Background – As part of DR Solution , we have to convert the VMware VMs to VHDs and migrated them to Azure.
Issue –Migration tools generates the VHD in DDL layout in general ( we have tried CA Archserver(RHA) and Microsoft Disk2VHD tool ) . Through Powershall we are converting this to Fixed sized VHD , however it is expanding till max limit defined in DDL VHD which is crossing the 127 GB limit. Tools have not given any option for selecting the limit for DDL format.
Prerequisite taken care while migration to Azure
- It was fixed sized VHD.
- Firewall ports are opened for RDP
- Advance System Property – allow remote connection for RDP.
- DHCP enabled.
- Use the SysPrep option.
Need to know how we can fixes the size of VHD in process of Converting VMDK to VHD(DDL) or VHD(DDL ) to VHD(fixed).And what is the VM requisites like disk layout , Sysprep, Hyper-v Compatibility supported on Azure.
Appreciate if you can give us your expert input to address this.