Export hyper-v guest

[zeezam]

I want to move a hyper-v vm to another machine but can't find the export function.

As described in this article I should find the function under action menu; http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/08/26/hyper-v-export-import-part-1.aspx

I can't find it there.

[jaclaz]

I want to move a hyper-v vm to another machine but can't find the export function.

As described in this article I should find the function under action menu; http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/08/26/hyper-v-export-import-part-1.aspx

I can't find it there.

Maybe it is not there when the VM is running.....

http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Migrating_Hyper-V_Virtual_Machines_Using_Import/Export

jaclaz

[cluberti]

Note that exporting via the UI and via powershell do NOT do the same thing, and exporting from the UI isn't quite a full export, unfortunately. If you want to do a complete export and import like the "old" Hyper-V on Server 2008, you have to use powershell to do the export.

If you're not comfortable or familiar with powershell and need to do a complete export (you don't always need to, hence the change), someone has written a nice set of powershell cmdlets to assist:

http://www.altaro.com/blog/a-free-configurable-powershell-script-for-hyper-v-export/

[zeezam]

Ok. Sometimes it works with just stop the VM. Copy the vhd files and startup the vm on another host...

[zeezam]

After starting the virtual guest on a new host I have to activate the product key again and the key is already in use.

Any ideas about that?

It's a windows 2008 sp2 machine...

[cluberti]

If you've sysprep'ed the machine before moving it, you should be OK. If you have a MAK key and have run out of activations, though, you need to contact the clearinghouse phone number to get the activation limit increased. This is why pre-activating VMs that are going to be re-used is a bad idea .