I don't have Hyper-V server on any of my test computers right now so I'm not
sure. This link explains how to set up VSS on server core.
http://blogs.technet.com/askcore/arc...ss-writer.aspx
Let us know if it works on Hyper-V server.
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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
"DanGen" <DanGen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> 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.
> --
> 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/
>>
>> --
>> Kerry Brown
>> MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
>> http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
>>
>>
>> "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?
>> > --
>> > Dan G.
>>
>>