Hello-
I suspect this question has been asked and answered, but heck if I can find it! I am looking to move 3 or 4 virtual machines from a Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V host to a new Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host.
Both hosts are using DAS only - no SAN or NAS involved. Also, neither is clustered. Basically, about as simple of a Hyper-V setup as you can get.
I have System Center VMM 2012 R2 installed on my 2012 R2 host and SCVMM VMM 2008 R2 installed on my 2008 R2 host. In order to use the built-in migration capability of 2012 R2 to migrate the VMs from 2008 R2 to 2012 R2, I'm assuming I need to install a SCVMM 2012 R2 agent on my 2008 R2 box. I do not want to do this due to the fact that I have Citrix XenDesktop running on that host, along with other VMs, and do not want to risk fouling it up.
With this backdrop, can someone please suggest a migration method - export/import, file copy, and / or use of SCVMM?
Thanks