Users Guide

NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages.
Performing a one-time Hyper-V export
Complete the steps in this procedure to perform a one-time export to Hyper-V.
1. In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, in the button bar, click the Restore drop-down menu, click VM Export.
2. In the Virtual Machine Export Wizard, select One-time Export.
3. Click Next.
4. On the Machines page, select the protected machine that you want to export.
5. Click Next.
6. On the Recovery Points page, select the recovery point that you want to use for the export.
7. Click Next.
8. On the Destination page, in the Export to Virtual machine drop-down menu, select Hyper-V.
9. To export to a local machine with the Hyper-V role assigned, click Use local machine.
10. To indicate that the Hyper-V server is located on a remote machine, click Remote host, and then enter the information for
the remote host as described in the following table.
Table 109. Remote host information
Text Box Description
Host Name Enter an IP address or host name for the Hyper-V server. It represents the IP address or host name of
the remote Hyper-V server.
Port Enter a port number for the machine. It represents the port through which the Core communicates
with this machine.
User name Enter the user name for the user with administrative privileges for the workstation with the Hyper-V
server. It is used to specify the logon credentials for the virtual machine.
Password Enter the password for the user account with administrative privileges on the workstation with Hyper-
V server. It is used to specify the logon credentials for the virtual machine.
11. Click Next.
12. On the Virtual Machines Options page, in the VM Machine Location text box, enter the path for the virtual machine; for
example, D:\export. This is used to identify the location of the virtual machine.
NOTE:
You need to specify the virtual machine location for both local and remote Hyper-V servers. The path should be
a valid local path for the Hyper-V server. Non-existent directories are automatically created. You should not attempt to
create them manually. Export to shared folders (for example, to \\data\share) is not permitted.
13. In the Virtual Machine Name text box, enter the name for the virtual machine .
The name you enter appears in the list of virtual machines in the Hyper-V Manager console.
14. To specify memory usage, click one of the following:
● Use the same amount of RAM as the source machine. Select this option to identify that the RAM use is identical
between the virtual and source machines.
● Use a specific amount of RAM. Select this option if you want to specify the amount of RAM in MB.
The minimum amount is 1024 MB, and the maximum allowed by the application is 65536 MB. The maximum amount of
memory usage is limited by the amount of RAM available to the host machine.
15. To specify the disk format, next to Disk Format, click one of the following:
● VHDX
● VHD
NOTE:
Hyper-V Export supports VHDX disk formats if the target machine is running Windows 8 (Windows Server
2012) or higher. If the VHDX is not supported for your environment, the option is disabled.
If exporting to Hyper-V generation 2, only VHDX disk format is supported.
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