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Use Hardware Snapshot for Hyper-V Agentless Backup

Follow these steps:

1. Verify if the following prerequisites are met.
   • Install a VSS hardware provider (for example, NetApp) on the Hyper-V servers. To support the transportable snapshot, install the VSS hardware provider on the backup proxy server. A typical configuration of a VSS hardware provider includes:
     • Specifying a server that controls the LUN
     • Specifying the disk array credentials to access the disk array

   Note: For more information on configuring the VSS hardware provider, contact your hardware provider vendor.

   • The Hyper-V server and the proxy server must have a similar operating system version.
   • If the Hyper-V server belongs to a cluster, the proxy server should not be a part of the Hyper-V cluster.
2. Log in to the Console and create a plan for backup.

   Note: For more information on creating an agentless backup plan, see How to Create a Host-based Agentless Backup Plan.

3. Verify that you have selected the Use hardware snapshot wherever possible option in the Advanced tab.
4. Save the plan and submit the backup job.

The backup job runs using the storage snapshot.