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Basically, backing up the VHD file ensures a quick recovery. Otherwise on a system crash, you will have to recover from the backup and cross your fingers, you may also need to perform an OS recovery with windows CDs.. much more work. I would recommend backing up VHD to reduce the downtime on one of this cases, and he the work you will have.
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Basically, backing up the VHD file ensures a quick recovery. Otherwise on a system crash, you will have to recover from the backup and cross your fingers, you may also need to perform an OS recovery with windows CDs.. much more work. I would recommend backing up VHD to reduce the downtime on one of this cases, and he the work you will have.

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Does it still only backup the &quot;changes&quot; in the VHD on nightly backups for example?
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Does it still only backup the "changes" in the VHD on nightly backups for example?

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For backing up Virtual Machines in a Hyper-V R2 environment, is it better to back up the VHD at the host level or backup the VM from within the VM? &nbsp;I know for file servers, exchange server and sql server you'll want to backup from within the VM for individual file/mailbox/db recovery, but for any other server, what's the benefit of each method? &nbsp;Or do you do both?
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For backing up Virtual Machines in a Hyper-V R2 environment, is it better to back up the VHD at the host level or backup the VM from within the VM?  I know for file servers, exchange server and sql server you'll want to backup from within the VM for individual file/mailbox/db recovery, but for any other server, what's the benefit of each method?  Or do you do both?

Backing up virtual machines in a Hyper-V envirmonment with SCDPM 2010

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.

Microsoft Virtual Server

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.