Resize the disk by adding 1 GB to the current size, and click Next. On the server, open Hyper-V Manager and click Edit Disk in the right panel.īrowse to the location of the VHD on the server then click Next. Note: You must use Hyper-V to modify the header information or the NxTop virtual machine might fail during Publish or preparation on the XenClient Enterprise Engine. The VHD can then be used to create NxTop virtual machines in XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer. Use Hyper-V Manager to format the header information of a VHD created by a P2V tool. In the Drive column, select the checkbox for the disk to use for the VHD and click Create.Īfter completion, copy the VHD file to the server that has Hyper-V Manager and XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer.įormatting the VHD with a Hyper-V Manager Download and install Disk2vhd from Windows Sysinternals.Ĭhoose a location and filename for the VHD (the location must be local).Note: Create a VHD only of Windows system disk (C:drive).

See Windows Sysinternals for more information about Disk2vhd.

The tool performs better when the VHD is created on a disk other than the one being converted. Disk2vhd creates a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format) version of physical disks. However, any tool that creates VHDs can be used in this phase. The instructions describe the use of Microsoft Disk2vhd v1.4, a free utility available from Microsoft. This process and the tools involved are also known as P2V – physical to virtual.įormating the VHD with the Hyper-V manager. The Virtual Hard Disks (VHD) can be imported into XenClient Enterprise Synchronizer’s Software Library and then be used as the basis for a NxTop Virtual machine.

This article describes how to create Virtual Machines from Existing Systems in XenClient Enterprise.

How to create a vhd file