Trouble with type of OS with VM.

Question

I have a virtual machine on azure, It was imported from hiper-v. But , when It was loaded the o.s type stayed badly. That Virtual machine has Windows Server 2019, but the type stayed defined like as Linux, and the backup failed for the agent can't connect with Virtual machine . I need know , how I can yo change it as type Windows. Thank you

Answer 1

Hi @Sreenu Sanam,
Thanks for contacting Microsoft Q&A platform. I understand you have an imported VM that is a Windows Server but is showing as OS type Linux. If possible I would recommend redoing the migration you can follow the steps here. Another option is to copy the OS disk and update it to the correct OS type. You can then create a new VM using this updated disk.

#Get the source managed disk  
$managedDisk= Get-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName myRG -DiskName mydisk  
  
$diskConfig = New-AzDiskConfig -SourceResourceId $managedDisk.Id -Location $managedDisk.Location -CreateOption Copy -Ostype Windows  
  
#Create a new managed disk in the target subscription and resource group  
New-AzDisk -Disk $diskConfig -DiskName newdisk -ResourceGroupName myRG

Once the new disk has been made you can select it then select Create VM. Hope this helps. Let me know if you are still facing issues or have further questions.