@black3dynamite said in Migrating on-premises VHD files to Azure is not rocket science: I can believe Azure still doesn't support vhdx. Although if you use an Generation 2 VM it is the only file supported https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/dn282285(v=ws.11) Still open case with Azure https://feedback.azure.com/forums/216843-virtual-machines/suggestions/4271962-upload-vhdx

This is timely. THanks

@storageninja Thanks so much, I will read in the mean time those blogs: https://www.codyhosterman.com/ https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/author/cormac_hogan

@gjacobse said in Using a VHD over (other) file for storage: @MattSpeller said in Using a VHD over (other) file for storage: TL;DR I'm not sure I'd do it (or why you are) but it would work just fine. TL;DR? You reply twice, but didn't read it? Honestly I just rambled quickly and forgot wtf you asked about XD

@scottalanmiller said in XenServer Import Disk Failure: But unlike ESXi that simply blocks things that they don't want you to do, XS just stops making it easy. Well, if none of the stuff anyone tried to do works, maybe they SHOULD block it!

@ntoxicator said in Get Large Disk Images on XenServer 6.5 on Local Filesystem?: @Scale computing nodes...... same limitations I presume? Sorry for taking a week to see the mention. Thanks for thinking of us. No, the limitation does not exist on the Scale HC3 clusters. We do not have artificial size limitations. We have tested VMs much larger than 2TB without issue.

I think that that is becoming less and less true. Quirky environments are becoming less and less the norm. The need to install locally is rapidly going away. There are still things that get installed locally but the variety and commonality is dropping at a prodigious pace and the isolation of programs is getting to be quite good.

@ambarishrh said: @StrongBad I like it, but I am still a fan of Amazon web services! Glad to hear from another AWS fan!