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How the Agent Protects Hyper-V Systems

The agent lets you back up data and it works best when you want to restore data at the file level, raw (full VM) level, or mixed level.

Microsoft Hyper-V lets you perform the following administrative tasks:

• Perform file level backups and restores of a VM running any Hyper-V supported Windows-based operating system.
• Perform raw (full VM) level backups and restores of a VM running any Hyper-V supported operating system.
• Back up VMs, regardless of their power state.

  Note: The agent lets you back up VMs while they are in a powered off state. However, the VMs should be powered on when populating the Arcserve database.

• Reduce administration overhead by centralizing backup management on Hyper-V host systems.