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See this <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662</a><br />
Dont worry about backup running VMs, VSS wil take care
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See this http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/958662]
Dont worry about backup running VMs, VSS wil take care

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Right now we have the following backup scenario which you may find a a bit OTT. Backup VM &nbsp;exchange using builin-in backup. Then backup the host machine so all vm's get backed up. Finally DPM 2010 beta which can backup the vm's, the host and mailboxes.
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Right now we have the following backup scenario which you may find a a bit OTT. Backup VM  exchange using builin-in backup. Then backup the host machine so all vm's get backed up. Finally DPM 2010 beta which can backup the vm's, the host and mailboxes.

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I'm pretty sure my answer would do the trick! &nbsp;Would be happy to receive the points.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
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D
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I'm pretty sure my answer would do the trick!  Would be happy to receive the points.

Cheers,

D

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Hi,<br />
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I would like to backup individual Hyper-V virtual machines. Is there any API for taking snapshot of VHD files. Can any one tell me any batch/powershell scripts to backup virtual machines lively.<br />
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I want to backup the virtual machines without stopping them. My biggest doubt is what is the consitancy of &nbsp;the backup if Exchange server installed in virtual machines and some process running. Is there a way to take snapshot of the exchange server with the snapshot of the vhd files.<br />
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NOTE: Please don't suggest backup the exchange server in virtual machine and then backup vhd file. I dont want to do like this. &nbsp;also plz dont suggest third party softwares <br />
<br />
Thanks in advance.<br />
<br />
Prince
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Hi,

I would like to backup individual Hyper-V virtual machines. Is there any API for taking snapshot of VHD files. Can any one tell me any batch/powershell scripts to backup virtual machines lively.

I want to backup the virtual machines without stopping them. My biggest doubt is what is the consitancy of  the backup if Exchange server installed in virtual machines and some process running. Is there a way to take snapshot of the exchange server with the snapshot of the vhd files.

NOTE: Please don't suggest backup the exchange server in virtual machine and then backup vhd file. I dont want to do like this.  also plz dont suggest third party softwares 

Thanks in advance.

Prince

How to backup virtual machines with/without Exchange server installed?

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.