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Kez
Asked: 2013-12-19 03:40:40 +0800 CST

How can I move the data files for a VM to another location?

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We have a cluster of 3 x 2008 R2 physical hosts running Hyper-V.

How do I safely move the VHD(s) and accompanying XML files, etc, for a specific VM to a new location? I want to keep the VM with the same name in the same cluster - just relocate the actual data files.

Note - we do not have SCVMM.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    You can export your VM.

    1. Shutdown the VM
    2. Export the VM to an external drive
    3. Copy to the new Server
    4. Import the VM in Hyper-V on the new Server
    5. Boot the VM on the new Server
    6. Test and verify it's working before removing the initial VM.

    Here's an article with some more information/walk through.

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  2. Don't know about Hyper-v in Win 2008 R2 but in Windows Server 2012 hyper-v:

    1. Shutdown or Save the VM(I think you can do it even when the VM is running, not sure though).
    2. Right click on the VM and choose Move.
    3. Select "Move the virtual machine's storage".
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