About virtual machines on Windows 2008, 2012, and 2016 failover clusters
This topic pertains to NetBackup for Hyper-V.
NetBackup support for failover clusters includes the following:
NetBackup can use a single policy to back up high availability (HA) and non-HA virtual machines in the cluster.
NetBackup can back up a virtual machine even if it migrates to a different node in the cluster.
NetBackup can restore the entire virtual machine to a cluster or to any Hyper-V host.
Note:
A NetBackup client must be installed on each node of the cluster.
When restoring a clustered virtual machine to its original location, note the following:
The restore destination depends on the following: The virtual machine's HA status at the time of its backup and at the time of restore (if it still exists).
Virtual machines are always restored to a state of non-high-availability. They can be manually reset for high availability.
If the existing virtual machine has a status of highly available at restore time, also note the following:
Its cluster resources are deleted during the restore.
Its cluster group is not deleted during restore. Removal of the cluster group must be done manually.