AVHD's not merging with VHD .. on Server 2008R2

hi,

i have server 2008r2 hyper-v server serving 2 vm.

one of them has 3 vdd , of them avhd's . 2 generations

there no snapshot ...

i have shut down vm ... , avhd's have not merged ... how can force ...

i saw somewhere should install server 2012 ...

any appreciated

thanks

sepp

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thanks sepp

hi sepp,

how big avhd files? if shutdown vm merge process starts (you can see in status field of hyper-v manager) , take long time (depending on size of avhds).

if not start please proof if avhds used. can in hyper-v manager. open vm settings , click on on of disks. if there avhd refferenced system use avhd + vhd if there vhd reffereced avhds note used.

you can manualy merge paars (vhd + avhd). see blogpost:

http://itproctology.blogspot.de/2008/06/how-to-manually-merge-hyper-v-snapshots.html

if done screencast (in german):

http://www.hyper-v-server.de/hypervisor/was-machen-wenn-man-von-einer-vm-nur-noch-die-vhd-und-avhd-dateien-hat/

 

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