This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Move-VM', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Moves a virtual machine to a new Hyper-V host.
Move-VM [-Name] <String> [-DestinationHost] <String> [-AsJob] [-ComputerName <String[]>] [-DestinationStoragePath <String>] [-IncludeStorage]
[-Passthru] [-ResourcePoolName <String>] [-RetainVhdCopiesOnSource] [-SmartPagingFilePath <String>] [-SnapshotFilePath <String>] [-Vhds
<Hashtable[]>] [-VirtualMachinePath <String>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Move-VM [-CompatibilityReport] <VMCompatibilityReport> [-AsJob] [-Passthru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Move-VM [-VM] <VirtualMachine> [-DestinationHost] <String> [-AsJob] [-DestinationStoragePath <String>] [-IncludeStorage] [-Passthru]
[-ResourcePoolName <String>] [-RetainVhdCopiesOnSource] [-SmartPagingFilePath <String>] [-SnapshotFilePath <String>] [-Vhds <Hashtable[]>]
[-VirtualMachinePath <String>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Move-VM cmdlet moves a virtual machine to a new Hyper-V host.
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Example 1
PS C:\> Move-VM “Test VM” remoteServer
Moves a virtual machine test VM to a remote computer remoteServer when the virtual machine is stored on an SMB share.
Example 2
PS C:\>Move-VM “Test VM” remoteServer –IncludeStorage –DestinationStoragePath D:\TestVM
Moves virtual machine test VM to remote computer remoteServer, and moves all files associated with the virtual machine to D:\TestVM on the
remote computer.
Example 3
PS C:\>Move-VM “Test VM” remoteServer –VirtualMachinePath D:\TestVM\Config –SnapshotFilePath D:\TestVM\Snapshots –SmartPagingFilePath
D:\TestVM\SmartPaging –IncludeStorage –VHDs @(@{“SourceFilePath” = “C:\TestVM\Disk1.VHDX”; “DestinationFilePath” =
“D:\TestVM\Disks\Disk1.VHDX”}, @{“SourceFilePath” = “C:\TestVM\Disk2.VHDX”; “DestinationFilePath” = “D:\TestVM\Disks\Disk2.VHDX”})
Moves a virtual machine Test VM to a remote computer remoteServer and places the files associated with the virtual machine in the specified
locations under D:\TestVM on the remote computer.