Why does windows server 2003 vhd image not run in virtualbox?

Question

System administration

Hello everyone, On a domain controller, using the disk2vhd program, I made a system image. I installed virtual box on another machine, but it does not start .. what should I do?
The thing is that I want to transfer the domain controller to new hardware .. so I want to experiment on a virtual machine ...

Answer 1

What won't start? Vm itself does not start? OS won't boot? AD DS services not starting in virtual machine? If you want to convert physics to vm, then the first step is to install the integration services before you shoot the image. It is also necessary to change the disk controller driver to a universal one.
I would do better with migration - that is. raise the second CD immediately in the virtual machine and migrate FSMO roles to it.

Answer 2

because VHD is a virtual disk for the Hyper-V hypervisor, convert it to VDI.

Answer 3

Because VB is not required to support third party VM images and VHD is a Hyper-V image. Shoot again or convert to VDI (and it may not work - this often happens after conversion)