This blog post will cover the Live Storage Migration.
Live storage migration allows you to migrate the storage of a VM (VHD and also the new VHDX) and the configuration files to be moved to new locations. And this will be performed live, while the VM is still running!
So
basically, you can move it between SANs, SMB shares, DAS and so on with no downtime.
The
migration will copy every file (virtual hard disks, snapshots and
configurations) and the VM will write and read to its destination during this
process, and after the copy is completed, the VM will write to both locations
(source and destination) while its copying the blocks that has been changed
during the copy process. At last there is a clean-up process where the data is
synced and the source is finally deleted.
1.
Right
click on the VM in Hyper-V Manager (if your Hyper-V host is a node in a Hyper-V
Cluster, you`ll get a message indicating that you have to use Failover Cluster
Manager to perform this action. It`s a hard block by design, which is good!)
2.
Select
Move the virtual machine`s storage and click next
3.
In
this example, I`ll move every related file for this particular VM. But also
notice you`re able to select files individually if you have special needs for
not placing the files on same share/disk/LUN. This is a cheap lab environment
and I have nothing to lose.
4.
Enter
the location. In this example, I`ll move it to a network share, running on a
Windows Server 2008 R2. Click next
5.
See
the summary of the options you have specified and hit the finish button once
you are ready
6.
The
process has started
7.
And
it`s done!
2 comments:
how install windows server "8" in a VM in Hyper-v windows server 2008R2? the in installer say that needs drivers?
I currently work for Dell and I found your blog on "Live Storage Migration in Windows Server "8" Hyper-V" quite informative and useful. It will be of great help to those who try to migrate live storage in window server.
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