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Hyper-V "Planned Virtual Machines" directory
Hi Folks, Search attempts failed me, apologies if this is covered elsewhere. Environment: I have a standalone Hyper-V host with partitions: C:\ [OS] 80GB D:\ [Data] ~900GB Hyper-V ...
Update
The above questions remain, but I recreated the conditions with a twist. This generates more questions than answers . . .
I created a new test export and imported onto a new test host.
This time, prior to export, I stopped the VM.
- As expected the VMRS file was significantly smaller (KB not GB).
- Import took 2 tries (the first try relating to a missing vSwitch on the test host)
- Once the import completed, I still see files in the "Planning" directory. They are locked and do not appear to auto-clear. Some files are related to the failure and others may correlate to the successful import.
How does one keep that Planning directory from accusing cruft? Does it auto-clean or require manual intervention (and if manual, how)?
The Million Dollar Question:
Barring an answer to the above questions, hopefully, there is still a way to move the "Planning" directories to the larger 😧 drive.