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If your disk storage supports it (SAN) you can have the SAN take a snapshot. You can then mount the snapshot and copy the VHD(s) somewhere else and run them. They would be crash consistent, meaning that it would be just like rebooting after they had the power suddenly removed. You also can't start them back on the same network or they will conflict with the originals. &nbsp;
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If your disk storage supports it (SAN) you can have the SAN take a snapshot. You can then mount the snapshot and copy the VHD(s) somewhere else and run them. They would be crash consistent, meaning that it would be just like rebooting after they had the power suddenly removed. You also can't start them back on the same network or they will conflict with the originals.  

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I would like to export e few virtual machines but I don't want them to turn them off.<br />
Is it even possible to export machines in Hyper-V without stopping the virtual machine? <br />
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I know I can make a snapshot but can I import them on a new fysical machine?<br />
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Thanks in advance!<br />
Clyde.
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I would like to export e few virtual machines but I don't want them to turn them off.
Is it even possible to export machines in Hyper-V without stopping the virtual machine? 

I know I can make a snapshot but can I import them on a new fysical machine?

Thanks in advance!
Clyde.

How to exporting machines in Hyper-V?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.