Protect Hyper-V VMs

Once you have registered your SCVMM server and Standalone Hyper-V hosts as sources, you're ready to use Cohesity DataProtect as a Service to protect the VMs on those Hyper-V hosts.

To protect your Hyper-V VMs:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, under Sources, find the Hyper-V source name and click into it.

  2. Use the filters and search box at the top to narrow your search.

  3. Use the checkboxes to select the objects for protection. To protect the whole source, click the checkbox above the column.

  4. Click the Protect icon above the checkboxes.

  5. In the New Protection dialog, select a Policy that matches the schedule and retention period you need. If the existing policies do not meet your needs, you can create a new policy with the settings you need.

  6. To change or configure any of the additional settings , select More Options and perform the below steps or else, click Protect.

  7. In the Start Time field, enter the time the protection run should start. The default time zone is the browser's time zone. You can change the time zone of the job by selecting a different time zone.

  8. In the SLA field, define how long the administrator expects a protection run to take. Enter:

    • Full. The number of minutes you expect a full protection run, which captures all the blocks in an object, to take.

    • Incremental. The number of minutes you expect an incremental protection run, which captures only the changed blocks in an object, to take.

  9. If you need to change any of the additional settings, click the down arrow icon next to Additional Settings and click Edit.

  10. Click Protect.

Cohesity DataProtect as a Service starts backing up the Hyper-V VMs you selected. You can monitor the status of the backup on the Activity page.

The backups start immediately after you protect the objects, regardless of the time you set for the protection run.

Also, the Activity tab of a specific Hyper-V VM instance shows the history of all protection runs, including the one in progress.

Additional Settings

Advance Settings Description
End Date

If you need to end protection on a specific date, enable this to select the date.
App Consistent Backups

Enable App Consistent backups if you want the guest operating systems of all the protected VMs to be quiesced before snapshots of these VMs are created. Quiescing of VMs prior to capturing snapshots ensures the integrity of the data saved in the snapshots.

With the App Consistent backups enabled, the following options are available:

  • Take a Crash Consistent backup if unable to perform an App Consistent backup. Enable this option if you want Cohesity DataProtect as a Service to capture a crash-consistent snapshot if Cohesity DataProtect as a Service fails to capture an app-consistent snapshot. If this option is disabled and Cohesity DataProtect as a Service is unable to perform an app-consistent backup of a VM, a snapshot is not captured.

  • Backup application data and truncate their log files. Enable this option if you want to back up applications (Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server) that are running on the Hyper-V server and truncate the logs of applications.

This option is applicable only for VSS copy backup.
Cancel Runs at Quiet Time Start

(Available only if the selected policy has at least one Quiet Time.)

When enabled, all the protection runs that are currently executing will cancel when the Quiet Time period starts. By default, this setting is disabled, meaning that after a protection run starts, it continues to execute even when a Quiet Time period starts. However, new protection runs will not start during a Quiet Time.

Next > When the first protection run completes, you will be ready to recover files from your protected Hyper-V VMs if and when you need to.