Migrating virtual machines and updating their integration services

Most people think that the process to migrate the virtual machine from one host with a previous Hyper-V version, to another one with a newer version, is simply done by the export and import process shown in the previous task. You will probably notice some strange behavior in the VMs such as mouse integration, slow performance, and some other issues. You will understand with the next steps why this problem occurs and how to migrate the virtual machine without such problems.

Getting ready

For virtual machines with a supported Linux operating system, you need to download the latest Linux integration components. You can download the current version from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34603 .

To know which Linux operating systems have the Hyper-V support, access the website http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831531.aspx .

For instructions about the Linux integration components' installation, refer...