Hyper V Backup

[tsmlover]

the base machine is windows server 2008 having hyper V enabled there are 2 virtual hosts VMs I want to backed up these entire VMs on TSM

tell me what is the best way to do it? does BA client can do it or there is a specific agent to take the backup VMs

 

[zsoltesz]

Hi,

The newest BA clients (6.2.0.1,6.2.1) can backup the Hyper-V virtual machines. You can use the Java GUI, or if you vant to schedule the backup, use the scheduler service and create a cmd file, like this:

dsmc backup vm -vmbackuptype=hypervfull

Or, with the -vmlist option you can filter the VMs, like this:

dsmc backup vm -vmbackuptype=hypervfull -vmlist="vm1,vm2"

 

[tsmlover]

The newest BA clients (6.2.0.1,6.2.1) can work with TSM Version 5.5 ?

 

[zsoltesz]

Yes. We use TSM server 5.5.4

 

[GregE]

The newest BA clients (6.2.0.1,6.2.1) can work with TSM Version 5.5 ?

Here's the matrix...
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21426059

 

[tsmlover]

I am not talking about VMware or esx etc
I am talking about windows server 2008 R2 Hyper V


I have downloaded TSM windows client 6.2.1 for windows...
My TSM server version is 5.5.4

now I will install TSM windows client on Windows server 2008 R2 base machine and want to take backup of vms

tell me what file i have to take backup of to protect my virtual hosts

 

[PeS]

I am not talking about VMware or esx etc

But the command is really similar to one used for ESX/VMWare.

Damn, IBM still didn't put online 6.2 documentation

I am talking about windows server 2008 R2 Hyper V


I have downloaded TSM windows client 6.2.1 for windows...
My TSM server version is 5.5.4

now I will install TSM windows client on Windows server 2008 R2 base machine and want to take backup of vms

tell me what file i have to take backup of to protect my virtual hosts

Just use commands supplied by zsoltesz:
To backup ALL VMs inside Hyper-V issue:
dsmc backup vm -vmbackuptype=hypervfull
To backup certain VMs, use this:
dsmc backup vm -vmbackuptype=hypervfull -vmlist="vm1,vm2"

If you are using BA client to backup client data, exclude the directory in which you have Hyper-V images.

It works evene against 5.3 server (I know, it's unsupported etc...)

 

[tsmlover]

i want to send off-site backup of my Virtual Hosts every day ...

so what do you recommend every day i need to take the full backup of my virtual hosts vms...

or is there incremental or diffferential backups can i use