R2 that are stored on a cluster shared volume or provided by a scale-out file server. I
cover this and dynamic resize in more detail in Chapter 4, “Storage Configurations.”
If you have VHD disks, they can be converted to VHDX using Hyper-V Manager via
the Edit Disk action and using the Edit Virtual Disk Wizard, which allows the Convert
action. An alternative is using PowerShell with the Convert-VHD cmdlet, as in the
command Convert-VHD .\test.vhd .\test.vhdx.
Creating a Virtual Hard Disk
Virtual hard disks can be created in various ways. Using Hyper-V Manager, you can
create disks using the New – Hard Disk option, which I will walk you through in the
following steps. Additionally, the same wizard is launched if you choose to create a
new virtual hard disk on a disk controller within a virtual machine settings dialog box.
1 . Select the New – Hard Disk option from Hyper-V Manager.
2 . Click Next to open the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard introduction screen.
3 . Select the type of disk format: VHD or VHDX. Always use VHDX if possible. Click
Next.
4 . Select whether the disk is fixed size (the default if VHD is selected on the previous
screen), dynamically expanding (the default if VHDX is selected on the previous
screen) or differencing, and click Next.
5 . Select a name for the new virtual hard disk and location, and then click Next.
6 . If a fixed or dynamic disk is being created, you can use the Configure Disk screen
to choose a size for the new disk or to copy the content from an existing physical or
virtual hard disk, as shown in Figure 2.19. The default size is 127GB, but you
should change this to meet your needs. Click Next.