Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Virtual Hard Disks

Virtual hard disks (VHDs) are used by virtual machines to emulate Windows disks. VHDs can be created on an existing Windows Server 2012 system using the Hyper-V Management console, or they can be created directly using the Disk Management console. VHD are primarily created on the Windows host system as a file with a .vhd extension on an existing windows volume. VHD files can easily be moved across servers and between virtual machines, and also can be expanded quite easily, granted that the VHD is not in use and there is ample free space on the host volume. VHD files can be attached directly to a Windows Server 2012 host using the Disk Management console, unlike in previous releases which required scripts to mount the file. ...