Convert MS Dynamic-AX Physical Servers to VMs on Hyper-V

Question

Hi Dears,

What is the proper steps to convert Dynamic servers (Production) to virtual machines, and testing the configuration with new virtual environment.

Also, is there any needing to start a fresh installation or just editing configuration on new servers !!

Regards,

Mohamed

Answer 1

The cleaner much safer method is to stand up a new windows instance, patch fully, then migrate the application over to it.

As to the migration; Dynamics is not currently supported here on QnA. The product group for Dynamics actively monitors questions over at
https://community.dynamics.com/

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Answer 2

Hey,

You can try doing P2V conversion using either Disk2VHD or StarWind V2V Converter. I would recommend you doing that only for testing purposes.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v2v-converter

The following thread might be helpful as well:
https://community.dynamics.com/gp/f/microsoft-dynamics-gp-forum/279070/p2v

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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Answer 3

Hi,
Here is the article about P2V, including Features & Recommendations and Tools & Steps for Converting a Physical Machine to a Hyper-V VM:
https://www.nakivo.com/blog/convert-physical-machine-hyper-v-vm/
However, for production, P2V is generally not recommended, because some unexpected errors may occur.
Thanks for your time!
Best Regards,
Mico Mi

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