Ad-hoc Virtual Standby to Microsoft Hyper-V

The Ad-hoc Virtual Standby machine is created by converting the recovery points to a Microsoft Hyper-V machine format. Standby VM contains same data, same number of disks, and network configurations as Source node.

This section provides the information on how to create an Ad-hoc Virtual Standby Machine to Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor.

Notes:

• The Virtual Standby task runs only if the backup task creates a valid recovery point snapshot.
• The Ad-hoc VSB sources will not be listed under Virtual Standby in the left pane of the resources tab.

Follow these steps:

1. On the VM(s) Location Step (2 of 4) screen, specify the hypervisor details for the ad-hoc standby VM.
• For Hypervisor Type, from the drop-down list, select Microsoft Hyper-V as the hypervisor.
• For Host, from the drop-down list, select the existing hypervisor or add a new hypervisor.
• To add a new hypervisor, follow these steps:
1. From the Host drop-down list, click +Add New Hypervisor.
2. On the Add Hypervisor dialog, provide the following details as needed, and then click OK:

Hyper-V Hostname/IP Address

Specifies the host name of the Hyper-V system.

Username

Specifies the username that is required to log into the Hyper-V system.

Note: Make sure to use an administrative account or an account with administrative privileges on the Hyper-V system.

Password

Specifies the password for the username that is required to log into the Hyper-V system.

Protocol

Select HTTPS as protocol you want to use for communication between the Arcserve UDP server and the Hyper-V Server system (monitoring server).

Port

Specifies the port you want to use for data transfer between the Arcserve UDP server and the Hyper-V Server system (monitoring server). The default port is 8014.

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• The new hypervisor is added as a host for Ad-hoc Standby VM.
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2. Click Next.

The Virtual Machine(s) Settings screen appears.