This “How-to” guide provides a short walkthrough of all the steps required to set up a successful Hyper-V backup. Prerequisites In order to create a VHDX backup, you need to first download and install the 64-bit version of BackupChain, which also installs on Hyper-V and Windows Core Servers via the command line, see notes on download page. Task […]

The following list may help you review whether your Windows Server 2008 R2 and/or Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is up to date:   KB Article and Date Published Required? IC Version Applies to: Availability KB974598: “You receive a “Stop 0x0000007E” error on the first restart after you enable Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based […]

In case you want to start a Hyper-V virtual machine from the command line or from a script, you’d want to use HyperVUtils.exe.     To start a VM: HyperVUtils.exe “vmName” start     A freeware version of BackupChain Hyper-V Command Line Tools v1.1 is available for free here.

Use the following command to shut down a virtual machine in Hyper-V with a timeout: HyperVUtils.exe “Win8 x64” shutdown 600   A freeware version of BackupChain Hyper-V Command Line Tools v1.1 is available for free here.

Reboot a virtual machine in Hyper-V from the command line using: HyperVUtils.exe “Win8 x64″ reboot A freeware version of BackupChain Hyper-V Command Line Tools v1.1 is available for free here.

Check your Server 2012 updates using the list below: Date added Knowledge Base Article Title Component Why we recommend this hotfix 7/15/2013 2870270       (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2870270/            ) Update that improves cloud service provider resiliency in Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster Service, CSV Filter and NTFS.sys This hotfix prevents a CSV failover by fixing an underlying issue […]

This article may give you helpful hints to fix this error When backing up using VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) you may get this error:  – Returned HRESULT = 0x8004230f  – Error text: VSS_E_UNEXPECTED_PROVIDER_ERROR  VSS snapshot creation failed with result: 8004230F   **** New: We now developed a new, free tool called VssDiag //backupchain.com/VssDiag.html to automatically spot […]

  What’s the story with Hyper-V Integration Services (HIS)? Most modern operating system versions come with it preinstalled, such as Windows Server 2008 R2 and later. However, the Hyper-V Integration Services version depends on the Hyper-V version installed on the host. If the two don’t work in sync, you won’t get application consistent backups and […]

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 […]