Conectix" error and uploaded VHD is not supported when you create a VM in Azure

Question

_{Thursday, December 21, 2017 12:28 PM}

I took the VHDX backup form Hyper and Converted to VHD and Fixed Disk i uploaded it to azure when i converted to VM in Azure i am getting the below error what does this mean?do i have to do somthing else i dont think i am missing any step.any suggestions? 

"ctov.vhd is not a supported VHD. Disk is expected to have cookie value 'conectix'."

All replies (7)

_{Thursday, December 21, 2017 3:29 PM}

This problem occurs for one of the following reasons:

• The VHD does not comply with the 1 MB alignment (offset). The supported disk size should be 1 MB * N. For example, the disk should be 102,401 MB.
• The VHD is corrupted or not supported. 

To resolve this problem, resize the disk to comply with 1 MB alignment as mentioned this KB article "Conectix" error and uploaded VHD is not supported when you create a VM in Azure, and let us know how it goes.

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_{Friday, December 22, 2017 6:34 AM}

I saw this but i am getting Resize-VHD is not a recognised cmd and why resize and VHD is working fine if i apply it to hyper v its working 

_{Friday, December 22, 2017 9:59 AM}

Can u confirm if you able to use the same VHD for creating a VM On-prem. This would help validating if VHD is healthy or not

_{Tuesday, December 26, 2017 9:53 AM}

s but in hyper V

_{Tuesday, December 26, 2017 8:22 PM}

You have mentioned, ‘getting resize-VHD is not a recognized cmd’, how and where exactly are you invoking this cmdlet? Note: that Resize-VHD is not an Azure PowerShell cmdlet. As mentioned in the KB article (in my previous post), you have to resize the disk to comply with 1 MB alignment.

I suggest you follow the step-step instructions outlined in the document - Prepare a Windows VHD or VHDX to upload to Azure and let us know how it goes.

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_{Wednesday, December 27, 2017 9:57 AM}

I am using Resize-VHD in my local system not in azure

_{Wednesday, December 27, 2017 6:13 PM}

What OS are you running? Ensure that you’re using the Resize-VHD cmdlet as mentioned in this article : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848535(v=wps.630).aspx. Just to isolate you could try this operation on another Windows machine.

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I suggest you follow the step-by-step instructions outlined in the blog Uploading and creating a Custom Azure VM from .VHD to create the vhd and then upload to Azure.

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