2008 R2 Hyper-V Host Upgrade to 2012 R2
I have a 2008 R2 Hyper-V host running two VMs. One is a 2008 R2 guest and the other is a 2012 R2 guest. I'm getting some networking errors in the system logs on the 2012 R2 guest. It would appear I should be running my host on 2012 R2.
My question is what is the best way to get there? Do I do an in place upgrade of my host from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2? Or do I do a clean reload of the host OS to 2012 R2? If the latter, how do I handle my virtual servers? Do I need to export them first, then import them into the new host?
I look forward to your replies.
My question is what is the best way to get there? Do I do an in place upgrade of my host from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2? Or do I do a clean reload of the host OS to 2012 R2? If the latter, how do I handle my virtual servers? Do I need to export them first, then import them into the new host?
I look forward to your replies.
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Thanks guys. After discussing your feedback with the client, we will spin-up a new 2008R2 VM and migrate the one application that is running on the 2012 R2 VM. This is the least disruptive method for the client.
I split points for those that replied.
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Phil, yes the OS in on a separate partition from the VMs. Wouldn't I need to first Export to be able to import the VMs into 2012?