Backup

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

Make sure of the following before adding a hypervisor or virtual machine to Active Backup for Business:

To add a hypervisor:

  1. Click Manage Hypervisor > Add.
  2. Choose one of the hypervisor types: SCVMM, failover cluster, or standalone hypervisor.
  3. Fill in the server address and account information.

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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 a 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 backup destination settings:

When creating the first task in a backup destination, you can configure compression and encryption settings of the backup destination in this step.

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To configure task settings:

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To check the services on virtual machines:

To ensure a successful backup, the system will check if the services on your hosts are correctly configured. If the services are not correctly configured, please refer to this article to enable the required services.

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.