If you’re new to Hyper-V, you may be wondering how to import and export virtual machines. In this article, we’ll show you how to do both using Hyper-V Manager. Importing a Virtual Machine To import a virtual machine, first open Hyper-V Manager. Then select the virtual machine you want to import and click the “Import” button. On the “Import Virtual Machine” window, select the destination server where you want to store the virtual machine. You can also choose whether to create a new virtual hard disk or use an existing one. (We recommend creating a new virtual hard disk.) Finally, specify the name of the virtual machine and click OK. Exporting a Virtual Machine To export a virtual machine, first open Hyper-V Manager. Then select the virtual machine you want to export and click the “Export” button. On the “Export Virtual Machine” window, specify whether you want to export all data (including files and folders), just files, or just folders. (We recommend exporting just files.) Finally, specify which file format you want to use (HTML or XML) and click OK. ..
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Exporting a Virtual Machine
To get started, open up the Hyper-V Manager MMC Console.
Now right-click on the virtual machine you wish to export, and select export from the context menu.
Hit the browse button and select the folder you wish to save your exported virtual machine, then click on the export button.
Once the export is complete, you can see your exported virtual machine by going to the location you selected.
Importing a Virtual Machine
Importing a virtual machine can also be done through Hyper-V Manager, to do so click on the Import Virtual Machine link on the right-hand side.
Now navigate to the exported virtual machine and be sure to select folder that your virtual machine was exported into. You can leave the rest of the settings at their defaults and click the import button.
It may take a while for your machine to import depending on its size, but that’s all there is to it.
