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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide
  3. Configure NetBackup policies for Hyper-V
  4. Hyper-V - Advanced Attributes
Veritas NetBackup™ for Hyper-V Administrator's Guide

Hyper-V - Advanced Attributes

The Hyper-V - Advanced Attributes dialog appears when you click Advanced on the Hyper-V policy tab.

You can use the Hyper-V Advanced Attributes dialog to set the following parameters for Hyper-V backup. In most situations, the best settings are the defaults.

The available settings depend on which backup method you have chosen: VSS or WMI.

Table: Hyper-V Advanced Attributes

Configuration parameter

Backup method

Description

Provider Type

VSS

See Provider Type configuration parameter (VSS).

Snapshot Attribute

VSS

See Snapshot Attribute configuration parameter (VSS).

Virtual disk selection

WMI

See Virtual disk selection parameter (WMI).

Existing snapshot handling

WMI

See Existing snapshot handling parameter (WMI).

Consistency level

WMI

See Consistency level parameter (WMI).

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