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NetVault Plug-in for Hyper-V 11.4 - User Guide

Finalizing and submitting the job

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Use the Schedule, Target Storage, and Advanced Options lists to configure any additional required options.
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Click Save or Save & Submit, whichever is applicable.
 
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TIP: To run a job that you have already created and saved, select Manage Job Definitions in the Navigation pane, select the applicable job, and click Run Now.
You can monitor progress on the Job Status page and view the logs on the View Logs page. For more information, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator’s Guide.
 
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NOTE: If you add a VM to the Backup Selection Set after the initial Full Backup or any subsequent Incremental Backup, the plug-in does the following:
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Creates a Full Backup of the new VM if you run an Incremental Backup.
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Runs subsequent Incremental Backups of the new VM as Incremental Backups if RCT is supported for the VM disks.

Example:

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Select any VM, for example, MyVM1, and create a Backup Selection Set, for example, MySelectionSet.
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Run a Full Backup using MySelectionSet.
3
Modify MySelectionSet, and add a VM, for example, MyVM2.
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Run an Incremental Backup using MySelectionSet.
5
Run another Incremental Backup using MySelectionSet.

As a result, when you select Incremental Backup for the Type of backup, the plug-in creates a Full Backup of MyVM2 in Step 4 and an Incremental Backup of that virtual machine in Step 5.

Restoring data

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Restoring image-level backups
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Performing file-level recovery
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Using other restore procedures

Restoring image-level backups

You can perform an image-level recovery, which restores the entire VM and establishes a new version of that VM in Hyper‑V Manager. The process restores files either to their original location or to a location specified by you when you create a selection set and enter information in the Rename/Relocate dialog box. For instructions on performing restores from a previous version of the plug-in, see the user's guide for the corresponding version.

 
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IMPORTANT: The plug-in flattens Hyper-V checkpoints when a backup is taken and later retrieved using an image-level recovery process. For example, if you back up a base disk that has two checkpoint files that the VM is running, the VM is restored with only one base disk; however, all content from the checkpoint files is included.

This process includes the steps outlined in the following topics:

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Prerequisites for image-level restore
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Selecting data for an image-level restore
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Setting image-level restore options
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Finalizing and submitting an image-level restore job

Prerequisites for image-level restore

Verify that the following prerequisites are met:

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If you do not intend to use the Rename feature, Quest recommends that you delete the original VM before you perform recovery.
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If you do not intend to use the Rename feature and you do not intend to delete the original VM, ensure that the VM is turned off. Also ensure that none of its files are open before you perform recovery. The plug-in’s recovery process overwrites the existing VM, and write-access is required.
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Before recovering a VM to different host, verify that the VM resources in the Configuration File match the resources available on the host. In particular, verify that file locations and network-adapter names match. If they do not match, the VM might not get turned on. If resources are different on the target host, complete the recovery manually.
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