Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge and expertise. I have been asked to convert a azure Generation 1 VM to Generation 2, I do have a documentation that I can refer to, however, does anyone here knows any better way of doing it?

Question

Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge and expertise.
I have been asked to convert a azure Generation 1 VM to Generation 2, I do have a documentation that I can refer to, however, does anyone here knows any better way of doing it?

https://charbelnemnom.com/migrate-gen1-to-gen2-vms-on-azure/

Answer 1

Hello,

Follow the documentation you've found and don't forget to take a backup before starting.

Also consider creating a new VM and migrating data instead.
This can be a less risky approach, especially if you're dealing with a production environment.

Regards

Answer 2

Hello @Avinash Awasthi

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform, thanks for posting your query here.

As mentioned by Boris in the previous response, make sure you take a backup before you proceed performing the steps mentioned in the article you have shared.

However, as per official Azure Documentation it is not possible to convert an Azure Generation 1 VM to a Generation 2 VM.

Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/generation-2#frequently-asked-questions

To change the virtual machine generation, you need to deploy a new VM of the generation you desire and re-install the software that you are running in the virtual machine of the generation. This change only affects the base VHD image of the VM and has no impact on the data disks or attached NFS or SMB shares. Data disks, NFS, or SMB shares that originally were assigned to, for example, on a Generation 1 VM.

Hope this helps.

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