Merge pull request #15646 from alkohli/arcvm1

Add note that Azure VM VHD can't be used for VM image

Author: prmerger-automator[bot]

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