There is a tool last updated in 2011 that claims to work with Windows Server 2008 R2, that will convert a VMWare VM to Hyper-V. If I had a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine with Hyper-V on it, I suppose I could use that.
I'm a home user with Windows 8 Pro (64 bit) and I'm using Client Hyper-V very well, but I have some VMWare machines I'd love to convert. I can't even run VMWare on Win 8 very well, because the hypervisor in Hyper-V is detected by the VMWare workstation and VMWare player installers. There are some boot.ini hacks that claim to disable HyperV Hypervisor at boot time, which allow you to install VMWare Player or Workstation and then reboot and start/stop some services to toggle between the two. This is not a very nice solution either.
Other than getting a Win2008R2 Machine set up just for the conversion, or setting up System Center just for one conversion (both of which seem absurd to me) is there any way anyone can see to do this JUST on my Win8 machine at home? I am aware that there are tools built into the giant monster that is System Center 2012, and I am aware that there are third-party tools that will work on Windows 2008 R2 with its Hyper-V, but I haven't found any way on Win8Pro itself, with anything that will run on Win8Pro.
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