I guess I should elaborate a bit. In a Full blown Windows Server 2008 with
HyperV installation we run a set of scripts using task scheduler to back up
our Vms to disk as described here:
http://virtuallyaware.spaces.live.co...0&sa=104549535
The scripts leverage VSS by invoking DISKSHADOW to take a Snapshot of the
volume(s) that contain the HyperV virtual machines and then invokes robocopy
to copy them to an external disk. Will this strategy work in the Standalone
HyperV Server installation? Does HyperV Server 2008 have Diskshadow? Does
it have a task scheduler?
Thanks for your response.
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Dan G.
"Kerry Brown" wrote:
Quote:
> If the virtual machines can be stopped for the backup the easiest way is
> just copy the .vhd file. You should also perform normal backups from within
> the virtual machine OSs just as if they were real servers. You can also use
> the Windows Server Backup
>
> http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-dd6be9b0af28/
>
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> Kerry Brown
> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
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>
> "DanGen" <DanGen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:840218A1-16DB-45A5-81FA-2267406664D6@xxxxxx Quote:
> > We're playing with Hyper-V Server 2008 (the free small footprint bare
> > metal
> > hypervisor not WS2008 with Hyper-V role) in the lab, and the first
> > question
> > I've come up with how the heck to I back up the VMs? I've looked around a
> > bit, but no luck. The server in the has an ESATA card -- I was thinking I
> > could use an external drive. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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> > Dan G.
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