Vista - Backin up guest VM off Hyper-V Server

Hi All

I'm running a Hyper-V Server 2008 (Free version) and have one Windows server
2003 guest running on it at the min. I'm using Windows 7 (VPC) with the
Hyper-V Manager MMC to manage the guest.

Just wondering what's the most complete way of backing up the guest OS given
the above config? I'm not worried about the Hyper-V server, if anything
happens that it can be easilly setup again. My concern is that any backup
we take of the guest OS will allow a full restore of the entire VM should we
need it.

I've found the MS document on backing up virtual server but that seems to
assume your running full Windows server 2008 with the Hyper-V role and in
that situation I assume you can run backup software on the host OS?

Thanks for any info you can provide.
gR

Sorry I think I see how,

If I shutdown the VM using the Management MMC and then use the cmd prompt on
the VS to copy the .vhd file off to a unc share somewhere.

If I do that will that .vhd contain the entire VM (OS, Apps, setup etc) and
more importantly if I copy that back using the same menthod as I copied it
off, will I be able to run that on the VS in the same state as it was when I
copied the .vhd off?

Thanks again
gR


"gerryR" <gerryr@newsgroup> wrote in message
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If you've rebuilt the underlying server, you'll need to recreate the VM. The
settings, etc, aren't in the VHD. But this is easy, all you need to know is
what networking, CPU, etc you had for the VM and you can easily recreate it.
(Note: this assumes you're not using saved states or snapshots. Those raise
the complexity.)

Once you've recreated the VM, pointing to the restored VHD file(s), you
simply start the VM and all your OS, applications, etc., are intact and
working as you'd expect.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel


"gerryR" <gerryr@newsgroup> wrote in message
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Perfect, thanks Charlie.

gR


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@newsgroup> wrote in message
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