Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format

1. Navigate to System > Shutdown. Click Shutdown. On prompting for confirmation, click OK.

   

2. Bring up the Hyper-V Manager, select the Analytics HF3 instance, right-click and click Settings. Verify under which controller the .vhd file is attached.

   • If existing .vhd file attached under SCSI Controller and then follow steps 7 to 14.

   • If existing .vhd file attached under IDE Controller and then follow steps 3 to 14.

3. Navigate to IDE Controller > Hard Drive. Click Remove. Click Apply.

   

4. Click Apply.

   

5. Navigate to SCSI Controller > Hard Drive. Click Add.

   

6. Click Browse and navigate to the location where the .vhd file is saved and select the .vhd file.

   

7. Navigate to SCSI Controller > Hard Drive. Click Edit.

   

8. In the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, choose Action as Convert.

   

9. Choose the option VHDX.

   

10. Choose the option Fixed size.

    

11. Enter name and location for the VHDX file.

    

12. Review the details and click on Finish.

    

13. Wait for the edit operation to complete, this may take time based on the size of the disk.

    

14. Once the edit operation is complete replace the Virtual Hard Disk file to the new VHDX file created in step 11. Close the Settings window by clicking OK.