Protecting Hyper-V Systems Using the Hyper-V VSS Writer › Overview of Protecting Hyper-V VMs Using the Hyper-V VSS Writer

Overview of Protecting Hyper-V VMs Using the Hyper-V VSS Writer

Arcserve Backup lets you protect Hyper-V VMs using the Arcserve Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) agent. You can protect Microsoft Hyper-V data with VSS Writers using Volume Shadow Copy Service technologies.

The sections that follow describe how to configure, back up, and restore Hyper-V VMs using the Hyper-V VSS writer. The processes described are applicable to Arcserve Backup for Windows r12 SP1 installations, and can be used protect Hyper-V systems in Arcserve Backup for Windows r12.5, Arcserve Backup for Windows r15, and this release of Arcserve Backup.

Limitations and Considerations

• You cannot restore data at file level granularity from raw (full VM) backup data.
• You cannot perform mixed mode backups, which consist of raw (full VM) weekly backups and file mode daily backups.
• You can protect Hyper-V VMs that are in a powered off state when you execute Arcserve Hyper-V Configuration Tool.