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Move Hyper V VM DC

Hi All, I want move a Hyper V VM Domain Controller(with all FSMO Roles) from one host to another host.

This is not a clustered environment, the VM DC is being backed up with Veeam, can I just restore the VM hdd to the new Host and fire it up or should I perform a Export/Import process?

I have read lots of articles that suggest this would be fine, but some say there may be replication problems, Unique ID issues etc.

I would appreciate any advice on this process

Thanks

Lee W, MVP

If you restore your backup AND your DC is ever online after the point of backup, you risk having issues. The proper way to do this is shutdown the VM, Export it, then import it into the new host. AND REMOVE IT FROM THE OLD HOST (If it ever comes back on, even accidentally, it could cause havoc on your network). At a minimum disconnect it from the virtual network switch after you export it and while it's off!

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