About Hyper-V
NetBackup for Hyper-V provides snapshot-based backup of the virtual machines that run on Hyper-V servers. For a list of supported Hyper-V servers, see the NetBackup Software Compatibility List available from the following location:
NetBackup Master Compatibility List
The principal features of NetBackup for Hyper-V are the following:
NetBackup for Hyper-V uses snapshot technology to keep virtual machines 100% available to users. NetBackup for Hyper-V creates quiesced Windows snapshots using Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
NetBackup for Hyper-V performs full backups and file-level incremental backups of the virtual machine. With the WMI backup method, it also performs block-level incremental backups and Accelerator backups.
Can restore the full virtual machine from the following:
Full backups of the VM.
Block-level incremental backups of the VM.
Accelerator backups of the VM.
Can restore individual files of the virtual machine from the following:
Full backups of the VM.
File-level incremental backups of the VM.
Block-level incremental backups of the VM.
Accelerator backups of the VM.
Can restore to the original virtual machine, to other locations on the Hyper-V server, or to a different Hyper-V server.