Specify name and location, I choose Generation 1 under Specify Generation screen, only under Connect Virtual Hard Disk choose Use an existing virtual hard disk and browse to the path of the disk. I tried to create new virtual machine and attach existing VHD from the machine I`m (unsuccessfully) trying to import. You can create new virtual machine and attach existing VHD from Windows 2008 HyperV VM to it. You can import VM into Windows Server 2012 first (since it still supports v1) then export it and import into Windows Server 2012 R2 What are the options for importing machine from Windows Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2? Go to Control Panel| Administrative Tools | Services and stop Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management serviceĬopy VM you wish to import into Windows Server 2012 R2Īfter starting Import procedure of VM that was simply copied from Windows Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2 import starts with no errorsĪccording to this link Microsoft removed The WMI root\virtualization\v1 namespace (that Server 2008 is using in VMs) in Windows Server 2012 R2. They are not compatible.īUT, you can just plain and simple copy virtual machine from Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2 So, after little research I found this – īasically, it is not possible to export VM from Windows Server 2008 and import it into Windows Server 2012 R2 HyperV. xml file from import directory but still no luck, errors. No Denied results, everything is great success To capture traffic, start import process in HyperV once more Stop capturing by clicking to magnifying glass (x will appear across glass)ģ.New window will appear, under Display entries matching these conditions choose: Path |Contains | Enter path to virtual machine you are trying to import |Includeĥ.Path will appear with green sign |Confirm with Apply |OKĬlick on magnifying glass once more to enable it again In order to capture what we need, we need to do followingġ. Initially capturing window will be full of data. You can download process monitor from here Next I`m going to try with Process Monitor. We are going to try and capture the process of importing and detailed error:įor start I entered the following command in directory where is machine which I want to import: dir /s /b You can try all I tried (no use, but there is plenty of useful info) or just skip and scroll to the end and part where it boldly says What are the options for importing machine from Windows Server 2008 to Server 2012 R2? While importing virtual machine to HyperV in Windows Server 2012 R2 which was exported from Hyper V in Windows Server 2008 I got following error “Hyper-V did not find virtual machines to import from location…”
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