Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ Resource Kit

Chapter 8. Moving from Virtual Server 2005 R2 to Hyper-V

• Considerations Before Migrating a Virtual Server 2005 R2 Host to Hyper-V

• Migrating a Virtual Server 2005 R2 Host to Hyper-V

• Considerations Before Migrating Virtual Machines

• Migrating Virtual Machines

• Summary

• Additional Resources

Moving from Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 to Hyper-V involves migrating both the Virtual Server host and the virtual machines. Because of the change in architecture, it is not a simple process—you can’t perform an upgrade in place to make this move. Rather, the host and virtual machine migrations must be done separately. It is not a terribly difficult process, but the multiple steps involved in the migration must be performed in the correct order. This chapter will provide ...