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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide
  3. Back up and restore Hyper-V
  4. WMI backup method: State of the virtual machine before and after restore
Veritas NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide

WMI backup method: State of the virtual machine before and after restore

Unlike the VSS backup method, the WMI method (for Hyper-V Server 2016 and later) does not employ online vs offline backups.

Table: WMI backup method: State of the virtual machine before and after restore

State at the time of backup

State after restore

Running

Off

Saved

Saved

Paused

Off

Off

Off

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