TechNote: Converting a Virtual Hard Disk -- OVA to VHD

TechNote: Convert a Virtual Hard Disk -- OVA to VHD
Technology
Operating System(s):
Windows
Technology(ies):
Hyper-V
Use Case(s):
Virtualization
Summary
Overview
An Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file is a archive of an Open Virtualization Format (OVF) package. These files can be converted for use with Hyper-V by following these steps:


  1. Extract: Using 7-Zip extract the convents of the OVA file

    You should get an OVF file, and a VMDK file as a result of the extract.
  2. Convert: Using the VBoxManage.exe utility that comes with VitualBox type the following command:

    C:> VBoxManage clonehd --format vhd disk1.vmdk disk1.vhd

    This will create a VHD file from the VMDK file.
  3. Copy: Place the VHD file in an appropriate location.
  4. Create: Using Hyper-V Manager you can Create a "New" > "Virtual Machine..." using the VHD file as an "existing virtual hard disk".
This process should result in you having a virtual image that is equvilent to the OVA you started with.


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