Project Server VME: Import the virtual migration environment

Applies to: Project Server 2010

Topic Last Modified: 2010-05-18

The Project Server virtual migration environment (VME) must be imported from the Project Server Virtual Migration Environment download package (https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729345) in the Microsoft Download Center. The following procedure is used to import the VME and restore it in a virtual machine on a Windows Server 2008 R2 computer by using Hyper-V Manager.

This article describes one of several tasks required to configure your Hyper-V environment for the Project Server virtual migration environment. For more information about other tasks required to configure your Hyper-V environment, see Configure the Hyper-V environment for the Project Server VME. For more information about the VME, see Overview of the VME for Project Server 2010.

To import the virtual migration environment

1. Create a directory on the Hyper-V host to contain the VME files. The zip file is approximately 3.5 GB and when unzipped the files occupy approximately 7 GB. Plan appropriately for hard disk space.

2. Download the "Project Server VME.ZIP" file. Unzip the contents of the file to the directory created above. After unzipping is complete, you will see a subdirectory called "ProjectVME".

3. Start the Hyper-V manager on the Hyper-V host computer.

4. From the Actions pane, select Import Virtual Machine.

5. In the Import Virtual Machine dialog box, click Browse. In the Select Folder dialog box, select the ProjectVME directory created in step 2, and then click Select Folder. This contains a config.xml file.

6. In the Import Virtual Machine dialog box, click Import.

   Note

   After the import process is completed, do not start the VME virtual machine yet.

After the import has completed, see the Project Server VME: Set up data exchange between the host computer and VME virtual machine to configure data exchange between the VME virtual machine and VM host computer.