Export/backup Hyper-V settings

[enjay]

I got a bit click-happy last week, and removed a virtual disk from one of our VMs, just the link to the vhdx file in Hyper-V Manager not the actual file itself. I've put it back now, but it took me a little while to get the correct path for it. Is there a way I can export the CPU, RAM and disk settings of all our VMs, either individually or in one go? Edited October 4, 2021 by enjay

[mrstrong]

was looking at this myself,

there is the powershell

Export-VM

but that does everything, i.e. disks

or just to see vm info you could use

get-vm | fl *

and to see drive paths

get-vm | select -ExpandProperty HardDrives

 

Also I'm sure each VM used to have an XML config file you could copy / backup but

just checking under "Virtual Machines" sub folder I can't find it now,

 

Quick google looks like xml file has been replaced by a binary vmcx file

[enjay]

Nice, thanks!