Specifications

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Figure 53. Verifying the new VM settings
On the Hardware Configuration tab, you can select the virtual hard disk name to confirm that the quick
storage migration moved the virtual machine to the new CSV storage location. In addition, scrolling
down through the virtual machine’s properties reveals that the virtual machine is also now highly
available. This enables you to use live migration with the virtual machine.
Dynamic Storage Management with Hot Add Storage
VMM’s ability to hot-add storage enables virtual machines to dynamically adjust to changing storage
requirements without incurring any downtime. To take advantage of hot-add storage the virtual machine
guest operating system must be running Windows Server 2008 R2 or higher.