The HAL is part of the Virtual Server tools loaded when you first bring up the server and add the tools. I have had 2 of my servers bomb when moving them recently. Since it was easier to put a new VM built on the 2008 Hyper-V machine than do the trouble shooting to fix it I just opt'ed for the change out of OS drive.
Jon On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Oliver Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, saw that article thanks, but in it it says > > "If an incorrect HAL is forced during Setup or by using a System > Preparation Image (Sysprep), you can see the correct list of HALs only if > you perform a new installation of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. You > cannot change to a HAL other than what is listed in Device Manager. > Device Manager does not permit the change from a Non-ACPI HAL to an ACPI > HAL. You must use a new install of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 for > this kind of change. Change from an ACPI HAL to a Non-ACPI HAL only for > troubleshooting purposes." > > And the instructions are for moving from just about any HAL *other* than > Standard PC (non-acpi). > > :( > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 December 2008 16:52 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309283/ > It actually is trivial, though unsupported. I have done this a few times > w/o issue. > jlc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:52 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > There is no trivial way to update a HAL that I know of. I just use the > products that MSFT has made available to me... > > I'm not a virtualization MVP, sorry. :-( > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:46 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > Is there a way to do it at the OS level without using something quite > as....large as SCVMM? I'm keen to not have to learn anything new today in > case my head explodes. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 December 2008 13:42 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > So...download the 120 day eval and use it to do your imports. > > And, in regards to performance: my tests indicate them being pretty much > neck-and-neck. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:39 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > Michael, > > Alas no. We did the import using VMX2vhd on the internet. We don't run > SCVMM > here. > > Olly > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 December 2008 13:32 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > Are you using SCVMMs V2V and/or import capabilities? > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:29 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: VMWARE to Hyper-V and HAL types > > Hi chaps, > > I'm looking at moving our VMWare based VMs to our new Hyper-V based > servers. > New VMs are working a treat, and certainly Hyper-V seems far more > responsive > than our VMWare based setup. However existing VMWare based VMs are proving > an issue. > > While the VM's have been imported to Hyper-V without any problems it would > appear that the HAL of the VMWare VMs have all been set to 'Standard PC' at > some point during the installation of the guest OS (all Windows 2003). In > order to install the Hyper-V tools we need to be running a ACPI based HAL. > > My question is this; is there a way in Windows 2003 to move from a Standard > PC based HAL to an ACPI based HAL ? I know that MS don't support it (at > least from what i can see on the web), but is there a way to hack a > solution > to it ? 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