Create Backup Task

To back up virtual machines, you must configure a backup task to define how, where, and when to back up the virtual machine data. A backup task can be used to process one virtual machine or more. You can configure a backup task and start it immediately or save the task and run it later. This section will guide you through how to create backup tasks to protect Hyper-V virtual machines step by step.

Contents

  1. Before You Start
  2. Launch the Backup Wizard
  3. Backup Wizard

Before You Start

Before you start, please check if there are existing virtual machines. If not, please follow the steps below to add Hyper-V servers to have available virtual machines.

  1. Click Manage Hypervisor > Add.
  2. Fill in the server address and account information to connect to Microsoft Hyper-V.

Note:

Apart from adding Microsoft Hyper-V, you can also edit or delete the Hyper-V servers by Manage Hypervisor:

Launch the Backup Wizard

Backup Wizard

To select backup destination and virtual machines:

After the backup wizard has been launched, select a shared folder in the Btrfs file system as the backup destination. Then, specify the backup task name, and select the virtual machines for this backup task.

Note:

If you have already selected a virtual machine in the Microsoft Hyper-V tab, the selected virtual machine will be automatically displayed in this step.

To configure task settings:

Note:

To set the backup schedule:

To set the retention policy:

In this step, you can choose either one of the following retention policy to apply to the created task:

To configure privilege settings:

Privilege settings are configurable when creating a backup task. To ensure that only eligible users can have access to restore backed up files and versions of the backup task, privilege settings can be configured during task creation. You can always edit the task to change the privilege settings.

Check the user/group that can browse and restore backed up versions of the task.

Administrators group/users are default eligible to restore the backup task.

To apply settings and back up the task:

    After configuring all the backup settings, a backup summary will be displayed. Please follow the instructions below to finalize the backup after confirming your settings:

  1. Click Apply to create the backup task and a pop-up window will appear.
  2. Click Yes if you would like to run the backup immediately, or you may click Backup on the task list if you want to run the task afterward.