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Hello,
any idea if I can use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows - Server license, to backup Hyper-V and 2 VM, installed on Hyper-V?
I am asking this because I want application aware backup in VM to be done.
Or is that too much for him, and I should deploy 3 agents, 1 in each VM and host? Buying full Veeam B&R server, for this is not an option :)
Regards,
Ivan.
any idea if I can use Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows - Server license, to backup Hyper-V and 2 VM, installed on Hyper-V?
I am asking this because I want application aware backup in VM to be done.
Or is that too much for him, and I should deploy 3 agents, 1 in each VM and host? Buying full Veeam B&R server, for this is not an option :)
Regards,
Ivan.
matrix8086
The Agent must be installed on every OS and can backup that OS, not VMs installed on that OS. So you need 3 agents.
Veeam Agent is FREE to add to any Windows OS. It will backup the entire host it is installed on.
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Hi all,
I know there are 3 versions of agent, but as I can see only Server has application aware backup.
Since I have a DC running as VM, I would like to have that backup application-consistent, and if I install FREE agent, I will not get it - as I see in spec. for agent.
I know there are 3 versions of agent, but as I can see only Server has application aware backup.
Since I have a DC running as VM, I would like to have that backup application-consistent, and if I install FREE agent, I will not get it - as I see in spec. for agent.
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As a rule, the host doesn't need to be backed up.
Article: Disaster Preparedness: KVM/IP + USB Flash = Recovery. Here’s a Guide
Using that method we can have the Hyper-V host back up and running and the existing VMs imported into the newly stood-up host in short order. So long as there is nothing critical going on with the hardware itself or the guest we're good to go.
Back up the guests using Veeam but keep in mind that the Backup & Replication setup needs resources on the host.
Article: Disaster Preparedness: KVM/IP + USB Flash = Recovery. Here’s a Guide
Using that method we can have the Hyper-V host back up and running and the existing VMs imported into the newly stood-up host in short order. So long as there is nothing critical going on with the hardware itself or the guest we're good to go.
Back up the guests using Veeam but keep in mind that the Backup & Replication setup needs resources on the host.
Veeam B/R is free for 2 VM's. Using the 1 agent you will have to backup the entire computer of the host and these will be huge