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  • Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:36 PMJJ Erving Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hello,

    My question surrounds converting a Virtual Server 2005 R2 VM to Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, and if anything is lost or leftover in the conversion that would have any negative impact on the VM? Is the conversion process a supported procedure by Microsoft? Would there be a scenario in which it was recommended to just install the OS fresh within Hyper-V?

    I have followed the recommended conversion procedures and successfully converted many VM's in the past from Virtual Server to Hyper-V and haven't run across any issues. However I just wanted to know what others thoughts were on this topic?

    Thanks in advance.
    Robert Jose
     

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  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:14 AMJoseph Noga Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Robert,
    As long as you uninstall the 2005 virtual Machine Additions prior to migration you will be ahead of the game.   Prior to installing the integration components from Hyper-V you might need to redetect the HAL and uninstall any legacy network adapters that might still hanging around.   Once you install the Integration components and reboot a couple of times you will be golden.

     

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd296684(WS.10).aspx

     

    Joseph Noga MCITP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS CCNA,CCDA,CCVP Managing Consultant Artemis Technology LLC
     

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  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 5:14 AMJoseph Noga Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Robert,
    As long as you uninstall the 2005 virtual Machine Additions prior to migration you will be ahead of the game.   Prior to installing the integration components from Hyper-V you might need to redetect the HAL and uninstall any legacy network adapters that might still hanging around.   Once you install the Integration components and reboot a couple of times you will be golden.

     

    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd296684(WS.10).aspx

     

    Joseph Noga MCITP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS CCNA,CCDA,CCVP Managing Consultant Artemis Technology LLC
     
  • Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:09 AMVincent HuMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi,

     

    If you follow the Virtual Machine Migration Guide, I think you can complete the migration successfully, however, this is no guarantee.

     

     

    Best Regards,

    Vincent Hu