You can just type it out: Enable-VMIntegrationService -VMName svlmon01 -Name 'Guest Service Interface' The cmdlet to use is Enable-VMIntegrationService. Enabling File Copy Guest Service in PowerShell Specifically, look for “File copy from host to guest”.īy default, Hyper-V disables the particular service that allows you to transfer files directly into a guest. It doesn’t work on all distributions/versions. The PowerShell method that I’m going to show you makes use of the Linux Integration Services (LIS). Prerequisite for Copying a File into a Linux Guest: Linux Integration Services I’ll provide a longer list of the benefits of this method after the how-to. You’ll want to use this method when the Windows system that you’re working from hosts the target Linux machine.

This article highlights the PowerShell technique as it’s the newest method, and therefore the least familiar. Method 1) Use PowerShell and Integration Services Your Windows machine runs Hyper-V, and Hyper-V runs your Linux machine as a guest. You need to get that file into your Linux machine.

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