convert P2V to smaller .vhd

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I have a question on the converting P2V.&nbsp; I have BE 2012 and it has this nifty feature Backup to Disk and Simultaneously Convert to Virtual Machine.&nbsp; I've been checking it out, watching the videos.&nbsp; I'd like to try this out but this is what I'm running up against.&nbsp; The server I want to virtualize has 380 some odd gig of harddrive space but there's only around 45 GB that's being used.&nbsp; When i start walking through the conversion process, I see you can change the RAM and CPU count but it doesn't allow you to change the disk size.&nbsp; I guess my question is during the conversion does it actually convert the entire disk space on the physical server - would it indeed&nbsp;create a 380 some odd gig .vhd file? &nbsp;
Thanks

vjware · Accepted Answer

The conversion process does allow few disk configuration changes, however for Hyper-V, the choices are either a fixed size or dynamic expanding disk. Try the second option &amp; see if a thinly provisioned disk is created or not&nbsp;&nbsp; (i would need to test this as well )
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