SnapManager for Hyper-V

Export the VM from a non-ONTAP host

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You must first export a virtual machine (VM) from a non-ONTAP host before you can import it to an ONTAP host.

The VM that you want to migrate must be powered off.

  1. Open the application Server Manager.

  2. In the left pane, click Roles > Hyper-V > Hyper-V Manager.

  3. Select the name of the non-ONTAP host on which the VM that you want to migrate currently resides.

  4. From the Virtual Machines pane, right-click the name of the VM that you want to migrate.

  5. Click Export.

    smhv export vm in servermanager

    The Export Virtual Machine window opens.

  6. Click Browse.

    A window displaying available hard disk drives opens.

  7. Click the ONTAP host destination for the VM.

  8. Click Select Folder.

    The VM is exported to the Data ONTAP destination that you chose in Step 7.

Next, import the VM to the Data ONTAP host that you chose.