

Open the folder of Virtual Machines and locate the xml file and the SID folder which is the same name with the xml file.Open the folder of Virtual Hard disks and locate the hard disk of the VM that you want to move.


Click from the right side Stop Service to stop the Hyper-V Management Service.Locate Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines Path.Click in the right side HYPER-V Settings.Open the HYPER-V Manager from the source server.For example if your Virtual Switch Name in the destination server has different name then the VM will failed to start. HYPER-V Settings of the Destination Server must be the same.you must perform the process after hours because you will have downtime in both HYPER-V Hosts.I will start with the first Way that i use it sometimes because it's very easy without High Risk. The disadvantages of this ways are We have different ways to move a virtual machine in another HYPER-V Host that i will explain all of them in feature articles. The reason is that we don't want to have any problem while moving the Virtual Machine and the process must be done as fast as possible with little or no downtime of Virtual Machine. Do we have the resources in the new HYPER-V Host for the Virtual Machine?.

But The most common reasons that need to move your Virtual Machine are to free up space, free up resource of your HYPER-V Host or to change the hardware of your HYPER-V Host.īefore start to explain how can move the Virtual Machine we must be careful with some consideration. I wll not explain why must be done because everyone has the own reasons to do it. Sometimes maybe need to move one of our Virtual Machine from one HYPER-V host to another hardware and HYPER-V Host.
