What is Granular Backup for Hyper-V? Granular backup for HyperV is an great backup method introduced by BackupChain backup software that allows users to access and protect individual files and folders residing inside a virtual machine, but from the host and without agents inside the virtual machine (agentless). You simply run BackupChain on the host and […]
Backing up a Hyper-V VM to an FTP site is simple; however, if you’re not using the right tools and settings, it can become quite inefficient and even lead to data loss. FTP sites are a blessing and a curse. FTP is probably one of the worst standards in computing. No two FTP server […]
When backing up files using a backup solution you may get this error: VSS snapshot creation failed with result: 80070002 If the files you’re backing up are located on a TrueCrypt volume you may be using a version of TrueCrypt which isn’t compatible with VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service). You may need to turn off […]
BackupChain®: Backup Software and Toolset Made for IT Professionals Backing up a Microsoft Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume on Windows Server 2019, 2016, 2012 or 2008 and its VHDX files doesn’t have to be expensive nor complex. The fail-over cluster configuration may be complicated indeed, but the backup task configuration isn’t, since this nifty little tool […]
Using the right tools, creating a backup of a virtual server is quite simple and easy. With the right tool the VM doesn’t need to go offline or be paused and backups can proceed while the virtual server is running. How to Back up Virtual Server While Running Using BackupChain, our all-in-one backup solution, you can back […]
Things to consider when setting up cluster shared volume backup tasks using Hyper-V backup software: Don’t use file based methods (such as backing up files directly). Use the Hyper-V backup function instead Don’t run backups on several nodes at the same time or you’ll get errors (Windows Server 2008 R2, this has been improved by […]
When running a backup of a Hyper-V VM you may run into this issue: Selected writer ‘Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer’ is in failed state Status: 8 (VSS_WS_FAILED_AT_PREPARE_SNAPSHOT) – Writer Failure code: 0x800423f3 The above error requires further investigation. You need to check the Windows and Hyper-V logs as shown in this article […]
Factors impacting backup speed: * if service priority is less than normal, the backup slows down when other apps take CPU * I/O of overall system services. * fragmentation of source and target drives. * bandwidth of source and target * Each CPU core’s speed * Activity level of the entire system * Disk failure. […]