• On-Premises Analytics 2.5.7 for Hyper-V
• About this Guide
  • Guide Conventions
• System Requirements
  • Supported Firewalls
  • Additional Firewall Requirements
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Compatibility
  • Minimum Requirements
  • IPFIX Based Licensing Model
  • IPFIX Based Capacity Planning
  • Backup and Recovery Information
  • Importing Firewall Configurations
  • Creating a MySonicWall Account
• Installing On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • Preparing the Windows Server System
  • Creating a Virtual Switch
  • Obtaining the Installation Image
  • Installing On-Premises Analytics on HyperV
  • Configuring On-Premises Analytics on Hyper-V
  • Adding Firewalls to On-Premises Analytics
• Licensing and Registering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Registering the On-Premises Analytics Instance
  • Activating Firewall Licensing for Syslog-Based On-Premises Analytics
  • Deregistering Your On-Premises Analytics Instance
• Upgrading On-Premises Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics 2.5.7
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in external disk
    • Upgrading Analytics with data in internal disk
      • [[[Missing Linked File System.LinkedTitle]]]
    • Converting Additional Data Disk from VHD to VHDX Format
    • Unmounting the Hard Disk from older Analytics Version
    • Mounting the Hard Disk on new Analytics
  • Upgrading Analytics using SWI file
• Migrating Data From Internal to External Disk
  • Preparing the Analytics to Add External Disk
    • Expanding Existing Disk
  • Adding External Disk
  • Migrating the Data To External Disk
• Using the Management Console
  • Connecting to the Console
  • Management Console Operations
    • System Info
    • Storage
    • Network Interfaces
    • Diagnostics
    • NTP Server
    • Reboot | Shutdown
    • About
    • Logs
  • Using SafeMode on the Management Console
    • Enabling SafeMode
    • Disabling SafeMode
    • Configuring the Network Interfaces in SafeMode
      • Configuring Interface Settings
      • Disabling an Interface
    • Installing a Software Upgrade in SafeMode
    • Downloading Logs in SafeMode
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

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.