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→Exporting a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
Once the export dialog is displayed, the next step is to decide where to save the export files. The target location may be entered directly into the text field, or the ''Browse'' button used to navigate graphically to the target destination. The export location of the virtual machine can be any file system which is visible to the local Hyper-V sever host system, including local disk drives, removal removable storage or remotely mounted volumes on the target Hyper-V Server. The only requirement is that the designated volume have sufficient free space to store the virtual machine configuration, virtual hard drives and snapshots. If only the configuration files for the virtual machine are to be exported, the ''Export only virtual machine configuration'' option should also be selected. Within the designated location, a sub-folder with the name of the virtual machine will be created to contain the exported data.
Once a suitable export location has been identified and specified, the export process may clicking on the ''Export'' button. During the export process the ''Operations''' entry for the selected virtual machine will change to ''Exporting'' followed by the current progress percentage. The duration of the export process will vary depending on factors such the performance and load of the host system, the size of any virtual disk drives and the number of snapshots associated with the virtual machine.
