exported from Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Hyper-v easily importable to Hyper-V 2012 R2
On the original Hyper-V server, power down the VMs. Once they have shut down, then stop the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service (VMMS). This will unlock the VM’s files. Simply copy over the VM folders to the Windows Server 2012 R2 server and they can be imported. Remember this was one of the features added to Windows Server 2012 - we do not have to specifically export a VM before it can be imported.
On the original Hyper-V server, power down the VMs. Once they have shut down, then stop the Hyper-V Virtual Machine Management Service (VMMS). This will unlock the VM’s files. Simply copy over the VM folders to the Windows Server 2012 R2 server and they can be imported. Remember this was one of the features added to Windows Server 2012 - we do not have to specifically export a VM before it can be imported.
