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 to connect to Microsoft Hyper-V.
  2. Fill in the server address and account information to connect to Microsoft Hyper-V.

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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.

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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:

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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:

Check the user/group whom you want to grant the privilege for performing Guest Files (Windows / Linux) Restore for the task and browsing the backup versions of the 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 or after the creation of the backup task.

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To apply settings and back up the task:

  1. Confirm all the backup settings from the backup summary, and click Apply.
  2. Click Yes if you would like to run the backup immediately. If you do not wish the task to be executed immediately, please click No. You can go to the Task List tab, select the task, and click Back up later when you want to run the task.