camdenboyz
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Importing Hyper-V VM
I powered down the vm copied the vm to a testing environment. I now want to import the vm. I copied the entire directory of the vm (vhds and xml ). However when i attempt to import the vm i am prompted with an error message that states " Import failed. Import failed. unable to find virtual machine import files under location "FDDSFS". You can import a virtual machine only if you used hyper-v to create and export it. How do i export it then? So i have to build a new vm and attach the vhds. Is there a better way? I am wanting to do this for DR.
Phil_taylor1980
i often cheat with this and just set up a VM but then tell it to use the exisiting disks, the new machine is then created with the same settings. You thne just need to assign a NIC and IP and its off an running.
Thats exactly what I do as well, +1 to Phil, as everytime i have used Hyper-v import / export, have faced problems
if you have snapshots, just merge them before you copy over the vhd.
i think in your case, as phil has already mentioned, just create a new vm and use existing disk (vhd).
if you have snapshots, just merge them before you copy over the vhd.
i think in your case, as phil has already mentioned, just create a new vm and use existing disk (vhd).
When you export the VM, the Hyper-V manager creates an .exp file among other things. This file is used during the import. If you want to use the vhd for exporting, then you have to make a VM and attach the vhd to it.
I would rather export the VMs and try import then to copy the vhd. If for some reason, the export fails the vhd can be used as the other experts have said. If you also use snapshots, and want to retain the snapshots, then I would definitely used exports.
If you have multiple Hyper-V hosts in several disparate sites, then I think it would be feasible to look into SCVMM.
Regards,
Shahid
I would rather export the VMs and try import then to copy the vhd. If for some reason, the export fails the vhd can be used as the other experts have said. If you also use snapshots, and want to retain the snapshots, then I would definitely used exports.
If you have multiple Hyper-V hosts in several disparate sites, then I think it would be feasible to look into SCVMM.
Regards,
Shahid
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