The Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) Solution Accelerator is a Microsoft-supported, stand-alone solution for the IT pro or solution provider who wants to convert VMware-based virtual machines and disks to Hyper-V-based virtual machines and disks. The MVMC solution can perform full conversions of VMware-based virtual machines as well as conversions of VMware-based virtual hard disks to Hyper-V-based virtual hard disks (VHD).
Hyper-V-based virtual hard disks can be used in Windows 8 with the Hyper-V role installed. This way you can, for example, stop using VMware Workstation.
Let’s get going:
| Download the software from Microsoft here | |
| Install the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator Click Next |
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| Click I accept, click next |  |
| Click Next |  |
| Click Next |  |
| Wait for the installer to finish |  |
| Click finish |  |
Ok, let’s convert a VMDK file to a VHD file:
| Open a Command Prompt as Administratror from the location C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator |  |
| Use the following parameter to convert a VMDK file to a VHD file:
MVDC.exe ‘.\VMDK\Test.vmdk’ ‘.\vhd\Test.vhd’ |
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| The conversion starts… |  |
| Tada, finished |  |
| We can now add the VHD file to a Virtual Machine and boot it. I have used Virtual Box to test it. It took around 20 minutes to convert the 8 GB disk. |  |
- We can also convert a VMware Virtual Machine to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine but this requires vCenter Server 5.0 or vCenter Server 4.1 or ESXi Server 5.0 or ESXi/ESX Server 4.1.
- I also tested the functionality to copy the “
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator” folder to another place and uninstall the MVMC program. This works well.
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12 thoughts on “Converting a VMDK to VHD with Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC)”
Worked great, cheers!
Doesn’t work for 5.1 🙁
Correct,
But 5.1 is not supported as stated here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34591
Supports conversion of virtual machines from VMware vSphere 4.1 and 5.0 hosts to Hyper-V
Thanks!! was searching for this. 🙂
Thanks. Great and helpful post
Thanks for the tip!
PS: You can also use the /Dyn parameter to create Dynamic VHD´s (seems to me that gets a faster conversion, but still use the full size of the vmdk because the RAW copy of data)
Thanks.. I was searching for this too
Thanks:)
i have created blank vmdk from vmware workstation and try with mvdc and get below error
C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator>MVDC.exe “F:Windows XP Professional-flat.vmd
Step 1 of 3: Loading Source Disk…
No suitable drive was found at path (F:Windows XP Professional-flat.vmdk).
What if your .vmdk hard disk is split virtual disk? Can can you combine and then converter or is there another process?
VirtualBox is another good free tool for this, you can convert using the VBoxManage command which is shown here: http://www.rootusers.com/how-to-convert-an-ova-virtual-machine-to-vhd/