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CHEATSHEET–HYPER-VBACKUPwww.
BackupAssist.
com1Cost-effectivebackupofHyper-VHost&GuestsTypeofprotectionMethodCapabilitiesLicensing/Price(USD)EssentialProtectionImagethehostBaremetalrestoreHardwareindependentrestoreIndividualVMrestoreGranularrestoreoffiles&foldersonGuestsVMmigrationtodifferenthostBackupAssist$249BackupAssistVMGranularRestoreConsoleAdd-on$249EnhancedProtectionExchangeMailboxBrick-levelprotectionforExchangeEmailbackuptoPSTEmailarchivingtoPSTBackupAssistExchangeMailboxAdd-on$129Rsync–InternetbackupOffsitebackupviaInternetFiles&VSSawareapplications(Exchange2003/7,SQL2005/8)BackupAssistforRsync$129SQLPointintimebackup&restorationofSQLdatabases(SQL2000/5/8)BackupAssistSQLAdd-on$129CentralizedMonitoringCMCMonitormultipleinstallationsfromcentralizedlocationFreeforGoldresellers&BackupCaresubscribersNote:TheseinstructionshavebeenwrittenforandtestedagainstSBS2003andSBS2008HostPrerequisitesWindowsServer2008comeswithHyper-VBeta.
InstallKB950050togetituptoRTM.
AddWindowsServerBackupfeature.
UseFASTdiskstoavoidVSStimeoutproblems.
Keeppartitionsizeslessthan2TB.
GuestGuidelinesUsefixedVHDdisks–i.
e.
allocatealldiskspaceupfrontforbetterperformance.
Intheguests,useBasicdisks,notdynamicdisks–otherwiseonlineVSSbackupswon'twork.
AvoidusingHyper-Vsnapshotsastheseslowperformanceandmakeemergencymigrationsmoredifficult.
TurnontheBackupintegrationserviceforeachHyper-Vguest,asexplainedhere:http://www.
backupassist.
com/blog/support/hyper-v-backup-using-windows-server-backup/.
CommonRestoreTasksFullbare-metalrestoreofhostmachine:http://www.
wbadmin.
info/articles/howto-bare-metal-restores-windows-server-2008-backup.
html.
IndividualVMrestoretothesameHostmachine:http://www.
backupassist.
com/blog/support/granular-individual-vm-restore-of-hyper-v-virtual-machine-from-backup/.
MigratingaVMtoadifferentHostmachine:http://www.
backupassist.
com/blog/support/granular-individual-vm-restore-of-hyper-v-virtual-machine-from-backup/.
RestoringamachineintoanewHyper-VvirtualmachinefromaNASbackup:http://www.
backupassist.
com/blog/support/how-to-restore-a-server-2008-image-backup-to-a-new-hyper-v-vm-from-nas/.
GranularrestoreoffilesandfoldersonGuestVM:http://www.
youtube.
com/watchv=pXCVSqS67xE.
TipsforsuccessEnableVSSpersistentshadowcopiestoenablefastincrementalbackups:http://www.
backupassist.
com/blog/support/hyper-v-and-windows-server-backup-getting-it-to-run-fast/.
RecordthedetailsofthesetupofeachVM.
Thiscomesinveryhandyinemergencymigrationscenarios.
TheBackupAssistVMGranularRestoreConsoleTheBackupAssistVMGranularRestoreConsoleallowsuserstorestorefilesonaGuestfromthebackupoftheHost.
Normally,it'snotpossibletodothisbecausetheGuest'sfilesystemislockedwithinaVHD.
However,theBackupAssistVMGranularRestoreConsoleovercomesthis,andallowsyoutorestorefromanyavailablebackup(nomatterhowold)andanyavailableGuest.
ThismeansyoucanprovideessentialprotectionforyourHyper-VHostandGuestsbyperformingonebackup–imagingyourHost–withoutneedingtoimageyourGuests.
CHEATSHEET–HYPER-VBACKUPwww.
BackupAssist.
com2EssentialProtection–ImagetheHostBackuptheHostmachineusingBackupAssist(utilizingWindowsServerBackup).
Client'sViewAdministrator'sViewEnhancedProtection–ExchangeMailboxesBackuptheHostmachineusingBackupAssist(utilizingWindowsServerBackup).
Additionally,backupExchangeMailboxesonGuestmachine.
Client'sViewAdministrator'sViewEnhancedProtection–RsyncBackuptheHostmachineusingBackupAssist(utilizingWindowsServerBackup).
Additionally,backupfilesandVSSapplicationsviaRsynconGuestmachine.
Client'sViewAdministrator'sView.