Hi guys,
I've been testing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 for the last three weeks, and though I've searched thoroughly on the topic I cant find a "best practice" guide for where to store the virtual machines.. Most people generally say "Dont store the virtual machines on the same hard disk as the system files", but nobody gives a guide on what exactly to do with the four components of the virtual machines.
When you first install Hyper-V, the four components of the virtual machine (namely the VHD, the configuration, the snapshots and the smart paging) are put in Hyper-V's own default folders on the C: partition. What I have found myself doing is creating the new virtual machine using the default paths, and then when the virtual machine is up and running, use the Move command in Hyper-V Manager to move all four components of the virtual machine to it's OWN folder on the D:\Virtual Machines\<computer_name>\ on the second hard disk... But this seems like an extra unnecessary step.
So my questions would be:
1. Is it okay to store all four components of each virtual machine in it's own folder on a second (non system) hard disk, or is there some reason against doing this? Surely people dont just leave the config and VHDs sit in different folders on the C: partition?
2. Is it possible to set up the default paths to do this for me when I initially create the virtual machine, instead of me having to create THEN move each virtual machine?
Hope that my questions are clear.
thanks,
Jonathan.