Hyper-V

Hypervisor technology is software on which multiple virtual machines can run, with the hypervisor layer controlling the hardware and allocating resources to each VM operating system. Hyper–V is the virtualization platform that is included in Windows Server.

lient HyperV is the virtualization technology built into Windows 10 and Windows8.x. It is the same virtualization technology previously available only in WindowsServer. Client HyperV enables you to run more than one 32-bit or 64-bit x86 operating system at the same time on the same host computer.

The difference is that VMware offers Dynamic Memory support for any guest OS, while Hyperv has historically supported Dynamic Memory only for VMs that are running Windows.

Microsoft Hyper-V Server is a free product that delivers enterprise-class virtualization for your datacenter and hybrid cloud. Microsoft Hyper-V Server provides new and enhanced features that can help you deliver the scale and performance needs of your mission-critical workloads.

The Windows hypervisor technology in Microsoft Hyper-V Server is the same as what’s in the Microsoft Hyper-V role on Windows Server. It is a stand-alone product that contains only the Windows hypervisor, a Windows Server driver model, and virtualization components. It provides a simple and reliable virtualization solution to help you improve your server utilization and reduce costs.

Nakivo Hyper-V Backup

Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup – Installation

Walkthrough of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup—Installation. I have a Hyper-V server 2016 with SCCM, AD servers, and Windows 10 virtual machines. In this post, I will share my experience installing the NAKIVO Hyper-V backup solution.

NAKIVO Backup & Replication supports Microsoft Hyper-V 2016, 2012(R2), and 2012 hypervisors. The installation was straightforward and took less than 5 minutes for me.

Download NAKIVO backup and replication solution from https://goo.gl/3Tb7D2

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides integration with Microsoft Active Directory. You can easily map Active Directory groups to NAKIVO Backup & Replication user roles.

I plan to cover the BACKUP and RESTORE guide in future blog posts. IE is missing from the recommended browsers list of NAKIVO. I don’t know the exact reason for this. In this post, I will cover the following.

Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup – Installation

Prerequisites for NAKIVO Microsoft Hyper-V backup How to Install NAKIVO Backup and Replication Solution What is a Transporter? NAKIVO troubleshooting Logs How to Perform NAKIVO Configurations How to Create a New Backup Repository for NAKIVO Hyper-V Video Tutorial of NAKIVO Backup & Replication Installation.

Prerequisites for NAKIVO Microsoft Hyper-V backup

Let’s discuss the Prerequisites for NAKIVO Microsoft Hyper-V backup. The list below provides more details.

  • Full administrative permissions are required
  • Default administrative shares must be enabled on Hyper-V hosts
  • The “File server” role must be enabled on Hyper-V hosts
  • The SMB v1 protocol should be allowed on Hyper-V hosts

NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be installed on the following operating systems.

  • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (x64)
  • Windows Server 2012 Standard (x64)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (x64)
  • Windows 10 Professional (x64)
  • Windows 8 Professional (x64)
  • Windows 7 Professional (x64)
NAKIVO Backup & Replication can be accessed from the following Web browsers
Google Chrome v26 or later
Mozilla Firefox v21 or later
Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup – Installation – Table 1

How to Install NAKIVO Backup and Replication Solution

NAKIVO can be installed on Windows, Linux, and NAS. To install NAKIVO Backup & Replication on the Windows platform, run the NAKIVO Backup & Replication installer and click Install. This is explained in the video tutorial here.

NAKIVO has three main components: Director, Transporter, and Backup Repository. When you select FULL Installation, all three parts will automatically be installed. I chose the following configurations for installation.

  • Installation Type:        Full solution
  • Create Repository:        E:\Program Files
  • Installation Path:        C:\Program Files\NAKIVO Backup & Replication
  • Director Web UI port:    4443
  • Transporter Port:         9446
Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup - Installation - Fig.1
Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup – Installation – Fig.1

What is a NAKIVO Transporter?

A Transporter is a service running backup, replication, and recovery tasks. These components are also responsible for managing backup repositories. 

Do I Need a Transporter? Your installation already includes one transporter, the “Onboard transporter.” However, if you run a large environment or have multiple sites, you may need additional transporters.

NAKIVO Logs Location for Troubleshooting

C:\Program Files\NAKIVO Backup & Replication\logs\0

How to Perform NAKIVO Configurations

The configuration steps are General, Inventory, Transporters, Repositories, Events, and Licensing. From my perspective, inventory and backup repository configurations are the most important settings.

Inventory is the place where you add the hypervisor connectivity details and inventory of that infrastructure.

Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup - Installation - Fig.2
Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup – Installation – Fig.2

I tested the NAKIVO inventory option by Adding Hyper-V Servers to connect my SCCM Hyper-V lab infrastructure with NAKIVO. 

Display Name: Type: select whether you want to add a standalone Hyper-V server Hostname or IP: Specify the hostname or IP address of the Hyper-V server Username and Password: Specify credentials of the Hyper-V server that you want to add to the inventory. The credentials you specify should have full administrative privileges to the Hyper-V server WS MAN port: 5986 – Specify the port number for WS MAN.

How to Create a New Backup Repository for NAKIVO Hyper-V

To create a new Backup Repository, follow the steps below

  1. Click Configuration in the upper right corner of the product.
  2. Go to the Repositories tab and click Add Backup Repository
  3. Click Create a new backup repository
  4. Fill out the fields as described below:
    Name, the target (Assigned transporter), Type (forever incremental, Incremental with full backups), Location (Local folder on assigned transporter), etc.
  5. To specify advanced options, click More Options and perform the following options Storage Savings & Encryption
Walk Through of NAKIVO Hyper-V Backup – Installation – Video 1

Reference

https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/

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Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide

Let’s learn Hyper-V Backup Step-by-Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide. This post will show the details of the Hyper-V backup step-by-step installation and configuration guide. I have to build a hyper-v server 2016 with three VMs.

This is my new SCCM CB lab, and Altaro VM backup has been installed and configured on that server to take backup of my hyper-v VMs.

A future blog post will cover the restoration process of Hyper-v VMs from Altaro VM Backup. This blog post will cover the installation, configuration, VM backup, backup retention, and VM backup health check.

Recently, Altaro released Altaro VM Backup v7 with vSphere 6.5 and Windows Server 2016 support, concurrency update, and the new Cloud Management Console; more details. They have included other features into the latest Altaro VM backup v7 boot VM from Backup and Augmented Inline Deduplication. The new Unlimited Plus Edition also comes with a new online console.

Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide

This version generally provides considerably increased backup concurrency per Hypervisor. With Altaro’s inline deduplication technology, the user can benefit from huge storage space savings and much better backup speeds.

Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide - Fig.1
Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide – Fig.1

Step1 – Connecting to Hyper-V and Discovering VMS

Hosts—This is the step where the Hyper-V machines were discovered via Altaro VM backup. I have an SCCM infrastructure setup with this Hyper-V lab, so Altaro was able to find the 3 VMs as part of the STEP 1 discovery.

STEP 2 – Setting up Backup locations for VM backups

Backup Locations—This is where we set up a backup location for each Hyper-V VM. You can provide a network location and external hard disk. Setting up a backup site is easy. Altaro backup automatically discovers the external hard disk or USBs connected to your Hyper-V server. You can drag and drop your VMs to a particular backup location, and that is it!

Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide - Fig.2
Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide – Fig.2

Scheduling backup tasks for Hyper-V VMs via Altaro Hyper-V backup is very easy. You can also set up a retention policy for Hyper-V VM backups according to your organizational requirements.

Advanced settings allow you to customize and skip IOS files from Hyper-V VM backups. If your organization requires encryption while backing up VMs, Altaro has an out-of-the-box setting to configure the encryption of VMs.

STEP 3 – Hyper-V VM Backup, Retention Schedules, and Reports

Step 3 is the last stage I will cover in this post. It involves backing up Hyper-V VMs using the Altaro backup solution. When you click on the “+” symbol on the right side of your VM and click on the “Take Backup” button, Altaro will send the instructions to the hypervisor. You can also schedule the Hyper-V VM backups to automate the backup process.

Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide - Fig.3
Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide – Fig.3

You can also check and verify the backup that has already been completed. The Schedule Test Drills and Test – Verify Backups options automate the validation of Hyper-V VM backups. Some helpful out-of-box reports will provide details about the Altaro Backup jobs completed.

Retention policies help automate deleting old Hyper-V VM backups on a particular schedule. In my testing, this is very useful for better storage management. Watch the video tutorial to learn more about Altaro services and file systems. Eight Altaro Services are running on the Hyper-V server.

Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide - Fig.4
Hyper-V Backup Step by Step Installation Configuration Video Guide Altaro Backup Guide – Fig.4

Conclusion:-

This post covered installation, configuration, VM backup, backup retention, and VM backup health check. In a later post, I will cover the recovery options of the Altaro VM Backup solution in detail. Overall, I had a great user experience with the installation, configuration, and VM backup of Altaro VM Backup. The drag-and-drop options for VMs are my favorite option in Altaro VM backup. Stay tuned for the next post-restore topic.

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