Hyper-V File Transfer with virtual Machines

Hyper-V File Transfer with virtual Machines

Copying Files between Virtual Machines running on a Hyper-V and that are isolated from the network can be tricky. This post describes, how files can be directly transferred by using powershell and Guest additions.

Enable Guest Additions

Hyper-V Manager -> VM -> Settings -> Integration Services -> Guest Services -> enable

or by running the following Powershell Command:

Enable-VMIntegrationService -Name 'Guest Service Interface' –VMName <VMName>

Copy File from and to Machines

Copy with Copy-VMFile

Copy-VMFile only allows copying to a VM and not from a VM.

Copy-VMFile -Name "VM-NAME" -SourcePath "C:\temp\filestocopy" –DestinationPath 'C:\destinationFolder\destinationFileName' -FileSource Host –CreateFullPath

Copy File from Virtual Machine with Powershell Direct

$VM = "VMName"
$Session = New-PSSession -VMName $VM -Credential "~\Administrator"
Enter-PSSession -Session $Session
[VMName]: PS C:\Users\Administrator\Documents> dir
[VMNAME]: PS C:\Users\Administrator\Documents> Exit

Copy File to Session:

Copy-Item -ToSession $Session -Path C:\SourceFile.txt -Destination D:\DestinationFile.txt

Copy File from Session:

``` Copy-Item -FromSession $Session -Path D:\SourceFile.txt -Destination C:\DestinationFile.txt Get-ChildItem C:\Host\