I downloaded Netscaler VPX for Hyper-V from Citrix downloads and tried to import it to my Hyper-V 2012R2 machine but it failed with an error “Hyper-V did not find virtual machines to import from location“.
Reason for the import failing is because the NSVPX image has been created on 2008R2(Hyper-V2) and due to changes to the platform they are incompatible. You can read more about it here.
The short answer is to create a new machine.
Create a new virtual machine with the following settings: (values in bold are mandatory)
Specify Generation: Generation 1
Assign Memory: Startup memory: 2048 (do not select dynamic memory)
Configure Networking: Connection: (Select your preferred Connection)
Connect Virtual Hard Disk: Use an existing virtual hard disk (the .vhd image).
…and make sure the following is configured: (edit if needed)
Number of virtual processors:2
Network Adapter: May not be a “Legacy Network Adapter”
PowerShell equivalent of above:
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$VM_NAME = "NSVPX" $VHD_PATH = "X:\Hyper-V\NSVPX\Virtual Hard Disks\Dynamic.vhd" New-VM -Name $VM_NAME -MemoryStartupBytes 2GB -VHDPath $VHD_PATH Set-VMProcessor -VMName $VM_NAME -Count 2 |
Now configure your network settings. You will need at least one adapter for the management IP address (NSIP) for the NetScaler. Additional adapters may be needed in your environment.
