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azure-stack/hci/manage/azure-arc-vm-management-prerequisites.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ms.author: alkohli
 ms.topic: how-to
 ms.service: azure-stack
 ms.subservice: azure-stack-hci
-ms.date: 07/18/2024
+ms.date: 08/23/2024
 ---
 
 # Azure Arc VM management prerequisites
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ The Azure requirements include:
 
   The entities include Azure Stack HCI cluster, Arc Resource Bridge, Custom Location, VM operator, virtual machines created from Arc and Azure Arc for Servers guest management. These entities can be in different or same resource groups as long as all resource groups are in the same region.
 
+
 ## Azure Stack HCI cluster requirements
 
 - You have access to an Azure Stack HCI system that is deployed, has an Arc Resource Bridge and a custom location.
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ The Azure requirements include:
 
        :::image type="content" source="./media/azure-arc-vm-management-prerequisites/azure-arc-connected.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the Overview page in the Azure Stack HCI cluster resource showing Azure Arc as connected." lightbox="./media/azure-arc-vm-management-prerequisites/azure-arc-connected.png":::
 
+## Arc VM image requirements
+
+For Arc VM images to be used on Azure Stack HCI, make sure to satisfy the following requirements:
+
+- Use only the English (en-us) language VHDs to create VM images.
+- Do not use Azure Virtual machine VHD disk to create VM images.
+
 ## Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) requirements
 
 Skip this section if not using Azure CLI to provision and manage Arc VMs and VM resources.

azure-stack/hci/manage/virtual-machine-image-centos.md

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ The following sections provide detailed instructions for each step in the workfl
 ## Create a VM image from a CentOS image
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> We recommend that you prepare a CentOS image if you intend to enable guest management on the VMs.
+> - Do not use an Azure Virtual Machine VHD disk to prepare the VM image for Azure Stack HCI.
+> - We recommend that you prepare a CentOS image if you intend to enable guest management on the VMs.
 
 Follow these steps on your Azure Stack HCI cluster to create a VM image by using the Azure CLI.
 

azure-stack/hci/manage/virtual-machine-image-linux-sysprep.md

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ The following sections provide detailed instructions for each step in the workfl
 ## Create a VM image from an Ubuntu image
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> We recommend that you prepare an Ubuntu image if you intend to enable guest management on the VMs.
+> - Do not use an Azure Virtual Machine VHD disk to prepare the VM image for Azure Stack HCI.
+> - We recommend that you prepare an Ubuntu image if you intend to enable guest management on the VMs.
 
 Follow these steps on your Azure Stack HCI cluster to create a VM image by using the Azure CLI.
 

azure-stack/hci/manage/virtual-machine-image-red-hat-enterprise.md

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ The following sections provide detailed instructions for each step in the workfl
 ## Create a VM image from a Red Hat Enterprise image
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
-> We recommend that you prepare a Red Hat Enterprise image if you intend to enable guest management on the VMs.
+> - Do not use an Azure Virtual Machine VHD disk to prepare the VM image for Azure Stack HCI.
+> - We recommend that you prepare a Red Hat Enterprise image if you intend to enable guest management on the VMs.
 
 Follow these steps on your Azure Stack HCI cluster to create a VM image by using the Azure CLI.
 

azure-stack/hci/manage/virtual-machine-image-suse.md

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ To convert the QCOW2 image to VHDX and create a VM image from the VHDX image.
 1. [Convert QCOW2 to VHDX](#step-1-convert-qcow2-to-vhdx).
 2. [Create a SUSE VM image](#step-2-create-a-suse-vm-image).
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> Do not use an Azure Virtual Machine VHD disk to prepare the VM image for Azure Stack HCI.
+
 The following sections provide detailed instructions for each step in the workflow.
 
 ## Step 1: Convert QCOW2 to VHDX