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→The Anatomy of a Hyper-V Virtual Machine Export
* '''Snapshot''' - Contains all snapshot data associated with the exported virtual machine including configuration files, saved state file, differencing disk image files and the memory image file.
If the option to export only the virtual machine configuration was selected, only the ''config.xml '' file and the ''.exp files '' file in the ''Virtual Machines'' folder will be exported. == Importing a Hyper-V Virtual Machine == Once a Hyper-V virtual machine has been successfully exported, the next step is to import it into the target Hyper-V Server. If the files are not already on the target server, or are not accessible via shared folder on the original server, begin by transferring the files to the target system. Once the files are available on the target Hyper-V server, launch the Hyper-V Manager (''Start->Administration Tools->Hyper-V Manager'') and click on the ''Import Virtual Machine'' link in the ''Actions'' panel. This will display the ''Import Virtual Machine'' dialog as illustrated in the following figure: [[Image:hyper-v_import_virtual_machine.jpg|Importing a Hyper-V virtual machine]] Specify, or navigate to the folder containing the exported virtual machine files and then optionally elect to re-use the original virtual machine ID for the imported virtual machine. If the original virtual machine is to continue operating with in the same Hyper-V infrastructure as the exported virtual machine this option is not recommended. Also note that once the virtual machine has been exported, the folder cannot be used to import a second time (since the new virtual machine will be using the folder for the imported virtual machine). As the virtual machine is imported, a progress dialog will be displayed. Once the import is completed the dialog will close and the virtual machine is ready to run.
