How to clone a XenMobile over Hyper - V 2016?

How to clone a XenMobile over Hyper - V 2016?

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Clone a XenMobile node over Hyper - V 2016


Instructions

  1. Turn off both nodes In Hyper-V Manager
  2. Select the virtual machine that you want to clone (can be in running or off state).
  3. Right click on the virtual machine, and select Export. User-added image
  4. Specify the location where you want to save the exported VM.
  5. You can click on Browse button to select a folder. Export Virtual Machine Hit Export when done.
  6. The selected virtual machine will be saved in the location you specified.
  7. In Hyper-V Manager, select Import Virtual Machine in the Actions pane. Click Next button.User-added image
  8. Import Virtual Machine Select the folder which the source virtual machine is exported to, then hit Next button. User-added image
  9. Import Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Select virtual machine to import, then hit Next button. User-added image
  10. Import Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Select the radio button of Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique ID) and hit Next button.User-added image
  11. Import Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Specify a folder location to store the virtual machines configuration files. You can leave it as default as Hyper-V will create a unique ID for the cloned VM. Hit Next button. User-added image
  12. Import Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Specify a folder location to store the virtual hard disks for the cloned virtual machine. You must specify a folder location which is different from virtual hard disks of source virtual machine if you’re cloning the VM on the same host, otherwise you will encounter Hyper-V error while copying virtual hard disks to destination folder due to files already existed. Click on Next button when done. User-added image
  13. Import Virtual Machine in Hyper-V Click on Finish button on the summary page to start the import. Import Virtual Machine to Clone in Hyper-V Once import operation completed, a clone virtual machine that is identical to the original virtual machine is created and listed in Hyper-V Manager. User-added image
  14. Now change the name on the hyper-v manager by right clicking the VM.
  15. Then log in to the new XenMobile node, and change the ip address to the non-working node.
  16. Restart the server.
  17. Then bring all nodes up again.