Change VM configuration files path.

Question

Hi everyone!

I imported a VM and the virtual machine definitions were in the wrong folder. How can I move these settings to the default path defined in Hyper-V?

Answer 1

Hi,

(1) shut down the target virtual machine
(2) setting, note down the vhd file location, for example, S:\sc.com_pxe_client.vhdx
(3) find out the configuration files and move to new location, for example, S:\alex
(4) delete the vm from hyper-v manager
(5) import the vm (register the vm, using the same id)
(6) locate the vhd location (noted down in step 2)

screenshots for your reference:

step 3, copy the 3 files to the new location/default location

step 5, import the vm - locate configuration files folder

step 5, import the vm - select the vm in the location (we can put multiple configuration files in one location if you like)

step 5, import the vm - using same id

step 5, import the vm - locate the vhd file

Alex
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Answer 2

I don't know whether I did something wrong, but when following these instructions using Hyper-V manager under Windows 10 and referencing a Hyper-V server running Hyper-V 2016, I could not delete the VM. after moving the VM config files - the VM config options in Hyper-V manager were missing. To get this to work, I had to copy (not move!) the machine files back to their previous locations. Then I could delete the VM (and associated, but now redundant) config files.

I could then Import the VM with the files that I had previously moved.

So, unless I made a mistake somewhere, I suggest following most of the instructions above, apart from MOVING the config files, COPY them instead

Hope this helps someone else

Dave

p.s., just noticed that there is an inconsistency in the instructions . . . .

The text at the start says "(3) find out the configuration files and move to new location"

But the text further down says "step 3, copy the 3 files to the new location/default location"

i.e., you DO need to COPY the files first