBox and Citrix Xen virtualization solutions.īy default, qemu-img utility is already installed in Nutanix AHV hypervisor. It is used for converting, creating and consistency checking of various virtual disk formats. Use qemu-img utility for Windows to create a virtual disk in vmdk or vhd/vhdx/qcow2 f In order to migrate a guest VM from an AHV cluster, download the entire vDisk or vDisks associated with that VM.
