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backup Hyper-V vms

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 01/30/2009
From: Tim
Message:

What is the best way to backup Hyper-V virtual machines? Should they be
backed up the same way we backup physical servers, or do I shut them down and
just make a flat file copy of the images... or something else? Also, what do
the snapshots do for me? I'm assuming they just let me go back in time which
is helpful if a new update or software install breaks something.

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Re: backup Hyper-V vms

Sent: 02/03/2009
From: "Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

You're on the right track when thinking about your VMs like physical
systems...I'd recommend using the Hyper-V VSS writer, provided that your VMs
are VSS-aware systems. A note about snapshots - you should never use
snapshots for virtualized domain controllers...this can lead to many bad
things. :-)

Hope this helps,
--Ryan

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Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Clustering
MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x8, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP

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> What is the best way to backup Hyper-V virtual machines? Should they be
> backed up the same way we backup physical servers, or do I shut them down
> and
> just make a flat file copy of the images... or something else? Also, what
> do
> the snapshots do for me? I'm assuming they just let me go back in time
> which
> is helpful if a new update or software install breaks something.
>
>

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