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Overview

These instructions were provided by Shelly Black, North Carolina State University Libraries.

Note that VirtualBox VM is a cross-platform virtualization application and Hyper-V cannot handle non-Windows operating systems. 

System Requirements for Hyper-V

The Hyper-V role can be enabled on these versions of Windows 10:

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  • Virtualization Technology - may have a different label depending on motherboard manufacturer.
  • Hardware Enforced Data Execution Prevention.

Migration Instructions

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title1. Download BitCurator VM and Oracle Virtualbox, plus Virtualbox VirtualBox Extension Pack, and ensure BitCurator opens in VirtualBox
See installing BitCurator via virtual machine instructions
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title2. Export .vbox to .ova using Virtualbox VirtualBox (“Write Manifest file” and “Include ISO image files” should be checked)

Figure 1: Within File, navigate to Export Appliance

Figure 2: Select the BitCurator VM

Figure 3: "Write Manifest file" and "Include ISO image files" should be checked

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title5. Use Hyper-V New Virtual Machine Wizard (NOT Quick Create) and specified Generation


Figure 9: From the Action menu, navigate to New, and Virtual Machine


Figure 10: Within Specify Generation menu, choose the generation of the virtual machine


Figure 11: Within Connect Virtual Hard Disk menu, select "Use an existing virtual hard disk"

Troubleshooting

  • For addressing internet connectivity issues, create a New Virtual Switch if VM does not connect to the Default Switch used for other VMs.
  • Potential errors when extracting ova file using 7zip
    • Converted to vhd growable image, but couldn’t open in Hyper-V when using Quick Create
    • Repeated above but extracted ova in Terminal, got similar error in Hyper-V, even with secure boot on or off

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