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Hey all,<\/p>\n

Here’s a rough guide to backing up Hyper-V guests (partitions) from the host (root) machine using the drive imaging method in BackupAssist.<\/p>\n

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    1. Activate the Hyper-V VSS writer for Windows Server Backup by clicking the checkbox as shown below.<\/li>\n
    2. Make sure each guest machine has the Backup integration service selected. Start the Hyper-V manager console, and right click on each guest machine and select “Settings”. Then make sure the checkbox shown below is turned on.<\/li>\n
    3. Turn on Shadow Copies on each of your source volumes. As explained in Getting Hyper-V Backups to run fast<\/a>, this will greatly enhance the speed of your backups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      We’re currently writing a white paper on Hyper-V backups, which will include performance benchmarking, recommended best practices and restore procedures. However, this will probably take another month or so… so that’s why I’ve blogged about the 3 steps above so everyone can get started in the meantime.<\/p>\n

      Enjoy!<\/p>\n

      Linus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Hey all, Here’s a rough guide to backing up Hyper-V guests (partitions) from the host (root) machine using the drive imaging method in BackupAssist. Activate the Hyper-V VSS writer for Windows Server Backup by clicking the checkbox as shown below. Make sure each guest machine has the Backup integration service selected. 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