Migrating VM storage between hosts
In environments without shared storage, Hyper-V operates using local storage on each server to hold the virtual machines. Hyper-V allows for migration of virtual machines and their virtual hard disks between Hyper-V Servers using local storage. This allows for VM portability between hosts without the additional cost of shared storage.
Getting ready
In this recipe we will be using two Hyper-V Servers, each with locally attached storage. The virtual machines reside on locally attached storage on the Hyper-V Servers and we will move the VM and its disk contents between the hosts. This process will occur without any downtime on the virtual machine:
Note
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