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IntroductionShould I use Live Migration or Storage Migration?What is Live Migration in Hyper-V?How Live Migration WorksRead more about Step-by-step Hyper-V Storage Live MigrationWhat is Storage Migration in Hyper-V?How Storage Migration WorksKey Differences: Live Migration vs Storage MigrationWhen Live Migration Is the Right ChoiceScenarioSolution: Live MigrationResultWhy Storage Migration Would NOT Help...

In our daily work, we often encounter situations where migrating Hyper-V VMs to different storage is necessary, ideally without downtime. Starting with Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced storage live migration, a feature that allows us to move VM storage while the VM remains running. For versions prior to Windows Server...