Windows 10: Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows 10

How to: Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows 10

How to Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Windows 10


Hyper-V enables running virtualized computer systems on top of a physical host. These virtualized systems (aka: guests) can be used and managed just as if they were physical computer systems, however they exist in a virtualized and isolated environment.

If you like, you can move a Hyper-V virtual machine and all files associated with it to a new storage location of your choice.

This tutorial will show you how to completely move a Hyper-V virtual machine to a new location in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Manager
• Option Two: Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in PowerShell

OPTION ONE [/i] Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Manager
1. Turn off the Hyper-V virtual machine you want to move if currently running.

2. Open Hyper-V Manager (virtmgmt.msc).

3. Select the Hyper-V virtual machine (ex: "Windows 7 Ultimate") you want to move, and perform one of the following actions: (see screenshot below)

• Click/tap on Move in the Actions pane on the far right.
• Right click or press and hold on the virtual machine, and click/tap on Move.

4. Click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)



5. Select (dot) Move the virtual machine's storage, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)



6. Select (dot) Move all of the virtual machine's data to a single location, and click/tap on Next. (see screenshot below)



7. Perform the following actions to specify a new location for the virtual machine's items: (see screenshots below)
1) Click/tap on the Browse button.
2) Navigate to and select the folder at the location you want to move the virtual machine to.
3) Click/tap on Select Folder.
4) Click/tap on Next.






8. Verify everything is correct, and click/tap on Finish when ready to move the virtual machine. (see screenshot below)



9. The virtual machine will now start moving to the new location. (see screenshot below)

*note It can take a while to finish moving the virtual machine.



10. When finished, you can close Hyper-V Manager if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Move Hyper-V Virtual Machine in PowerShell
*note To see more usage options for the Move-VMStorage command, see: Move-VMStorage | Microsoft Dics
1. Turn off the Hyper-V virtual machine you want to move if currently running.

2. Open an elevated PowerShell.

3. Type Get-VM into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter. Make note of the Hyper-V virtual machine name (ex: "Windows 7 Ultimate") you want to move. (see screenshot below)



4. Type the command below into the elevated PowerShell, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
*Arrow Move-VMStorage "<VM name>" -DestinationStoragePath "<Full Path of New Location>"

*note Substitute <VM name> in the command above with the actual virtual machine name (ex: "Windows 7 Ultimate") from step 3 you want to move.

Substitute <Full Path of New Location> in the command above with the full path of the folder (ex: "E:\Virtual Machines\Windows 7 Ultimate") at the new location you want to move the virtual machine to.

For example: Move-VMStorage "Windows 7 Ultimate" -DestinationStoragePath "E:\Virtual Machines\Windows 7 Ultimate"




5. When finished, you can close the elevated PowerShell if you like. (see screenshot below)

*note It can take a while to finish moving the virtual machine.





That's it,
Shawn


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