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It's for 2 Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts. &nbsp;I have backup exec 2014, but it does not FULLY support that OS yet. &nbsp;This is a bandaid until they do. &nbsp;I was trying to avoid installing a 3rd party app on each host.<br />
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Do you still recommend VEEAM?
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It's for 2 Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts.  I have backup exec 2014, but it does not FULLY support that OS yet.  This is a bandaid until they do.  I was trying to avoid installing a 3rd party app on each host.

Do you still recommend VEEAM?

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Looks like VEEAM does not support Hyper-V in the free version... Is that correct?
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Looks like VEEAM does not support Hyper-V in the free version... Is that correct?

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Yep. Used it for esx and hyper-v. The 30 day trial is fully functional; you can run it on baremetal or on a vm. <br />
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If you are set on using the WBAdmin, there are some interesting notes in this thread about customing the scheduled tasks. <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5bf43821-1185-4bde-9afd-d066d86b4754/how-can-i-schedule-a-backup-less-than-daily?forum=windowsbackup" rel="ugc nofollow">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5bf43821-1185-4bde-9afd-d066d86b4754/how-can-i-schedule-a-backup-less-than-daily?forum=windowsbackup</a>
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Yep. Used it for esx and hyper-v. The 30 day trial is fully functional; you can run it on baremetal or on a vm.

If you are set on using the WBAdmin, there are some interesting notes in this thread about customing the scheduled tasks. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5bf43821-1185-4bde-9afd-d066d86b4754/how-can-i-schedule-a-backup-less-than-daily?forum=windowsbackup [http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5bf43821-1185-4bde-9afd-d066d86b4754/how-can-i-schedule-a-backup-less-than-daily?forum=windowsbackup]

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<a href="http://hyperv.veeam.com/free-hyper-v-backup/" rel="ugc">http://hyperv.veeam.com/free-hyper-v-backup/</a>
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http://hyperv.veeam.com/free-hyper-v-backup/ [http://hyperv.veeam.com/free-hyper-v-backup/]

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I would like to use Windows Server 2012 R2 built in backup to automatically backup Hyper-V VMs once a week. &nbsp;I noticed that the only option is daily.<br />
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Also, I will be backing them up to a local D Drive on that server. &nbsp;I would like them to automatically replace the old backup with the new one and only keep one valid copy.<br />
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Can this be done?
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I would like to use Windows Server 2012 R2 built in backup to automatically backup Hyper-V VMs once a week.  I noticed that the only option is daily.

Also, I will be backing them up to a local D Drive on that server.  I would like them to automatically replace the old backup with the new one and only keep one valid copy.

Can this be done?

Windows Server Backups &amp; Hyper-V Scheduling

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

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

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Windows Server Backups &amp; Hyper-V Scheduling

Windows Server Backups & Hyper-V Scheduling