Migrate VMs from Hyper-v to Xenserver/Citrix Hypervisor

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Instructions

1. Uninstall the Hyper-V tools on the VM
2. Export the VM to OVF format.
3. Select the XenServer host on XenCenter, right-click Import, select the previously exported OVF image, and proceed to the next step to import according to the GUI prompts.

When available, we recommend importing appliance packages that contain OVF metadata rather than an individual disk image. The OVF data provides information the Import wizard requires to recreate a VM from its disk image, This information includes the number of disk images associated with the VM, the processor, storage, network, memory requirements and so on. Without this information, it can be much more complex and error-prone to recreate the VM. Hence OVF format is preferred over VHD.

You should use a third party tool to convert the format from vhd to ovf. If that is not feasible, you can use the disk image directly(in the form of .vhd) to import into xenserver, but make sure to assign correct resources (RAM, CPU, network) for the VM to start.

Please refer documentation for importing VMs: https://docs.citrix.com/en-us/citrix-hypervisor/vms/import-export.html