The second demo in my presentation focused on being able to export running virtual machines. We can also export a checkpoint to create a merged export. And then we can import a VM to clone it, maybe for troubleshooting, diagnostics, performance testing, upgrade testing, and rollback testing \u2026. all on a \u201cproduction\u201d VM with \u201cproduction\u201d data and services.<\/p>\n
This script will do:<\/p>\n
CLS
\n$DemoVM1 = “NUMA”
\n$ExportPath = “D:\\Exports\\”
\n$ImportedVMName = “Newly Imported VM”
\n$ImportVMPath = “D:\\Virtual Machines\\$ImportedVMName”<\/p>\n
#Clean up the demo
\nStart-VM $DemoVM1 | Out-Null
\nCLS
\nIf (Test-Path $ExportPath)
\n{
\nRemove-Item $ExportPath -Recurse -Force | Out-Null
\n}
\nRemove-VMSnapshot $DemoVM1 -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null
\nStop-VM $ImportedVMName -Force -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null
\nRemove-VM $ImportedVMName -Force -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null
\nRemove-Item $ImportVMPath -Recurse -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null<\/p>\n
#Start the demo
\nRead-Host “Start the demo”
\nWrite-Host “`nThis is the virtual machine $DemoVM that we will be working with” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nGet-VM $DemoVM1 | Select Name, Status | Out-Host<\/p>\n
#Export the VM
\nRead-Host “`nExport the running VM”
\nWrite-Host “`nCreating an export of the virtual machine $DemoVM while it is running” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nWrite-Host “`nExport-VM $DemoVM1 -Path $ExportPath”
\nExport-VM $DemoVM1 -Path $ExportPath | Out-Host
\nWrite-Host “`nHere is the export of the still running virtual machine” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nDir $ExportPath\\NUMA<\/p>\n
#Create a VM checkpoint
\nRead-Host “`nCreate a checkpoint of the VM $DemoVM1”
\nWrite-Host “`nCreating a checkpoint (formerly known as a snapshot) of the virtual machine $DemoVM1” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nWrite-Host “`nCheckpoint-VM $DemoVM1 -SnapshotName `”Demo Checkpoint AKA Snapshot`””
\nCheckpoint-VM $DemoVM1 -SnapshotName “Demo Checkpoint AKA Snapshot”
\nWrite-Host “`nThis is the new checkpoint” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nGet-VMSnapshot $DemoVM1 | Out-Host<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
#Export the VM checkpoint
\nRead-Host “`nDo an export of the VM $DemoVM1 checkpoint”
\nIf (Test-Path $ExportPath)
\n{
\nRemove-Item $ExportPath -Recurse -Force | Out-Null
\n}
\nWrite-Host “`nWe can export a checkpoint of a running virtual machine” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`nNew-Item -ItemType Directory $ExportPath\\$DemoVM1”
\nNew-Item -ItemType Directory $ExportPath\\$DemoVM1<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`nExport-VMSnapshot -Name “Demo Checkpoint AKA Snapshot” -VMName $DemoVM1 -Path $ExportPath”
\nExport-VMSnapshot -Name “Demo Checkpoint AKA Snapshot” -VMName $DemoVM1 -Path $ExportPath | Out-Host<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`nHere is the export” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nDir $ExportPath\\NUMA<\/p>\n
#Import the VM checkpoint to create a new VM
\nRead-Host “`nImport the exported checkpoint to create a new VM”
\nWrite-Host “`nNow we will create a whole new virtual machine from the exported checkpoint” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`n`$XML = gci `”$ExportPath$DemoVM1\\Virtual Machines`” | Where-Object {$_.Extension -eq `”.XML`”}”
\n$XML = gci “$ExportPath$DemoVM1\\Virtual Machines” | Where-Object {$_.Extension -eq “.XML”}<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`n`$NewVM = IMPORT-VM -path `$XML.FullName -Copy -VhdDestinationPath `”$ImportVMPath\\Virtual Hard Disks`” -VirtualMachinePath `”$ImportVMPath`” -SnapshotFilePath `”$ImportVMPath\\Snapshots`” -SmartPagingFilePath `”$ImportVMPath`” -GenerateNewId”
\n$NewVM = IMPORT-VM -path $XML.FullName -Copy -VhdDestinationPath “$ImportVMPath\\Virtual Hard Disks” -VirtualMachinePath $ImportVMPath -SnapshotFilePath “$ImportVMPath\\Snapshots” -SmartPagingFilePath $ImportVMPath -GenerateNewId<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`nRename-VM `$NewVM $ImportedVMName”
\nRename-VM $NewVM $ImportedVMName<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`nStart-VM $ImportedVMName”
\nStart-VM $ImportedVMName<\/p>\n
Write-Host “`nHere is the original virtual machine $DemoVM1 and the new virtual machine $ImportedVMName” -foregroundcolor red -backgroundcolor yellow
\nGet-VM $ImportedVMName,$DemoVM1 | Select Name, Status | Out-Host<\/p>\n
#Clean up the demo
\nRead-Host “`nEnd the demo”
\nStart-VM $DemoVM1 | Out-Null
\nIf (Test-Path $ExportPath)
\n{
\nRemove-Item $ExportPath -Recurse -Force | Out-Null
\n}
\nCLS
\nRemove-VMSnapshot $DemoVM1 -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null
\nStop-VM $ImportedVMName -Force -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null
\nRemove-VM $ImportedVMName -Force -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null
\nRemove-Item $ImportVMPath -Recurse -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Ignore | Out-Null<\/p>\n
The second demo in my presentation focused on being able to export running virtual machines. We can also export a checkpoint to create a merged export. And then we can import a VM to clone it, maybe for troubleshooting, diagnostics, performance testing, upgrade testing, and rollback testing \u2026. all on a \u201cproduction\u201d VM with \u201cproduction\u201d … Continue reading “TEE14 Scripted Demo 2 – Live Exporting & Cloning Hyper-V Virtual Machines”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[181,87,189,195],"class_list":["post-17435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hyper-v","tag-hyper-v","tag-powershell","tag-scripting","tag-virtualisation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t